[Nasyr]

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  
• MyBB Series
  • Version 1.0
    
  • Version 1.1
    
  • Version 1.2
    
  • Version 1.4
    
  • Version 1.6
    
  • Version 1.8
    
  • Version 2.0
    
• MyBB Version Updates
  • MyBB 1.0
    
  • • New Features
      
    • Bugs Fixed
      
  • MyBB 1.1
    
  • • Changed Files
      
    • New Features & Bugs Fixed
      
  • MyBB 1.2
    
  • • Changed Files
      
    • New Features
      
  • MyBB 1.4
    
  • • New Features
      
    • Bugs Fixed
      
  • MyBB 1.6
    
  • • New Features
      
  • MyBB 1.8
    
  • • New Features
      
    • New Modification Site
      
• Credits
  • Nasyr
    
  • Archive
    

Introduction

• MyBB is a free and open-source Forum Software which was developed in 2002 and finally released in late 2003. MyBB is among the best free forum software to use. Previously MyBB has been known as both MyBBoard and MyBulletinBoard. MyBB is commonly used across many very big forums on the web to date and is also the same forum software that Hack Forums uses itself. In this thread we will be covering all the Versions and their Updates. We will take a step back in time to the very beginning and work our way to the present and then even take a glimpse into the future with MyBB 2.0 just around the corner. Hopefully if you never liked MyBB as a forum software or weren't sure by the time you read this you may just be amazed with the ongoing development and just how far MyBB has come as a software and how far their Staff/Developers have come too.
  Please note that the release section will only cover the initial release and not the entire documented history (1.4.1 and 1.4.2 etc) thank you and enjoy the read.

[Nasyr]

MyBB Series

MyBB 1.0

• On December 9th 2005 an announcement thread on the MyBB Community Forums appeared from the owner Chris Boulton stating that MyBB 1.0 was finally here after many beta releases in the attempt to gather all bug reports and get them removed. The software had went from beta into the stable release. This was the first version of MyBB as you can guess but of course there were a lot of bugs in the system. Unfortunately there wasn't a lot saved from the original release to provide here.

MyBB 1.1

• MyBB 1.0 was short lived when MyBB 1.1 was released on March 9th 2006, only 90 days after 1.0 had been released. The life of MyBB 1.0 was only 3 months but with the release of 1.1 there were many changes made when the version upgrade occurred. The version change was mostly built from Security updates within MyBB but at the same with over 20 of the files were changes as well. This was the new beginning of MyBB as 1.1 had many releases in the future.

MyBB 1.2

• MyBB 1.2 was finally released in September, the 2nd of 2006 to be exact. This was a major upgrade compared to any other before it with coding standards being increased like they had never been before. This was the first version of MyBB we seen a lot of the features that members requested being added to the software by default. The 1.2 release was the game changer for MyBB because the members had a bigger say and also this was one of the most sable built releases. All the changes that were made will be visible below in the upgrade section of this thread.

MyBB 1.4

• Before allowing members to get the released files for the 1.4 series upgrade MyBB decided to upgrade their forums to 1.4 and allow the members to get a feel for the new changes. This was done on June 9th 2008. On June 27th 2008 MyBB made an announcement they were looking for more people to apply for Beta Testing, this may have been the case because they had patched more than 500 bugs already and were wanting to get as many fresh faces on the scene to try get any bugs that were missed patched. The release of 1.4 finally came on August 3rd 2008.

MyBB 1.6

• MyBB finally had a massive user base and with the idea of 1.6 about to be released they offered the Beta files up for people to test before initial release. They had no implemented a bug tracker in the website so that it was easier for members to report bugs,the Beta release was made on May 16th 2010. The time for the official release was August 3rd 2010 Exactly two years after the release of the 1.4 series.This upgrade included more than 40 new features being added to MyBB. MyBB had already as a team developed a lot of themes and plugins and had them on their modification site so members could easily keep their forums flowing.

MyBB 1.8

• MyBB 1.8 wasn't expected as soon as they confirmed it was already in development on April 1st 2012, the section it was under was titled "MyBB 1.8 – The Bridge to 2.0" this immediately told all current users that the next version on it's way was going to be 2.0. This was to be the first release of MyBB that wouldn't have as many changes as the previous versions had such as 1.2, 1.4 and 1.6. June 1st 2014 was the release of the first Beta for 1.8 and members were advised not to run it on a live forum. A month later on July 1st 2014 Beta 2 came out with the same rules as the first and finally Beta 3 was out on July 21st 2014. MyBB finally made the release of 1.8 on September 1st 2014 which gave 1.8 a whole new section on their site for resources.

MyBB 2.0

• On March 9th 2015 MyBB published on their blog "Currently in pre-alpha, MyBB 2.0 is the long awaited upcoming major version of the open source MyBB forum software." On the blog there is a total of 5 Development articles as of right now and an entire section dedicated to MyBB 2.0 for discussions and what will be added etc from the suggestions given by the members. I've made some suggestions too that are going to be in 2.0.
  Dev Post 1 - Dev Post 2 - Dev Post 3 - Dev Post 4 - Dev Post 5 - Dev Post 6
  

[Nasyr]

Version Updates

MyBB 1.0

New Features

• • Any theme that was updated from the original install was now highlighted green.
    
  • A new custom theme was added by default to fresh installs, this came with a new logo and images.

Bugs Fixed

• • Drafted Threads Showing Up!
    
  • RSS 2.0 not working
    
  • PR2 Just a small Db typo..
    
  • PR2 Typo Aligning No - Permission Log-In button.
    
  • PR2 mySQL error: 1064 (Upgrading User)
    
  • (PR2) Portal, Stats (on/off)
    
  • Closed board message \'
    
  • Request to join group does not work
    
  • Mod in only one forum and RSS feed bug
    
  • PR2 686 Default Template Display Erro
    
  • Admin Approval of Registrations
    
  • Upgrade - Database Changes - 1062 error for helpdocs
    
  • Htmldoctype not changeable
    
  • PR2 686 possible bug with plugins...
    
  • New Users are not set to Default Theme
    
  • Postbit_avatar template
    
  • "Post Preview" button bug
    
  • Two Problems!
    
  • Uploads don't get deleted?
    
  • PM Button bug
    
  • BBcode in Private Messages
    
  • PR2 Editing user hangs on missing registration IP
    
  • Themes do not import with the customized templates and missed extra css and few
    
  • Portal Settings - Forum Stats
    
  • Manually changing people's theme as an Admin doesn't seem to save
    
  • Publically joinable group requests
    
  • PM button doesn't appear for mods on showteam.php
    
  • Favorite thread can't be deleted in UserCP
    
  • PR2 686: Notification email bug
    
  • Hidden break between two variables
    
  • Mass Email Bug
    
  • PR2 686: Forum subscriptions don't work
    
  • Big name, limited field space
    
  • Bugs with Reported Posts
    
  • Smilies Bug
    
  • Next Page Bug When Having Unapproved Posts
    
  • PR2, Commas' and quotation marks
    
  • Last Visit 01-01-1970
    
  • PR2 Bug Found While Searching
    
  • GROUP-members not shown properly
    
  • PR2 686 Traking private messages bug
    
  • Yes. A BUG. ~ PR2 ~ Deleting forums
    
  • Email notification on new PM
    
  • Activation email problems
    
  • Problems here with Font Size and Applets
    
  • Installer erro
    
  • Calendar doesn't delete events
    
  • bbDB->table_exists
    
  • .inc/languages/ not instal]led
    
  • Huge Bug in Mass Email System
    
  • Username style for guests
    
  • Forum/Category move-bug
    
  • Notification Of New Topics In Annoucements
    
  • User Input Validation
    
  • Minor Bug for Posting URL's
    
  • PR2 686 bug: Lists and quotes
    
  • A error ,when user register in my forum
    
  • Post preview - has attackments that arn't added?
    
  • Calendar bug [PR2] : need to test day value
    
  • Problem with signing up
    
  • Couple of errors & questions
    
  • Incorrect Last Page For Admins and Mods in Forumdisplay.php
    
  • Drafts are shown in newsfeed
    
  • Sending a PM doesn't work
    
  • $header bug ?? [PR2] problem showing navigation ba
    
  • Login Page Shows up as Unkown Location on Whos Online
    
  • Bad link in language file [PR2]
    
  • MAJOR Mass email BUG
    
  • Escaping quotes
    
  • Deleting moderated topics
    
  • Hacked: critical sql injection in usercp.php
    
  • Mismatched Tag in rss.php
    
  • Option to recive an E-Mail
    
  • Who's online permissions
    
  • Warning: array_merge() global.php
    
  • I got a MySQL warning on my last post here
    
  • Forum Jump - Wrong links
    
  • admin/templates.php
    
  • Delete PMs
    
  • inc/functions_post.php
    
  • Who's Online - Unknown Location
    
  • Admin CP (Groups overview)
    
  • PM notification
    
  • Help! Unauthorized Users Reported as Deleting posts in moderation logs!
    
  • PR2 bug in attachment quotas
    
  • Error while upgrading
    
  • Top Poster Statistics Page Bug
    
  • PR2 - View New Posts & View Today's Posts
    
  • Archive mode does not work
    
  • Calendar bug
    
  • Charset is not running in redirection pages
    
  • Posts are not stored
    
  • Hidden Profile Fields Don't Save Data
    
  • Portal 'Announcements' bug
    
  • Empty subject field
    
  • Smilie inserte
    
  • Email bug
    
  • Private Message System Acting Weird
    
  • bug when splitting thread
    
  • MySQL error when editing users profiles in the admin cp
    
  • Error when moderating group join requests
    
  • bug in newreply for init navigato
    
  • Subject of post don't pass in preview post
    
  • Multi validation for post title
    
  • Forum shows user as viewing a thread even when they don't have permission

MyBB 1.1

Changed Files

• • admin/adminfunctions.php
    
  • admin/forumpermisions.php
    
  • admin/helpdocs.php
    
  • inc/functions.php
    
  • inc/functions_post.php
    
  • forumdisplay.php
    
  • global.php
    
  • index.php
    
  • member.php
    
  • memberlist.php
    
  • misc.php
    
  • moderation.php
    
  • newreply.php
    
  • newthread.php
    
  • online.php
    
  • polls.php
    
  • printthread.php
    
  • search.php
    
  • showthread.php
    
  • usercp.php
    
  • usercp2.php
    

New Features & Bugs Fixed

• • Images in quotes
    
  • Bug Birthday - Day-1
    
  • Image resizing.
    
  • Email Options, Bug in the Memberlist
    
  • Two bugs
    
  • Help Documents can't be added
    
  • Missing subject in post preview
    
  • Remember my login details for future visits
    
  • dophpcode()
    
  • Forum permissions
    
  • Guests and polls
    
  • Sort search results
    
  • Smilies don't line up with text
    
  • mySQL error: 1054
    
  • Printable version bug
    
  • Subject in reply
    
  • Sort
    
  • Change email without validation
    
  • Poll error
    
  • Last poster profile link incorrect.
    
  • No cache header
    
  • Notification about reported posts
    
  • Similar Threads problem
    
  • PHP tag bug
    
  • Linear/Threaded default mode
    
  • Marking reports as read
    
  • Who's online and thumbnails
    
  • Various outstanding security issues
    
  • Search engine optimisations.
    

MyBB 1.2

Changed Files

• • admin/usergroups.php
    
  • global.php
    
  • inc/class_core.php
    
  • inc/class_language.php
    
  • inc/class_parser.php
    
  • inc/datahandlers/user.php
    
  • inc/functions.php
    
  • inc/languages/english/global.lang.php
    
  • jscripts/editor.js
    
  • install/resources/mybb_theme.xml
    
  • install/resources/upgrade5.php
    
  • install/upgrade.php
    
  • member.php
    
  • newthread.php
    
  • online.php
    

New Features

• • Lots of rewritten and cleaner code
    
  • Super administrators
    
  • AJAX
    
  • Custom moderation tools
    
  • Database backup
    
  • Improved RSS and syndication support
    
  • New reputation system
    
  • Multi-quote
    
  • Full-text searching (and search improvements)
    
  • Hooks in Admin CP
    
  • Data handlers
    
  • Rewritten post parser (and custom MyCode!)
    
  • Improved CAPTCHA images
    
  • Improved update & latest announcements checking
    

MyBB 1.4

New Features

• • MyBB released over 70 brand new features within 1.4.
    
  • The introduction of the "Hello World" plugin as default for MyBB.
    
  • Some official themes were automatically upgraded in the new version.
    

Bugs Fixed

• No bug fixes were reported when 1.4 was officially released so are unknown.

MyBB 1.6

New Features

• MyBB 1.6 may be one small step for forum software, but it is one giant leap for MyBB. There were over 40 new features that have been built in to MyBB and countless tweaks, fixes, and performance optimizations since MyBB 1.4.
  A new version of the Merge System was also released at the exact same with as the 1.6 release.
  Read more here.

MyBB 1.8

New Features

• • Remove PHP Closing tags
    
  • Performance improvement: intval to (int) conversion
    
  • Update 3rd part libraries
    
  • Warnings class/datahandler
    
  • Hide signtature of users to certain groups
    
  • Hide website links/buttons from certain groups
    
  • Add more hooks
    
  • Allow custom flash messages
    
  • Allow website field for certain groups only
    

New Modification Site

• A quote from the official blog -- "Along with the new website, the much awaited new Mods Site has also hit action on the MyBB Community Forums. This may come as a surprise but we have come to the decision that the new Mods Site will only contain 1.8 compatible plugins and themes. Worry not for the old Mods Site will still be accessible at mods.mybb.com, as it is being archived for a short while allowing for the continued use of 1.6 resources. Developers will, therefore, have to manually port their resources from 1.6 to 1.8 in order for them to be approved on the new Mods Site."
  Read more here.

[Nasyr]

Credits

Nasyr

• Constructing this thread, Putting the information together, and Releasing this thread.

Archive

• This thread was released on behalf of Archive to help improve the forums however it does.

[Nasyr]

This thread is now live, all the information regarding Version Updates is for the initial release of the new generagion/series.

[Nasyr]

Gonna this since I spent quite a bit of time making it.

[Balding]

Awesome threads Nasyr. You really make high quality stuff.

[Eternal.]

Very informative thread on MyBB versions and updates, thanks.

[Nasyr]

Very informative thread on MyBB versions and updates, thanks.

thanks for the comment hope to keep this updated as much as possible.

[eiqht]

I hope to be hq like you when I grow up.

[YihuYon]

Nice thread Nasyr, just a question.
Mybb 1.6 or 1.8 which a webmaster should be picking now? And why.

Thanks!

[Wires]

Nice thread Nasyr, just a question.
Mybb 1.6 or 1.8 which a webmaster should be picking now? And why.

Thanks!

As always, go for MyBB 1.8. Nasyr will go into more detail as to why.

[YihuYon]

As always, go for MyBB 1.8. Nasyr will go into more detail as to why.

Thanks for the quick reply Wires, well probably security wise yes 1.8 but them plugins dont support much isnt it?

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Plus sorry for this one more small question Wires & Nasyr.
There is an option of mysql improved and mysql to choose from. Which and why?

[SIM-2026552]

Thanks for the quick reply Wires, well probably security wise yes 1.8 but them plugins dont support much isnt it?

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Plus sorry for this one more small question Wires & Nasyr.
There is an option of mysql improved and mysql to choose from. Which and why?

MySQL Improved aka MySQLi is genuinely better, go with that.

[Verilog]

It is a good thread listing all MyBB related improvements.
Good work