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I've made the decision that as of 2.1, FSACARS won't be supported anymore. The connector and code will still be there and working, but there are just too many issues to continue wasting time on kludging it to work. The client has not been in development for years. However, there is a free alternative - kACARS. It's an excellent ACARS app, very stable, and in active development. phpVMS 2.1 will include the ACARS connector piece, so all you have to download is the client. You can view the kACARS thread here, the documentation here. Thanks!
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I will be offering VA hosting shortly, along with nav-data updates with the upcoming 2.1 release. Pricing hasn't been decided yet, but the web-hosting will be completely certified to run with phpVMS, including support for the new phpVMS maintenance cron files, FTP support, and any other pieces which are required for phpVMS to work - including command line access, and access to tools such as mysql and git on the command line. It will include scripts to install phpVMS directly from the command line, using git (which the move to was just completed). I don't have a timeline yet, but it will be sometime soon, I'm in the process of setting things up. Navdata updates will also…
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I'm moving phpVMS to github: http://github.com/nshahzad/phpVMS It shouldn't make too much of a difference, except now it'll be easier for me to manage since now you can more easily fork and develop. For instance, you can do: git clone http://github.com/nshahzad/phpVMS.git phpvms Which will create the latest phpVMS in the "phpvms" folder, and you can work on your phpVMS install as normal (not modifying any core files). But when updating comes (for things like betas), to update, you can simply: cd phpvms git pull And it will automatically download and update that phpVMS copy to the latest one, and you just have to run the install/update.php file. Some cool…
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I'm slowly moving the documentation and updating it to the new tab called "Resources" on top. IPB has an add-in called IP-Content, which rocks in how it can be customized. I like having one system for everything, and with this I can start condensing everything into one more manageable system (rather than the now 3 separate pieces of software setup), and this is what I was looking to do for the docs anyway. Especially now there are comments allowed, so everyone can pitch in their two cents I need some docs written, mainly on sections in the admin panel. So if you consider yourself an 'expert' in some part, it would be great if you can write up an article. I'm creating al…
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Hi everyone, The forums, as you can see, have been upgraded to IPBoard. I will skin it soon, but for now it will stay on the default skin, until I can work all the little kinks out. All your posts, etc should be intact. Your old password also should just work. Thanks!
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There's an option in local.config.php to now notify about beta updates. See this docs topic: http://docs.phpvms.net/installation#beta_versions This is working from the release version.
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I've released a minor update for 2.0 which fixes a few issues which have been found. I highly recommend updating. Thanks!
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After a long, long wait, over 150 revisions, phpVMS 2.0 has finally been released! In this version, you'll find a ton of enhancements and bug fixes, with most of them coming from you, the community. Check out the changelog for full details, but some features now include XAcars and FS Flight Keeper Support, groups for the admin panel, and an enhanced financial and add-ons system. This version also enabled support for vaCentral, which is the upcoming virtual airline stats and ranking system. Now your VA has to compete against other airlines in the virtual world. more details about vaCentral will follow, it's currently in open beta, and anyone who uses 2.0 can participate.…
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It's finally open! I've opened up registrations for everyone running beta build 821 or later. There still might be some issues, but I guess that's the purpose of a beta. I'm still adjusting many things, including the rankings, but the data exports, etc, should all be working. Enjoy the friendly competition The site is: http://beta.vacentral.net There's also a dedicated board towards the bottom of the page, enter any issues there. Thanks!
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Everything should be back up and working. If not, wait a little while. The DNS may not have propagated yet (there's a ton of subdomains). Thanks
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I'm moving to The Planet this week, and bringing a dedicated database server online, in anticipation for vaCentral, and phpVMS growing. So there might be some sporatic downtime over the next week or so.
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Hey everyone, This is probably a weekly to a few times a week writing gig, not paid. It'll be for the vaCentral blog - just basically handling VA, flight sim, and aviation related news. I really want this to be a central point for the community. This will look good on a resume - phpVMS is a high-traffic site, and with the introduction of vaCentral, your writing will be exposed to a-lot of viewers and traffic. It'll be pretty open-ended - reviews, VA news, publishing press-releases, analyzing some trends and stuff, and also being a liaison to the community. I can't handle this portion by myself. Let me know if you have some interest, prior experience will rock. I'm open…
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As I'm sure many of you have noticed, phpVMS has been without a logo, due to my lack of artistic skills. I know many of you are creatively skilled... so I though it'd be nice to have a competition going... Requirements? None really. Just a super high res copy with layers in either Photoshop or Fireworks. It can include the phpVMS text (shown in the header). A modern look, "Web 2.0"-ey (I'm sure you know where to get inspiration). Then we can vote (or I'll decide, depends ). Something orangy/blue, that goes with the theme of the site. I figure about two weeks is a decent time to run the competition. Winning gets your name in the about for credit, and a free copy of.....…
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A new section has been added with tutorials, more will be added as they are created: http://www.phpvms.net/tutorials If you can create video tutorials, I will post them up, especially if you understand some aspect of the system Roger is working on skinning, I'll do a skinning tutorial as well, and also a tutorial on how some aspects of the systems work.
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Recently, the latest version of phpVMS was released. With this new version, there have been over 120 installs, bringing the total install base to over 250 VAs. While not all are active, most have deployment plans for the next 4-6 months. This all brings the future plans of phpVMS to a head. Now that there are financials, this beings the next stage - a virtual airline economy. Designs are underway, to link every phpVMS install to a central stage - bringing everyone's profits, finances, passengers, loads, all into account, to a central area for ranks and more, to build a virtual airline industry. This is has all begun in the planning stage, and details are being worked ou…
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After a few months of long work, over 120 revisions and code check-ins, I’m proud to say the latest version of phpVMS has been released! Some of the new things you’ll find: * Revamped admin panel * Complete financials * FSPax export support * Download manager * Numerous requests and improvements I would highly recommend reading the changelog, and the update guide, to wrap around all of the improvements and changes. There are many little pieces. As usual, post any questions in the forums. Thanks to everyone who’s been helping with the bug testing and reports! Over 25 VA’s participated in testing in one way or another, which was pretty awesome! E…
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This is the changelog for the next update. I've decided to post it now since it's basically "feature complete", except for a few minor things. It'll be in "testing mode" for the next couple weeks or so, I'm aiming to release at the end of January, if there are no major "blockers". I don't think I missed anything but it'll be revised when it's released. Enjoy! - Changelog updated changelog.htm
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Sneak Peak
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A sneak-peak of the new admin panel, just to get your juices flowing Alot of your requests have made it in - deleting PIREPS and 'retiring' aircraft. Oh, and FSACARS can pull the latest bid now and fill in the data . Most importantly, the entire thing is noticeably faster, I spent a lot of time optimizing. Still a few more things to do, so I don't know when it'll be out just yet. Still have a buncha testing to do, as well as baking in a few more cool things! Happy New Years! sneak_peak.png
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I was planning on keeping this under wraps, but the first few flights using FSPassengers have been logged ;D So...I am proud to announce that phpVMS will have official FSPassengers support in this next update! Same as FSACARS, just download a config file and drop it in. FSPassengers (for both FS9 and the new FSX version) supports exporting your pilot reports to a VA, and using phpVMS, this makes its easy for both you as admins, and for your pilots. The only downside is that there are no status updates, but hopefully that will be something added in the future, to dot track your flight along on the ACARS map. Along with basic financials, this next update will be an exci…
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Hey everyone, 1.1.458 is available on the downloads page. It's been going under heavy testing, and all the issues from past have been fixed. * Added page encoding option * Added option for changing pilot ID length * Added option to change signature text color * Admin can edit PIREPS * Some admin reports added (more to come) * FSACARS bug fixes - follow the instructions in the docs * Admin panel styles cleaned up * Bug fixes (alot of em!) Some notes : If a PIREP is not showing up, or the aircraft is blank, edit the pirep to include the aircraft. Because of the switch to registration numbers, some PIREPs did not "cross over" to include them. …
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Hey everyone, This past week's release has been bad. Tons of bugs cropping up, and it will be fixed by this weekend, most of them are fixed right now... just doing rigorous testing on it. I've setup 3 test areas that they move through. The reason for it was a problem with the place my code is stored. The server was corrupted, and my newer code ended up being replaced by some older code. I though I had fixed all the problems, but my automated build tools did not have test units for some of the basic functions, which were also reverted to older versions. My build tools are supposed to update my main testing server. They did not, so I didn't notice most of the issues which…
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Hey, A few critical patches in this one, run the update.php I had stopped manually doing patches, and replaced it with a build script (automatically checking versions, patching files, and just using test-cases), leaving bugs in there for the last update. There were a few database changes as well, so this was not completely checked in the auto build. The first releases were tight in how they handled data, but now with all your feedback, that needs to be loosened a bit, so it's just going through growing pains... Stay tuned this week and next since I'm issuing patches fairly quickly with bug fixes as soon as I find them. There's going to be quite a bit more Q&A from …
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Hey everyone, The next update is now available, 1.1.437. Alot of changes in this build: * Delete pilots (the clean way! * Aircraft registration options added * Routes can be assigned specific aircraft/registration * Pilot avatars added, with sizing options * Pilot country with flag images added * Dynamic signatures generated, to use on forums * Bug fixes and other such things. Don't forget to follow the update instructions, and read the changelog. There are still more updates coming, with more features. The forums have also been updated to SMF; your profiles are still there, you just need to reset your password. It's much easier to use and work w…
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Is up... with a lot more updates and improvements!Download it hereBuild 1.0.361 Schedule importer (yay!) CSV Template included Notes and enabled option field added to schedules PIREPs check for route existence before submitting "Times flown" for schedules now updated on PIREP submit Update script test in this build Some file organization, admin panel skin moved Bug fixes Notes: ----- * Run the update script in install/update.php * IMPORTANT: core_javascript.tpl has been renamed to core_htmlhead.tpl Correct this in your skin if you're not using a default!
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This next build is up, with a ton of fixes and some new features:Download it from here (Admin) Custom fields can now be added into PIREPS (Admin) "View details" link on PIREP Added flight queue/bid feature PIREP report page reorganized, shows additional fields Contact, Live Map removed for now (Will be re-added) IMPORTANT NOTESRun the following queries, change the phpvms_ if your prefix is different.These changes have been reflected in the changelog and the installer. CREATE TABLE `phpvms_pirepfields` ( `fieldid` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT , `title` VARCHAR( 25 ) NOT NULL , `name` VARCHAR( 25 ) NOT NULL , PRIMARY KEY ( `fieldid` ), UNIQUE KEY `name` (`name`) ) E…
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Took long enough for this next build, right? Well sorry about that guys! Had a little too much going on for the past few months.But here it is, RC1. Alot of changes. I recommend a clean install. Unfortunately, I won't be able to do FSACARS integration just yet - I don't have my FSX PC for a few weeks since I am moving.It can be downloaded from hereBuild 340 (RC-1 aka "Top of Decent") Clean URLs implemented Set Google Map type (See Notes) Pilot ranks are updated on PIREP accept Schedule distance properly saved/displayed Schedule listing shows airport name with ICAO on default Option to show Leg in schedule (See Notes) "False alarm" errors in updates/changes fixes Code fi…
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The project wiki page is located at:http://www.phpvms.net/wiki/homeThis will be more populated as we decide on details, and other aspects of the project. This will remain as the "defacto" resource, also for people who would want to tinker with the code to customize, or for people who would be interested in writing modules (more information to come on this later).Project specs, etc, are all listed here, as they'll be used to guide us during the project.It's left as "read-only" for general users.Unfortunately, phpBB doesn't have an RSS function, so we encourage you to also sign up on the mailing list. We will use it to post new announcements, though they'll also be cross po…
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Welcome to the message board for phpVMS! This is the place for any questions, comments, etc.
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