Re: This Site Upgraded To Icy Phoenix 1.2.14.41
Will it be hard to convert old mods into the new version?
I won't be hard in the sense that you do not need to be a professional PHP coder... but it is required a basic knowledge of PHP, HTML, CSS and Icy Phoenix.
Most of the changes applied to Icy Phoenix are due to phpBB 3 porting: Icy Phoenix is now more phpBB 3 than phpBB 2.
For example, language system works the same, template system even if a bit different from phpBB 3 is even more powerful under certain circumstances, sessions are almost the same, posts and privmsgs text are now integrated into posts and privmsgs tables (just like phpBB 3), paths are defined as constants like the next phpBB 3.2. What is still different is forum structure and permissions system, and the lack of classes for everything (even if some of them have been created for Icy Phoenix as well). In a nutshell Icy Phoenix is trying to take all the new positives things which are in phpBB 3 even if a complete porting won't be done.
What does it mean? It means that the core code is looking more similar to phpBB 3 than phpBB 2, and standard phpBB 2 and phpBB 3 mods won't work in Icy Phoenix, but with few edits they may be adapted. I'll provide docs and examples when the final version will be out.
PS: If such a great changes are made, why not IP2, instead of IP 1.2?
The final versioning number will depend on some extra changes I still have to do. Of course if I'll be able to apply all changes in my "To Do List", then we will have Icy Phoenix 2.0.