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WSN 5.0 will introduce some important structural changes which cut ties with PHP 4. Taking adavantage of PHP 5 for new simplification and automation will mean short term bugs, but a more maintainable code base that'll ruduce long term bugs and allow development to move faster. You'll need PHP 5.1.0 or better.
Please note that there will be an upgrade fee (probably around $40) for the eventual final 5.0 for people who made their original purchase before April 29th 2008 (no upgrade fee for new people), but not for the pre-releases.
Change log so far (much more to come): scripts.webmastersite.net/r...?scripts=wsnkb&format=html
You can download autosetup.php to do a new install (upload, then visit in browser) or the zip file to do things the conventional way.
Since this is currently in alpha, be prepared for major bugs.
In order to autoupgrade a current install, you need to be on the latest of the 4.1 series and then open scriptinfo.php and replace
$latesturl = 'http://scripts.webmastersite.net/wsnkb/version.txt';
$currentdownload = 'currentdownload.php';
$releasenotes = 'http://scripts.webmastersite.net/releasenotes.php';
with
$latesturl = 'http://scripts.webmastersite.net/wsnkb/version50.txt';
$currentdownload = 'currentdownload50.php';
$releasenotes = 'http://scripts.webmastersite.net/releasenotes50.php';
in order to switch series (it'll appear in the autoupdate prompt after that change). Of course, the series change will be done by clicking a button when the final release is ready... I don't want to have people doing it accidentally now.
In my tests, it seems to update my customized templates properly from 4.1. The automatic template updates, though, are part of what needs a lot of testing.
Current projection: beta 1 in July, final release in August or September.
The 4.1 series will be supported with bugfix releases into next year. |
