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  • Function DB Version 2.0...
    Sometime last year (or possibly even in 2006), I started thinking about improvements to the function DB, and noticed one major issue: due to the way the data was stored, we had to add an entire new function entry if a function was moved or changed in s...

  • Theme Contest Winners!
    The voting for theme contest has now closed, and the results have been calculated.

    First, we would like to thank all participants who entered the theme contest, we saw some good themes and hope to see more themes from everyone in the future.

    The top ...

  • Simple Machines Forum 1.1.5 and 1.0.13 released
    Simple Machines is proud to announce the release of SMF 1.1.5.

    This version addresses a few security issues and fixes some small bugs.

    We encourage all users to upgrade to SMF 1.1.5 as soon as possible, by either using the fast install option from the...

  • Theme Contest Voting
    Well folks the Theme Contest is now closed. For the last 9 days the team have been busting their brains to narrow the voting down to the final 8. Now it's up to you guys and gals to bring the 8 down to three.

    In case you all have forgotten what's at st...

  • We are always looking for Support Specialists!
    SMF has decided to take a new approach to support. We are going to implement a new system to thank the non-Team Members who've post helpful replies to others. There are a number of you who enjoy giving support but can only do it for a few months at a t...

  • A reminder to keep your emails up to date
    Dear members, recently a large number of bounced emails have been generated from personal message notifications, release announcements, and topic notifications because many members here have either deleted their email account or have an invalid email a...

  • SMF 2.0 Beta 3 Public Released!
    Simple Machines is extremely proud to announce the long awaited release of the first public beta of SMF 2.0.

    SMF 2.0 has now been in development for over 18 months, and in beta with our Charter Members since August last year. Feature complete, and havi...

  • Simple Machines Theme Contest
    Simple Machines would like to announce today the opening of our second Theme Contest, to give our community members the challenge to create some new and exiting themes to show how nice and perhaps, exotic SMF can be.

    To enter the contest, all you have ...

  • Download Mirrors
    Thanks to Network Redux and Ubiquity Hosting Solutions, Simple Machines now has two offsite servers available.  These servers are being used, in part, as download mirror...

  • Looking back- an interview with Joseph Fung, Jeff Lewis and [Unknown]
    As Simple Machines readies itself for a new year, I thought I'd take a look back at just how far we've come.  In doing so, I immediately contacted a few of SMF's founders, Joseph Fung, Jeff Lewis, and [Unknown]. For most SMF'ers, this group needs not i...

  • New private beta download policy for new Charter Members.
    Dear Charter Members,

    Due to some recent issues that we have had with certain new members, we have added a restriction on our private beta downloads.  Now you you must be a Charter Member for a week before you can download private beta releases....

  • SMF's ban policy and how to "appeal" it.
    Heya, folks!  We've had a few people banned recently, and there's really no single place for cohesive ban guidelines, so we thought we'd share some guidelines and suggestions with y'all.

    First off, getting banned here takes quite a bit of effort.  The ...

  • Function DB Improvements
    Just a quick note to tell you about two improvements I've made to the function DB:

    1. You can now view a list of all functions within a single file by clicking on the filename on the main page.
    2. The filename is now displayed in the linktree when view...

  • Forum etiquette and behavior
    I wanted to make a post to remind our users and visitors to the site about forum etiquette and behavior here at Simple Machines. While we try to keep an open mind and we try to keep things lighthearted we do need to keep things in line with the agreeme...


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