@ Oct 20, 08 - 5:26 pm

The updates haven't been coming too often partially because I wanted to wait to have kind of a "big reveal", info AND screen shots. Luckily this is that day!

A demo is still a little ways off, but I can see it happening in a week or at most, two. The possibility of a beta in that time frame is now also a fairly good possibility. That said in this Blog I'll talk about a few of the unique features and usability of AdaptBB. As well, check out the bottom of the article for the brand new frontend screen shots!

@ Oct 03, 08 - 7:16 pm

For the first time with AdaptCMS, Insane Visions has issued an urgent security fix. This recent security hole was discovered by the group at Milw0rm. Upon hearing about this security hole we immediately fixed the problem in a matter of minutes and are now issuing this fix.

The Security Hole was related to the new "Check User" feature in AdaptCMS Lite 1.3 and AdaptCMS Pro 1.3. When signing up you would enter the username desired, once moving to the password field a box would appear saying whether the username was taken or not. The issue was the PHP that checks to see if the username is taken did not use any safe guards incase of SQL injection. The worst consequence is the stealing of the MD5 hash of a users password but NO passwords themselves were vulnerable to this problem.

This fix is simply one file which goes into the "includes/" folder. We recommend that all AdaptCMS Lite users upload this fixed file immediately. Thank you.

Download AdaptCMS 1.3 Fix

@ Oct 03, 08 - 1:44 pm

First up is the results of Septembers Poll:

What type of software do you normally use?
Other 0%

Commercial 14.2%

Open Source 85.7%

Neither, I write my own 0%

Votes: 7

Not many votes, hopefully it will pick back up in October as more content will be posted this month. Talking about October, the brand new poll is up gauging interest in the two Adapt scripts - Do you currently or are you interested in using AdaptCMS or AdaptBB?

With the launch of AdaptBB.com, we will be officially launching AdaptSoftware.org as well. But more importantly is what I would consider "Major" progress on AdaptBB 1.0 in the past few days. Several exciting features are not being revealed just yet, but we have now gotten just about all main posting features done (make new topic, new reply, edit post, etc.) and are now working on permissions/authentication.

By all means there is still a lot of work left to do, from a system to know what topics and forums have been read by the user and CMS integration/Forum Converts among more forum features left to do. But with recent gains we hope to continue the progress and be able to release features and screen shots very soon! The possibility of a demo is still not going to happen really soon, but next month it's a pretty good possibility.

Stay tuned to the site, there WILL be a tutorial up this month and expect a few blogs. Thanks!

@ Sep 21, 08 - 7:57 pm

At least according to TECH.BLORGE that is. OneCMS earned position number 21 on a list of the top 40 open source content management systems (CMS).

Just figured I'd post about this, it's always nice to see your own CMS linked somewhere else in a bigger way than just a normal list of CMS's, but what they considering the best ones. Here is the top 5 along with OneCMS:

1. Joomla - a very  popular open-source CMS that is found at the heart of many well known websites (the United Nations is just one example)
2. Drupal - another very popular, powerful and flexible content management system
3. WordPress - although geared for publishing blog, WordPress has proven that it can be a powerful CMS too, as you can see with my publisher’s custom publishing web site
4. Movable Type - like WordPress, Movable Type is also a weblog creation tool which is also used for building non-blog dynamic websites
5. b2Evolution - a full-featured weblog creation tool/CMS that supports multiple categories, sub-categories, multiple weblogs, skins, statistics, comments, anti-spam filters, photo management and multiple blogs
21. OneCMS - most commonly used by gaming websites, it can be used by webmasters to manage their website, allowing the user to upload files, add content and various other features

@ Sep 11, 08 - 1:00 pm

I wanted to pop in to announce the launch of the brand new AdaptBB.com! Here's an excerpt of the announcement:

"Welcome to the brand new AdaptBB.com! The new website for the upcoming PHP Forum script AdaptBB, is running off of AdaptCMS and once the script is in Beta form, will be used right here.

AdaptBB is a bulletin board/forum system written in PHP and MySQL powered that is currently in development. Once released, AdaptBB 1.0 will bring a lot to the new table outside from reputable customer service seen already with other Insane Visions scripts."

The new website is online right this moment, there are still some quirks to work out but well worth a peak!

AdaptBB.com

New AdaptBB.com Launched!

@ Sep 04, 08 - 2:18 pm

First is August's Poll results:

Which PHP version do you try to adhere by?
PHP 5.2.x 0%

Other 0%

I do not use PHP at all 6.25%

PHP 5.0 68.7%

PHP 4.1+, old school! 6.25%

PHP 4.3, PHP 4v4r! 0%

I have no preference 18.7%

Votes: 16

Thanks for the votes, now up is the September poll - What type of software do you normally use?

Be sure to stay tuned to Insane Visions with the launch of the new AdaptBB.com in the next week or two as well as a brand new Insane Visions website, you can already check it out. (hint: top left menu)

Work on AdaptCMS 1.4 has finally begun so expect a blog mid-late this month on some of the prominent features in the new AdaptCMS version. Thanks!

@ Aug 29, 08 - 11:19 pm

It's been a little slow lately the past few weeks here at Insane Visions. Working on a script from the ground up (AdaptBB) is quite a tedious task as well as a fun thing to do. The forum script is shaping up quite nicely so far, but there is still a LOT of work to do on the forums themselves, not even including some of the unique features.

With all that said AdaptCMS 1.4 will be delayed. I know an "official release" is never given, but AdaptCMS 1.0-1.3 were released two months apart. However with work on AdaptBB 1.0 as well as another Insane Visions-related website being worked on and various other things, I don't expect to release 1.4 until sometime in October.

At this point we are still brainstorming and we will begin work on the new version shortly, but we would like your feedback! Check out this topic and leave any suggestions for features or anything else you would like to see in AdaptCMS 1.4. Stay tuned!

@ Aug 04, 08 - 1:56 pm

Here's the results of July's Poll:

Which forum software do you use?
XMB 13.6%

SMF 15.2%

InvisionPowerBoard 14.2%

phpBB 15.3%

Vbulletin 13.6%

AdaptBB 14.1%

Other 13.6%

Votes: 827

Thanks for all those that voted. Now up is the August poll - Which PHP version do you try to adhere by?

Stay tuned to this website with the announcement of the new AdaptBB.com website, another new tutorial and more progress updates on AdaptBB.

With the release of AdaptCMS 1.3, it's made way for a lot of work to be done on AdaptBB 1.0, which already has quite a bit done! Feel free to post suggestions for AdaptBB.

@ Jul 18, 08 - 11:59 am

Insane Visions is happy to announce that AdaptCMS Lite 1.3 and AdaptCMS Pro 1.3 have been released and are available to download/purchase!

AdaptCMS 1.3 follows AdaptCMS Lite/Pro v1.2, which was considered a "major release", 1.3 is a major release as well. New to the table in AdaptCMS 1.3 are a host of new features such as Bot Detection, a new "archive" feature in Statistics, new Read Me file, File Release System, URL List tool and several security enhancements, bug fixes and many more features! Exclusive to AdaptCMS Pro 1.3 are two new plugins - TinyURL and Form Builder.

With AdaptCMS you can manage any type of content website with an advanced sections feature, custom fields, easily editable templates, an advanced permissions area and more that makes AdaptCMS adaptable to any website.

Download AdaptCMS Lite 1.3

Purchase AdaptCMS Pro 1.3

@ Jul 13, 08 - 6:54 pm

I know the lack of updates the past few weeks may be taken by some that little work has been done and/or AdaptCMS 1.3 won't be out for a while longer, but they're wrong, infact AdaptCMS Lite/Pro 1.3 will release this week! Practically most of the past few weeks has been spent slowly starting on AdaptBB, but mostly working on the big Read Me that will be premiering in AdaptCMS 1.3.

With AdaptCMS 1.3 being now the second large version in a row, you can expect a lot of new things! Exclusive in Pro 1.3 are two new plugins - TinyURL and Form Builder, as well as Support Search 1.1. Both Lite and Pro welcome an enhance Statistics module, informative and large Read Me, a revolutionary new "File Release System" and so much more!

You can see a full list of what's coming in 1.3 at AdaptCMS.com.

@ Jul 06, 08 - 3:17 pm

We've had a lot going on lately here at Insane Visions! AdaptCMS 1.3 is going to be released in the coming few weeks, AdaptBB is back in development, we're working on a few tutorials that will be online soon and OneCMS v2.6 is coming.

That's two active scripts (AdaptCMS, AdaptBB), one semi-active script (OneCMS) and all the while keeping updated on Insane Visions, a lot of work! So we are looking for some help. Here is what we are looking for:

• Programmers: This is the main need. If you are a PHP programmer with at least 1 year of experience, keep reading to see the link to give us a call. We also expect you are proficient in HTML of course as well as basics of MySQL. If you help out with AdaptCMS you do get paid, but don't expect a lot. ($30/copy - 1/3 goes to site, the rest is split between the programmers)
  
• Freelancer: If you'd like to just help out every so often, read ahead. If you want to write a tutorial every so often or want to keep the IV readers updated on the going-ons of the PHP/Tech world.
• Article Writer: Lastly if you are interested in writing tutorials or news (not related to IV), you may want to become an Article Writer.

How to Apply: If you are interested in any of the above or would like to help out in another way, checkout the following page:

Staff Application

Be sure to fill in your name, email and select the subject "Join the Staff". In the message enter the position your interested in and a bit of background as well as any messenger handlers. Thank you!

@ Jul 01, 08 - 9:48 pm

First up is last month's poll results:

After installing a CMS, what do you look for?
Other 0%

Easy-to-use admin panel 34.6%

Cool frontend layout 19.2%

Some help to get started 23.0%

A thorough Read Me 15.3%

Votes: 26

Thanks everyone for voting! This months poll is up, asking the question: Which forum software do you use?

With the release of AdaptCMS 1.3 approaching in the next two weeks, we've calmed down a bit before launch, getting work done on other websites.

However all that is left to do is finish the Read Me and release. Expect to see several tutorials up this month (feel free to post suggestions) as well.

@ Jun 26, 08 - 1:44 pm

We here at Insane Visions are excited to announce the fourth beta of AdaptCMS Lite. For this beta the process is even easier than ever before! First you must be a registered member, you can register if you're not. Then all you have to do is view the link down below and signup to become a beta tester:

AdaptCMS Lite 1.3 Beta - Download

The AdaptCMS Lite 1.3 Beta long with all previous beta's are available at that link.

The AdaptCMS Lite 1.3 Beta is the fifth Beta of AdaptCMS and fourth of AdaptCMS Lite, taking content management to the next level with no cost whatsoever! We hope to release the script within the next few weeks, along with AdaptCMS Pro.

Be sure to keep tuned into adaptcms.com for the latest updates.

@ Jun 23, 08 - 6:27 pm

After quite a long time thinking about it, I eventually decided to renew adaptbb.com and start the project back up. It was just about two years ago that it was announced and I just felt that I would eventually be doing a forum script and AdaptBB (as well as adaptbb.com) is a good name.

I wish I could say more, but all else I can say is that the script will be practically re-written, possibly with some OOP. It will be a lightweight forum system that will come built to be integrated into other CMS systems or standalone. In all likelyhood it will be released under GNU GPL as an Open Source script.

That's about it. Be sure to keep an eye out for it, I will be posting blogs about it here. Also checkout AdaptBB.com, it will be updated shortly with this info and more.