Fixing some issues, restyling a lot. More updates coming soon.

GitHub

The mesoBoard source code can now be found a github.com/mesoBoard/mesoBoard.

Version number

After careful consideration (and a failed SVN to git import), I have decided to "reboot" the version numbers of mesoBoard. The next release of mesoBoard will be version 0.0.1. When I released the first version of mesoBoard as 0.9.0, I anticipated that ten releases would be sufficient to bring the software out of beta. However, due to the amount of bugs and missing features, ten releases wouldn't bring about a solid version 1.0.0 product

The new versionning will allow for more updates (incremental and major) and will better reflect mesoBoard's status.

Note: An update process will be available for users who have version 0.9.3 installed.

Next release: 0.0.1

The following are the (tentative) planned features for the next release:

• MySQL support
• Plugin system with a release of a few plugins
• Load time improvements and general bug fixes

Source Control

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Update: Moving to GitHub

After careful consideration, I have decided to migrate mesoBoard to GitHub.

This has nothing to do with CodePlex's delay in converting the source control to Mercurial. I believe the functionality and features that GitHub offers to contributors is unparalleled and as an open source project, your lifeblood is contributors.

The conversion will happen sometime this Saturday (May 21) assuming the world doesn't end.

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I'm currently in the process of migrating mesoBoard to Mercurial to provide a better avenue to contributors.

The conversion will be complete when the good folks at CodePlex finally get around to doing so (been two weeks since I requested a conversion). If this is not done in a timely manner, I will consider migration to GitHub or BitBucket.

Next Release

The focus of the next version of mesoBoard will focus on plugin support and alternative database support (in addition to general bug fixing).

Pending the conversion to a DVCS, the next release of mesoBoard should be ready within 1-2 months.

Last night's release contains had a missing view file that caused installation issues.

This has been fixed and the current files located on CodePlex contain everything needed to install.

Download mesoBoard 0.9.3 beta

I would like to announce that mesoBoard 0.9.3 beta has been released. (Download now)

Multiple bugs and features were implements. To view the full release information, visit mesoBoard 0.9.3 beta release on CodePlex

Notable changes

Version 0.9.3 saw a ton of improvements, most importantly the upgrade to ASP.NET MVC 3 and Razor view engine templating. In addition, numerous admin control panel bugs have been fixed and the ability to freely select the default registration role (instead of having 'Member' be the forced default role).

How to upgrade

It is recommended that you delete your existing 'Views' prior to upgrading to version 0.9.3. Because mesoBoard's views were converted to the Razor view engine, all .aspx and .ascx files will serve no purpose.

As with the previous version, to upgrade, simply upload all the content of mesoBoard-0.9.3-beta folder to your root directory and login to the admin control panel. Click on Upgrade in the menu and select 0.9.3 from the version list. Follow the instructions to complete the upgrade

It is important to note that the upgrade utility is still experimental. As such it is very important that you back up you database and files prior to upgrading to mesoBoard 0.9.3.

For a live preview, please visit http://test.mesoboard.com tomorrow evening when the test board will be upgraded

For support with installation or upgrade, please post all questions, comments and concerns in the Support forum

Finally, I would like to thank everyone for their continuous support of this project.

I would like to announce that mesoBoard 0.9.2 beta has been released. (Download now)

Multiple bugs and features were implements. To view the full release information, visit mesoBoard 0.9.2 beta release on CodePlex

How to upgrade

Version 0.9.2 also includes the ability to upgrade from previous version of mesoBoard.

It is important to note that the upgrade utility is still experiential. As such it is very important that you back up you database and files prior to upgrading to mesoBoard 0.9.2.

For a live preview of the changes that come with version 0.9.2, visit the test board at http://test.mesoboard.com

For support with installation or upgrade, please post all questions, comments and concerns in the Support forum

Version 0.9.2 is the next iteration of mesoBoard.

The test site (http://test.mesoboard.com) is was recently updated to version 0.9.2

Theme changes

• HTML and CSS were re-factored extensively
• Icon set changed to use Fatcow hosting's icon set
• Main theme colors were changed to gray and dark red - not final color palette
• Fixed issue with nested BB codes
• Updated to SyntaxHighligher 3.0.83
• BB quote now has cleaner HTML output
• Implemented bread crumbs on all pages

General changes

• Normalized database columns
• Posts no longer have a title - thread is the only entity that has a title
• Fixed issue with viewing messages from a deleted user
• Proper cascade deletes were added to the database definition
• Moved configurable connection information to a separate file (Settings.config)
• Moved attachments folder from "~/Upload/Files" to "~/App_data/Attachments"

No actual release was made for version 0.9.2 because it is not yet complete. You may download the source code files from http://mesoBoard.codeplex.com.

Please report any issues or bugs in the Bugs/Suggestions forum

I would like to announce the release of mesoBoard version 0.9 Beta.

Download/Installer: Download

To install, navigate to /Installer where your extracted mesoBoard to.

Source Code: @ CodePlex.com

Please post any questions regarding installation or usability/functionality in the Support forum.

Some issues I encountered while making the installer script are causing quite a delay, however, I was able to setup the test site

http://test.mesoboard.com

Use the credentials listed below to login and please report any bugs/errors on http://mesoboard.com

Admin Login:

• Username: admin
• Password: admin

User Login:

• Username: user
• Password: user

A beta release of mesoBoard will be released within a few days in addition to the publishing of the source code on mesoboard.codeplex.com. The beta release will also contain the license (still not yet chosen, recommendations welcome) under which mesoBoard will be released.

I'm currently working on a simple installer to go along with the beta release in addition to setting up a live test site where people can access all areas of mesoBoard online.

A detailed list of features will be provided upon release. Although mesoBoard in its current state has a plugin system in place (this blog is a plugin), the sample plugin will be released on a later date.

Thank you for waiting and the emails/comments. Please check back here soon for full details on the release and any updates