MyBB 1.4 Feature Tour

MyBB 1.4 is a major release of the most powerful, free PHP and MySQL forum software available. There's over 50 new features, many behind the scenes optimizations and a complete rewrite of the Administrator Control Panel. Take a look at the tour below for a small snapshot of exactly what's new and improved in MyBB 1.4 or take a look at the full list.

DBMS Support

Support for multiple database types

MyBB 1.4 also introduces in addition to MySQL, support for the following additional types of database servers:

  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLite v2
  • SQLite v3

It doesn't end there though - we'll be experimenting with support for additional database server types for future releases too.

Database fall-over support

With MyBB 1.4, it's possible to specify a list of database servers that MyBB should attempt to connect to. If the connection fails or an error message is received while connecting, MyBB will then move on to the next available database server in the list.

This is fantastic for large forums who have database replication configured and multiple master servers spread out over multiple locations.

Master/slave replication support

MyBB also contains built in support for master/slave replication support. Larger forums requiring more than one database server will be able to set up automatic replication between their servers and have all write database queries fed off to a separate server than all content is fetched from.

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