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Qmax
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The SoopPortal 2.0 (Phoenix) RC 1.0 release is now available for download at the following GeckoLinks directory location...
Instructions for installing SoopPortal 2.0 (Phoenix) RC 1.0 can be found in the following forum post and installation help can be obtained in the following forum...
We need your help reporting Phoenix RC bugs. To report Phoenix bugs please read the following instructions and post your bug reports to the following forum...
Discussions about Soop Phoenix RC should be posted here...
Phoenix RC Fixes & Updates are listed here...
Welcome to Soop Portal Phoenix RC!
Welcome to the next generation of Soop Portal, the free open source virtual community software and content management system. Virtual communities built with Soop Portal software have nearly unlimited possibilities, not the least of which is the potential to change our world for the better by empowering critical discussion, democratic interaction, and collaboration across vast physical boundaries. Therefore, the benefits of the Soop virtual community system are not only to the Soop Portal user community, but also to our planet. We welcome you to Soop and we hope you enjoy your visit!
Soop Portal presents your web community with a broad and rich feature-set which is supported by a friendly and talented development community. Soop Portal web community software is free and includes the following core features and functionality...
Soop Portal Phoenix RC Release Features
- Community discussion forums
- Secure database driven community polling system
- Banner management system
- RSS headline news feed system
- File & image upload system
- Administrative & developer documentation management system
- Menu management system
- Guestbook feature
- Email notification system
- User authentication system with persistent user profiles & preferences
- Page creator & document content management system
- News management system
- Private messenger system
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) system
- Buddy management system
- Soop is multi-language capable with UTF-8 character encoding for true international left-to-right and right-to-left language support (not supported with MySQL 3.51 ODBC driver)
- User & group permissions system
Soop Portal Phoenix Features Under Continuing Development
- Portal statistic system
- Live Flash-based chat box
- Administrative & developer documentation management system
- Personal calendar management system
- Skin system to modify the portal appearance
- Directory management system
The Soop Portal Phoenix Software
- Soop is a *FREE* open source software product supported by a friendly and helpful support community
- Soop Phoenix is written with Classic-ASP, a simpler and straight forward language to modify
- Soop Phoenix has been developed from the ground up with quality and reliability in mind
- Soop uses advanced concepts such as class-based design, I/O streams protection against SQL and XSS attacks, and adherence to modern code design patterns
- Soop is database-driven supporting the MySQL, MSSQL & Microsoft Access databases
- Soop Phoenix has been designed to be 3rd party developer friendly
- Soop Phoenix has been designed with an attack-resistant core to provide protection against I/O streams, SQL injection, and XSS attack
- Soop is CAPTCHA anti-spam technology enabled
Thank you for your interest and welcome to the world of Soop!
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Hat's off and a great deal of recognition is due to these developers and others...
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- Walter
- Charles
- Costas
- Alex
- Fireau
- ph4nt0m
- Rasc
- Kokopelli, The Belgium Beer Belcher
...And the many many other who I have neglected to mention!
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arforth
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Curious....what does RC stand for?
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"Release Candidate"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Rel ease_candidate
Quote: Release candidate
The term release candidate (RC) refers to a version with potential to be a final product, ready to release unless fatal bugs emerge. In this stage of product stabilization (read QA cycle), all product features have been designed, coded and tested through one or more Beta cycles with no known showstopper-class bug.
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arforth
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Funny, I clued in after I clicked on post. Thanks.
Everything looks great, will be playing with it when kids are in bed.
Cheers to all who have dedicated there time on this.
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xphere
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The Instruction of the installation link is not working. May i know where can i get the instruction of the installation for upgrading ?
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jonahex2099
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Also - is there a conversion tool from Raven to Phoenix RC yet? I REALLY want to test this against a *copy* of the drumrock database so I can't start figuring out what it'll take to run it....
Thanks for the huge amount of effort and work on this....nice to see it getting closer!
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Same question: Is there such a conversion tool for Raven databases? I'd also like to test the Phoenix RC, but doing it from scratch with dummy data would be pretty useless... and I don't want to waste time doing useless things. 
I'd like to test it with real data although, of course, not on a production environment.
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lupo
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i made a convertion tool but it is tricky to setup
if you contact me via PM i can do the conversion for you and give you a backup in whatever format you want of your changed data for phoenix - just allow 24 hours delay
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jonahex2099
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lupo - you offered this before and that's great - however there is still an installed base of folks out here that would want to test this on their own and/or (please don't take offense) don't want to just hand their data off to someone who they only know as an admin on the Soop site. There should be a packaged tool with, at the minimum, the released version of Soop ready to go, otherwise Phoenix isn't usable for me.
I'm not a dev, and I'm not trying being critical about it, these guys do a fantastic job, it just seems to me that a way to UPGRADE should have been a thought here...it probably was/is, but the only way they're going to get feedback on doing it is if they provide a tool to do it to us.
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jonahex2099
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Is there a new RC up somewhere for download?
Raven to Phoenix conversion utility (SQL)?
Getting antsy... :D
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ph4nt0m
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RC1.1 will be available in the next few days, were just finalizing the RC1.1 patch and re-running all the patch update/install scripts to make sure that there are no errors,
If RC1.1 is as stable as we hope it will be then I see no reason to hold off any longer on the upgrade tool, I'm pretty sure that we have now finalized that database structure so cant see that there will be any more additional tables except maybe the Calendar events table which is not yet complete, these will be added once we know the release is stable,
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Sweet thanks man!
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@Ph4nt0m:
Nice you finally put out an update. Not sure if anybody is left to use it.
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Wow! cziv! That was quite rude considering these guys dedicate THEIR free time for OUR benefit. I am personally VERY appreciative no matter how long it takes.
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Quote: cziv @Ph4nt0m:
Nice you finally put out an update. Not sure if anybody is left to use it.
I see from your personal site that your not Cziv, but to be honest, it wouldn't bother me personally if nobody used it at all, I write code for Soop for the love of the project and what the project originally stood for and lets face it, it is still a free software so that by it's nature will attract new users as well as the existing users that we have,
So i say to those that are still awaiting the next release, I personally thank you for your continued support and dedication to this project,
And to those that couldn't wait any longer, I wish you well in whatever path you chose for your CMS/Website system,
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Good reply, ph4nt0m...
There is a 'Silent Majority' of us who have been waiting very patiently for the stable version. Many check this website on a daily basis to follow the progress of Phoenix. As we read the posts we can feel the enthusiasm you, Qmax, and the others have and ignore the whines of those who are inpatient.
We know what Soop has been... currently is.. and what can be expected for the future and appreciate all the efforts you and the others have put into it.
Tn
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Ya Baby!
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@mchilson:
Rude ? me ? I don't think so. Just writing some facts.
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Go look up what the words "Fact", and "Opinion" mean my friend. 
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