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We're very pleased to be able to show you how much we've achieved with our next generation board software. We've taken what we started with v1.0 and built on that strong foundation to realize the feature set we've always been striving for.

Invision Power Board 2.0 already sports PHP5.0 compatibility to ensure that the new code base is forward compatible. It of course will still run on any PHP version greater than 4.1. Under the hood are huge changes, seeing a more reusable structure which cuts down on redundant code.

Already packed with new features and additions, here are the biggest to date:

Unlimited Subforums
This very popular request has already been added. This is one of the biggest changes in v2.0 and the resulting re-code has actually saved us resources which means that v2.0 even with the new features is more efficient than v1.3!. We've done away with the old categories -> forums structure and built a more liquid design. If you set a forum to have no parent, it becomes a root forum. As it is a forum, you can edit the access permissions and skin accordingly.

Multiple Attachments with auto-thumbnail generated
Another popular request and it can be seen in action in this very post. Not only can you attach more than one item to a post, IPB will automatically generate a thumbnail that is smaller in physical dimensions and in filesize - great for 56k modem users!

MultiQuote
Again, another feature request inspired from the great customer based suggestion system we're lucky to have. You'll notice a little "+QUOTE" button to the bottom right of your post area (next to the "up" arrow) when viewing a topic. Clicking on this will turn the button red and when you next hit "Add Reply", the clicked posts will be added to the post window as quotes! You can click again to turn them off and this feature works across pages, posts, topics and even forums.

Ignore User
Not surprisingly another popular request. Simply put, each member can edit and maintain their own "ignore" list which allows them to "collapse" posts made by a member on their list. A link is provided to expand the post to allow it to be read if desired. The administrator can select which member groups are immune from the ignore list.

Online/Offline
Yet another popular request from our community. This is a little indicator that is displayed with each post to indicate if the member is still active. This is great for when you wish to PM someone and you're not sure if they're still on the board or long since gone. Naturally, anonymous users appear as offline.

Relative Dates
Another popular request. The admin can choose to set up a relative date format to allow posts and topics to be marked as "Yesterday" and "Today". This gives a much more natural feel and is easier to find active topics and recent postings.

You'll also notice improved quote and code tags. These are using the new CSS system so older quote tags and code tags won't be converted until the post is edited. As the new system uses two CSS controlled

I'm waiting for a big hunting, matt, carry on man!