YaBB has been around since July 4, 2000! Exactly how many versions of YaBB have existed? Well, you'd be surprised at how far YaBB has come and how many releases have been put out....

Please be aware that these versions may be very buggy and insecure (note that the only supported version is the current release available on the downloads page). Fewer bugs and more security is what YaBB has strived for throughout these releases. You can see the stability progression and new features as you scroll through each stage.

Usage Requirements http://www.yabbforum.com/requirements.php

License Information YaBB is completely free to use. All we ask is that you keep the copyright in tact and visible on the bottom of your forum. This is to ensure that the project and all of the developers are given credit for their hard work. YaBB is distributed under the YPL (YaBB Public License), which is a slightly modified form of the GPL. You can read this license in the Quick Guide distributed with YaBB. If you would like to remove the copyright, redistribute YaBB, or use it in any other non-standard fashion, please consult the Licenses page.

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Archived Version:   YaBB 2.2

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Release Date: November 08, 2007 Status: Release with Service Pack Operating Systems: Unix, Linux, Mac, Win NT, Win 95/98/ME, Win 2k, Win XP Servers: Apache, OmniHTTPD, MS IIS, Sambar, many more Download (choose one): YaBB_2.2.zip YaBB_2.2.tar.gz Total Downloads: 42,244 Description: This release is a highly recommended update, as it closes a few high-level security issues. Not only that, but it provides MANY new features and performance enhancements. Security Fixes: -------------------------------- - Sanitization of inputs to profile and registration pages - Usernames cloaked throughout the forum - Hidden posts not show in user's recent posts listing - New user with same username as ex-member cannot gain previous member's posts and information - Redirection in index.html files - Save previously written emails from admin center separately Feature Additions: -------------------------------- - User-selected post-independent member groups - Private Messages Buddy List - Improved CSS Styles and templating - Carbon and Blind-Carbon Copy Private Messages - User Panel - buddy list, private messaging center, profile, etc. - Private Message ignore list - Forward Private Messages - Private Message storage folders - Alert Moderator button on posts - Private Message away/vacation status options - Login "invisible" mode - Search field to add members to the list for searching or private messaging - Broadcast private messages - Disable media and link viewing to guests option - Automatic maintenance mode on maintenance actions - Maintenance controls moved to a separate admin page - YaBB Media Center - Integrated RSS feed links and admin options - Permalink useful link cloaking - Draft Private Messages Performance Enhancements: -------------------------------- - Removed unused text in English language files - Improved performance in loading recent posts - Improved server load if displaying many posts at once - Pagination (versus all on one page) on viewing registration log - Increased text box sizes in various settings pages - Unused subroutines removed - Improved error messages - Debug mode enhancements - On the fly repair of CTB files Bug Fixes: -------------------------------- - Detailed version administration page - Clicklog entry viewing - ICQ improvements - Sending email notifcations to deleted members - Validation code for Forgot Password feature - Layout bugs in Opera browsers - Properly display ASCII codes below 255 for foreign languages - Rebuild Message Index repairs CTB files - Return to proper page of members list after deleting members - Censoring in quotes - Quotes and apostrophes allowed in welcome private message - Custom date format functionality - Split post updates total posts - Jump menu appearnace for guests - No conflicts with lowercase board ID versus same in uppercase - Year handling - Link wrapping changed to clip and added ellipses - MSN pop-up improved and made complaint again - Various layout bugs - Updated help files - Announcement topics not shown in recycle bin any more

Archived Version:   YaBB 2.2.1

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Release Date: March 05, 2008 Status: Release with Service Pack Operating Systems: Unix, Linux, Mac, Win NT, Win 95/98/ME, Win 2k, Win XP Servers: Apache, OmniHTTPD, MS IIS, Sambar, many more Download (choose one): YaBB_2.2.1.zip YaBB_2.2.1.tar.gz Total Downloads: 35,095 Description: This is the highly anticipated bug fix release to YaBB 2.2.1 released in November 2007. It fixes many minor and a few large issues. Additionally, bonus features were added. These include additional fonts on the post page for YaBBC code, the ability to reorder or add tabs to the main menu (when in tabbed style), and the ability for users to drag and expand the size of the textarea used for the message body when creating posts. Bug Fixes: ---------------------------------------- - Register button appearing after guest registers - Missing $boarddirs and $boardurls - Highlight and Smilies in PM live preview - If PMs disabled, jump menu still shows jump to messages - Color: olive showing as smiley - $checkurl scalar in Decoder.pl - Smilies in default template folder - Reverse results in Member List - Nopostorder subroutine in Subs.pl - Error page for non-existing messages - Flash files not working (Help section) - Hidden media tags/urls visible through print function - Call-back button in PM View - Check for duplicate tab in Advanced Tabs - Hidden e-mail not hiding in RSS feed - Saving template configuration problem - Special characters in RSS - Reply in locked/moved topic - Blank PMs in Message Center - Error with HTML in IMs - Add Redirectexit if open IM not found in store file - NPH Windows Captcha fix - Help center files not viewable to guests if guest media view not enabled - Smilies not adding in PM reply - IE7 copy to clipboard error in send PM - Broadcast messages disabled/PM to Admin unreadable - E-mail settings not saving correctly - PMs send to powerusers only if admin selects that setting - Show All function - Autoreply PMs delete other PMs in user inbox - Pages action - Improved code for Quote function on posts - Validation image problems on pages - Tag problems with YaBBC - ToChars/FromChars problem - SetStatus.pl code problem - Reply subject length problem - Welcome PM problem - Bug in live preview/smilies in PMs - Special characters in registration names - Bug in favorites.pl - Banning by the Guardian when using "ass" in the keyword action password Link Fixes: ---------------------------------------- - Droppages link properties control - Long links in referring pages not shortening - Showprofile link in My Center - Wrong link in user panel Layout/Format Fixes: ---------------------------------------- - Format fix to PM window - Size of E-mail address for Send to a Friend - Login field border on Board Index - Table centering in posts with IE7/FF - Tab separator error if PMs disabled - Google Talk popup window format - GuestPM field position problem - Minor formatting in polls - Height attribute for Recent User Posts - Caret position in IE - Caret position jump when using UBBC buttons - Extra linebreak in guest language chooser - Numerous html attribute fixes in files - Expand, collapse, and Mark all Posts as read link for text button mode - Language selection on Register page - PM display on profile page if PM's disabled for users - user CP layout problems - User select windows for Buddy List and Member Groups - Member list button for guest view - Removed extra HTML form tags Spelling, Text, and Instructions fixes: ---------------------------------------- - Added css file identifiers to 2.2 Forum and Admin css and 2.1 default.css - Email.lng description for activation email link - Spelling/capitalization/delete unused text in .lng files for Admin Center - Updated Quick Guide - Updated help files - Missing pictures in user help files - Div tag typo in System.pl Feature Additions: ---------------------------------------- - Support for 10 additional fonts in posts and PMs - New icons (online, info, login) - Reason tag for approved registration E-mails - Carsten's Advanced Tabs Mod - Post Reply Textarea resize - Reorder Post independent Member Groups - Media Player - Google Video (just copy the browser url to the Google Video in between the media tags) - .flv files (just copy the url to the file in between the media tags) - *.mp4 files (opens up Apple Quicktime player) - *.xdiv and *.divx files (opens up windows media player, only works if codex is installed though)

Archived Version:   YaBB 2.2.2

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Release Date: June 05, 2008 Status: Release with Service Pack Operating Systems: Unix, Linux, Mac, Win NT, Win 95/98/ME, Win 2k, Win XP Servers: Apache, OmniHTTPD, MS IIS, Sambar, many more Download (choose one): YaBB_2.2.2.zip YaBB_2.2.2.tar.gz Total Downloads: 25,556 Description: In a new effort to reduce early and often, the YaBB Team is proud to announce version 2.2.2 of the popular Yet another Bulletin Board forum system. Still written in the Perl language, this system is one of the most secure and reliable message boards in existence. Trust the open source project that has been around for 8 years! This release contains several bug fixes, performance improvements, and layout improvements reported as issues by users of YaBB 2.2.1. It is not considered a critical update, but as always, upgrading is easy and recommended. Feature Additions: ----------------------------------------- - Made PM text area resizeable consistent with Post text area - Language selection at login - Revised Pop-Up PM/email notifications and added selection functions to Admin Center - Birthday greeting for user on their birthday - Direct link to new PMs - Improved PM listing background colors - Selectable option for either pictures/picture links in quoted posts - JavaScript-alert on multiple login clicks - Default forum language selection at forum setup Performance Improvements: ----------------------------------------- - Removed extra comma in code - Removed duplicate language loading in debug routine - Removed extraneous code in Subs.pl - Removed javascript function already performed by ondbclick - Moved lines of code in Search.pl - Insert removed by mistake, and added IF statement to safe double call - Search by member hangs or takes a very long time Miscellaneous Bug Fixes: ----------------------------------------- - Error in error subroutine - With DST checked, the greeting changed at the wrong time - Forum log Referring Pages section displayed smilies in place of text - Modifying polls results in Javascript syntax error - Modified Guardian to allow javascript code in posts - Improved PM functions with PM set for Admins/GMods only - Call for "new" post in threads - Bug with Ex-Member in last post of threads - E-mail addresses starting with letter "o" making a smiley - Special characters in passwords, email, and username - Special characters ( and ) in Displayed Name - HTML removed from signatures - PM "to" selection showing all members if PMs restricted - Ex-Members showing as blank in "From" and "Sender" fields of PMs - Numerous issues with Broadcast and Personal Messages - Case-sensitive search in foreign languages - Highlight tag changing font properties - Some members erroneously showing as Ex-Members - Letter D converted erroneously into smiley Link Fixes: ----------------------------------------- - Alert Moderator feature returned user to first page of topic instead of originalpost - Missing link for user name in User CP - Navigation link for user's last posts - URLs being ripped in posts - Problem adding tabs with internal URLs being truncated - 'Open message to Call Back!' link in Outbox if >1 recipient or PM Notification on - Removed extra blank spaces in searches RSS Bug Fixes: ----------------------------------------- - Newer IE7 versions show active "Feeds" button When RSS disabled - Words filtered out with Word Censor list were not filtered in RSS feed - RSS feed improperly included very old posts Layout/Format Fixes: ----------------------------------------- - Check mark in notify of replies to topic disappears in preview - Partial word search does not highlight text in message - Member list in Search if PM enabled for Admins & GMods only - Print page does not display quotes in posts properly - Deleting PM from PM view causes error in PM Storage listing - PM storage page index does not display properly - Page numbers for PM storage folders - Board-notifications in a single board or thread - Revised color selection for member groups - Updated (Live) Preview Layout in Post and PM, added automatic resize live preview field - Move Live Preview area below Preview in PM area - Message Status Icon displayed in PM Live Preview - Improved readibility of links below buttons in PMs - HTML error (form element inside span element) in default template Spelling, Text, and Instruction Fixes: ----------------------------------------- - Typographical errors in Help files