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Version 8.0
Initially, a blogging feature was planned for introduction of version 7.3, however, it was soon pushed back to version
7.4. However, with the renaming of version 7.3.2 to 7.4, it is was then planned for version 7.5 [3].
On November 10, 2008, UBB.threads developer Rick Baker began a survey on whether the next major release
should include blogs, or whether it should include a GUI redesign [4]. An issue of concern is that if blogs are added
in the version before the GUI redesign, the blogging feature would have to be reworked again in the next version
afterward that the GUI redesign is applied to. Current plans for the GUI redesign call for true user-selectable skins,
which will allow for complete changes in the GUI design rather than simply changing the color schemes, as well as a
WYSIWYG editor.
On November 23, 2008, it was decided from the poll that the next major version will include blogs, and the version
afterward will include a GUI redesign. However, in January 2009, it was discovered that a user created several
disposable accounts to skew the results towards blogs, and that the GUI redesign was the true winner.
On January 22, 2009, it was announced that version 7.5 will be the last major release in the UBB.threads 7.x series,
and that the next major version will be version 8.0 [5]. Version 8.0 will include both a GUI redesign and blogs along
with several other new features, including an API. Beta testing for UBB.threads 8.0 will consist of two phases; the
first phase of beta testing (beginning December 2009) will be of the redesigned administrator control panel, while
the second phase of beta testing will be of the user front end.
On January 1, 2010, it has been announced that the overall software package of version 8 will simply be known as
UBB, with the UBB.threads name referring to the forums part of the software. At the same time, the gallery portion
of the software will be known as UBB.gallery, and the blogs portion will be known as UBB.blogs.
External links
• UBBCentral [1] - Official site.
• UBBDev [6] - UBB.threads modifications
• UBB.threads Version Notes [7] - UBB.threads 6.x and 7.x version history
• UBB.threads review and demonstration example [8]
References
[1] http:/ / www. ubbcentral. com/
[2] http:/ / www. ubbcentral. com/ forums/ ubbthreads. php/ topics/ 216395/ 1. html
[3] http:/ / www. ubbcentral. com/ forums/ ubbthreads. php/ topics/ 217445/ 6. html
[4] http:/ / www. ubbcentral. com/ forums/ ubbthreads. php/ topics/ 218970/ Your_vote_counts. html#Post218970
[5] http:/ / www. ubbcentral. com/ forums/ ubbthreads. php/ topics/ 221276/ 4. html
[6] http:/ / www. ubbdev. com
[7] http:/ / www. ubbcentral. com/ forums/ ubbthreads. php/ forums/ 42/ 1/ Release_Notes_Changelog. html
[8] http:/ / www. forum-software. org/ ubb-threads/ review