====== PunBB 1.3 ======
Current stable release.

====== New in PunBB 1.3 (compared to 1.2.*) ======
  * [[punbb13:extensions|Extension system]] based on hooks allowing one click extension installation (no code mods anymore).
  * [[punbb13:Hotfixes]]: little extensions operatively fixing security bugs.
  * [[punbb13:Notifications for new versions]] of forum or installed extensions.
  * Searches are now case-insensitive, extern.php improved, more global, per-group and per-user options added.
  * Split/merge topics functionality.
  * Multiple groups for moderators allowed.
  * Full [[UTF-8 support|support for UTF-8]].
    * [[http://www.mysql.com/|MySQL]] [[Installation#Requirements|requirement]] bumped to 4.1.2 to realize proper [[UTF-8 support]].
    * Certain "bad" characters are silently stripped out from the text input.
  * [[Language packs]] support for the admin console.
  * Better [[punbb13:BBCode parser]].
  * [[Integration#URL Schemes|URL rewriting schemes]], nice URL's built-in.
  * Improved [[punbb13:markup|markup/css]] to provide greater flexibility and accessibility.
  * Styles now have their own [[punbb13:Templates|template sets]].
  * Improved/added more [[punbb13:Integration#Database helpers|database helper functions]].
  * [[extensions#Official extensions]] produced and maintained by [[:Development team|PunBB developers]].

===== Release history =====
^ Release name / forums link ^ Date ^
| [[http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/18151/punbb-13-beta/|PunBB 1.3 Beta]] | 2008-01-29 |
| [[http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/19353/punbb-13-rc/|PunBB 1.3 RC]] | 2008-06-17 |
| [[http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/20136/punbb-13rc2-is-out/|PunBB 1.3 RC2]] | 2008-10-31 |
| [[http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/20214/punbb-13-final-release/|PunBB 1.3 final release]] | 2008-11-09 |
| [[http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/20392/punbb-131/|PunBB 1.3.1]] | 2008-11-26 |
| [[http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/20475/punbb-132/|PunBB 1.3.2]] | 2008-12-08 |
| [[http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/21516/punbb-133/|PunBB 1.3.3]] | 2009-04-17 |
| [[http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/21669/punbb-134/|PunBB 1.3.4]] | 2009-05-20 |

====== See also ======
  * [[:downloads|PunBB downloads]]
  * [[:roadmap|PunBB roadmap]]

====== Links ======
  * [[http://punbb.informer.com/forums/forum/48/punbb-news/|PunBB news]] forum at [[http://punbb.informer.com/forums/|PunBB Forums]]