IPS News Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 IPS Community Suite 4.0, the most significant update to IP.Board and the rest of our apps we've ever made, is fast approaching a state where we'll be ready for a public preview and, soon after that, public beta testing! We know most of you are just as excited as we are about this and can't wait to try it out. With 4.0, we've made some significant leaps in terms of modernization, and it's possible that you might need to do some preparation before you're ready to install it. Notably, our minimum PHP and MySQL versions have gone up. It's the first time we've needed you to do this in 6 years, and the versions we need you to have have been around for a long time, we're not requiring the latest versions. In addition, 4.0 is UTF-8 only (if you don't know what that is, it's a way text can be stored in your database which you may or may not be using at the moment) and while the 4.0 upgrade process will convert your database for you if you're not already using it, this is a moderately time-consuming process, so if you convert your database now, it's one less thing to worry about on upgrade day. To make this process as easy as possible, we have created a little script which you can upload to your server to test if you're ready. Download Now View the full article View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antidote Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 The UTF-8 requirement is actually a good thing, no more botched encoding due to someone forgetting to set the charset for a table, iirc MongoDB defaults to UTF-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Fire Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 By default, I usually install as UTF-8, because it has support for Eastern languages. That, and I find it generally better to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antidote Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Yeah, using anything but UTF-8 usually leads to nothing but headaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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