Icy Phoenix

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Icy Phoenix

Icy Phoenix


Default install of the Icy Phoenix forum
Developer:	[[Developer::Mighty Gorgon]]
Initial release:	20 May, 2007
Stable release	Template:LSR
Preview release	Template:LPR
Available in:	English, Catalan, Dutch, Galego, German, Italian, Serbian, Spanish
Genre:	Internet forum
License:	GNU General Public License
Website:	http://www.icyphoenix.com/

Icy Phoenix is a CMSTemplate:What based on phpBB (an open-source Internet Forum package powered byPHP) plus many modifications and code integrations which add features to the whole package.^[1] Icy Phoenix has some features originally developed for phpBB XS Project which eas founded by Bicet and then developed by both Bicet (who later started slimbb) and Mighty Gorgon. Icy Phoenix has been created by Mighty Gorgon after he left the phpBB XS Project. ^[2]^[3]

1 Features
2 Installation
3 Compatibility with phpbb mods
4 Other languages
5 Requirements
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Features

phpBB bulletin board and permission system
CMS features allowing the creation of new pages and blocks (some of the functions are based on the abandoned IM Portal project).
Overall template integration among all site sections.
Many ready to use features: Photo Gallery, Downloads, Knowledge Base, Links, Chat.
Multilanguage and multitemplate ready.
Almost 100% XHTML and CSS W3C compliant.

Many of these features are based on modsTemplate:What for phpbb though some may have been written or rewritten by Mighty Gorgon. Others have been ported from phpbb3.^[4]

[edit] Installation

Icy Phoenix has its own setup procedure which guides the user through the steps of the setup process. An upgrade file is provided to upgrade the package from standard phpBB and phpBB XS. At the moment the only way to upgrade from another premodded package is by downgrading it to phpBB (there is a written procedure for this) and then run the provided upgrade procedure.

[edit] Compatibility with phpbb mods

Many phpbb 2 mods work with Icy Phoenix and most can with a little effort be made to work on Icy Phoenix. There is a subforum of downloadable mods that have been made to work on the forum software at the official website.

[edit] Other languages

English is the main language of Icy Phoenix, but it has been translated into other languages (alphabetical order): Catalan, Dutch, Galego, German, Italian, Serbian, Spanish. Many authors work on translations.

[edit] Requirements

At least 20 MB of free space in the folder you would like to install the package.
Web server with PHP (4 or higher) installed and running (works best on Linux + Apache).
MySQL (3 or higher) database with at least 1MB of free space.
Ability to set CHMOD permissions.

These other requirements (even if not strictly needed) are suggested for optimal performance of Icy Phoenix: