Software Update: Invision Power Board 2.0 PDR2

Invision Power Services has released a new public development release from the Invision Power Board 2.0 industry. This release is still in the testing and development phase, so don’t be surprised if you encounter bugs while using this piece of forum software. For example, upgrading from a previous version is difficult and the supplied documentation still needs to be updated; so it is wise to this announcement before using this trial version. Unfortunately we couldn’t find a recent changelog, so below is a list of new features built in since the stable 1.3 branch:

[ACP] Rewritten templating system
[ACP] + New improved editor
[ACP] + New improved layout and logic
[ACP] + New CSS caching methods
[ACP] Unlimited Sub Forums
[ACP] Mail queue to allow bulk mail to be sent
[ACP] Ability to have members in multiple groups
[ACP] Task Manager to automate processes
[ACP] System Settings: Add custom settings
[ACP] System Settings: Search system settings
[ACP] System Settings: Quick revert on customized system settings
[ACP] Import / Export XMLarchive Emoticon Packs
[ACP] Import / Export Badword filters
[ACP] Import/Export Custom BBCode
[ACP] Rebuild Tools: Rebuild Post Content
[ACP] Rebuild Tools: Rebuild Post Usernames
[ACP] Rebuild Tools: Rebuild All Forums
[ACP] Rebuild Tools: Rebuild All Topics
[ACP] Rebuild Tools: Rebuild Image Thumbnails

[GLOBAL] Relative Dates
[GLOBAL] Online forum users shows who is posting a new topic
[GLOBAL] Online topics users shows who is replying to the topic
[GLOBAL] Skin chooser on each page
[GLOBAL] Neater quick stats with collapsable main stats
[GLOBAL] Read topics stored in database

[TOPICS] Multiple attachments with auto-thumbnail generation
[TOPICS] Online/Offline user indicators in posts
[TOPICS] Multi-Quote- ability to quote more than 1 post at a time
[TOPICS] Ability to search in topics
[TOPICS] Ability to bypass the bad word filter
[TOPICS] Threaded fashion view
[TOPICS] Linear plus fashion view
[TOPICS] Skin dependent team icon images (optional)
[TOPICS] Skin dependent emoticons (optional)
[TOPICS] Skin dependent mime type images

[MODERATION] New in-line moderation (forums)
[MODERATION] New in-line moderation (topics)
[MODERATION] Merge Posts
[MODERATION] New easier to use multi-page split topic
[MODERATION] Move Posts to another topic
[MODERATION] Multi-delete posts
[MODERATION] Make posts invisible (unapprove) or visible (approve)

[SEARCH] Full text searching improvements
[SEARCH] Optimized with better search result display

[POSTING] Ability to attach files to polls when starting
[POSTING] Ability to perform mod actions when starting polls
[POSTING] Improved basic Mozilla editor (text at cursor)
[POSTING] Ability to put attachments inline with the post
[POSTING] Custom BBCode

[PM] Ability to attach files to a PM
[PM] Ability to show CC users
[PM] Message count for each folder
[PM] Improved new PM notification

[UCP] Avatar resize now with GD image compression
[UCP] Photo resize now with GD image compression
[UCP] Ignore user feature