RC Releases for IP.Blog, IP.Gallery, IP.Downloads and IP.Chat

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We're pleased to announce that the following products are now available in your download center in the "Development Releases" category of each application:

IP.Gallery 3.1.0 RC 1

IP.Downloads 2.1.0 RC 2

IP.Blog 2.1.0 RC 1

IP.Chat RC 2

Please note that all of these applications require IP.Board 3.0.5.

As this is a release candidate there may be bugs and issues with the software. Please report any issues using our bug tracker. Before reporting please first quickly check to see if anyone has already reported your issue.

Technical support is not available for this release.

Do not use this software on a public install. Wait for the final series for your public installs.

In general, only download and participate in the beta test if you are comfortable working with beta software.

IP.Gallery

Major new features in 3.1.0 include:

Friendly Urls

Image Notes

Improved Slideshow

Profile Picture Album

Sub Albums

Category and Album Covers

Friends Only Albums

Reputation Support

Interface Improvements

IP.Downloads

Major new features in 2.1.0 include:

Friendly Urls

Resume Breakpoints Toggle

Per Category Settings

Download Sessions

Storage Improvements

IP.Blog

Major new features in 2.1.0 include:

Efficiency Improvements

Categories

Interface Improvements

List View Returns

RSS Imports

Banish Entries

Admin CP Improvements

This RC 1 release also fixes a bug with entry deletion and HTML being incorrectly imported with an RSS feed.

IP.Chat

For more information on IP.Chat including a feature overview and installation instructions, please see our previous announcement.

Upgrading from an earlier non-RC release?

If you are running a version of IP.Chat older than RC 1, please note that the application key has changed to prevent further and future conflicts with the existing chat application included with IP.Board. You should do the following in order to use the RC 1 release of IP.Chat 1.0:

[*]Uninstall the "Chat Services" application from your IP.Board admin control panel

[*]If you get an SQL error attempting to uninstall the application, please remove the folder admin/applications_addon/ips/chat/setup/ and then re-attempt the uninstallation.

[*]Remove the folder admin/applications_addon/ips/chat via FTP

[*]Install the new "Chat Services" application from your IP.Board admin control panel

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