As many of you know, I announced a few months back that I would be phasing out Mingle Forum and writing a new (much better) forum from scratch. That is still true but development on the new and very large forum project is taking much longer than I expected, especially since I’m a one-man team on it right now. 
So, because I am behind schedule on the new forum, I have decided to take a break coding the new one and spend some time updating Mingle Forum. The next update (vs. 1.0.31) will include the ability to link WordPress posts with forum posts CHEERS!
It takes a great deal of time to continue developing these great, free plugins so if you’re feeling happy today please pass some of that sunshine on through a donation 
Here’s the list of everything I’m hoping to get done in Mingle Forum 1.0.31. Be sure to check the changelog to see what actually makes it in.
Added Features:
– Ability to link WordPress posts with forum posts (complete)
– Use “Real” signatures instead of Bio’s (complete)
– Preview Post before submitting it
Bug Fixes
– “Quote” shows up in locked topics (fixed)
– Vanishing topic title if apostrophe is used in the title (fixed)
– If error occurs while creating, editing or replying to a post the entire post is lost
– Protected posts show up in the “new topics since last visit” feed (fixed)
EDIT (July 13 2011):
Security Enhancements
– Input fix to prevent XSS attacks (complete)
– Possible path disclosure in /fs-admin/ files (complete)
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A much better forum than mingle forum? Hard to believe since Mingle Forum is so great! Will mingle forum users be able to upgrade to this new forum plugin without loosing anything? Mingle Forum is by very far the best forum plugin out there…
Thanks for the kind words! And yes, the forum plugin will include a conversion option for those wanting to make the move. Most likely the converter will only transfer the Forum Structure (Categories, Forums, Threads, Replies). Moderators and Member Groups will most likely have to be re-created because of the new Database structures I’m planning on using, but that shouldn’t be a problem for most people.
That’s awesome news — any idea on the timeframe?
Should be Friday (tomorrow)
Does anyone have an idea if Mingle Social Plugin will continue to be updated? It has been a year since the last update and I feel like it is losing ground to buddypress (which is unfortunately not compatible with mingle forum).
Blair is busy with some other projects right now, ( gotta pay the bills
) but I talked to him about a week ago and he said he was planning some good things for Mingle when he finishes up some of his current contracts. Not sure what that means or when it’ll happen…but that’s what I know.
I figured out how to match a post to a forum, which is super. Can this be added for custom post types? Is there a way that I can add that feature to custom post types?
Yes but it will require a small hack, find the following code in the wpf.class.php file (near the bottom of that file)
if('post' == $_POST['post_type'])
{
if(!current_user_can('edit_post', $post_id))
return;
}
else
return;
Change the very first line to something more like this:
if('post' == $_POST['post_type'] || 'CUSTOM_TYPE_GOES_HERE' == $_POST['post_type'])
Hmm it sort of worked. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I did what you said but there was no noticeable impact. So I looked at the nearby code and found this code:
add_meta_box('mf_posts_to_forum', __('Mingle Forum Post Options', 'mingleforum'), array(&$this, 'show_meta_box_options'), 'post');I changed ‘post’ to ‘ep_event’ (my custom post type) and now the box shows up on the Add New Event page, but still when I check it off a new thread is not being added.
Oh, yeah I forgot about that part
– if you use ‘ep_event’ in both places it should work — unless your event plugin is not using WP’s built in API to publish the post. If that’s the case then there’s nothing we can do on this end.
any news on this yet mate?
The new forum? It’s coming along good, but still lot’s to do before it’ll be ready for alpha testing.
Hey cartpauj, I’m loving both Mingle forum and Mingle WordPress plugins. I can honestly say these are the most user friendly plugins for what they do. They seem to just do what I am want them to. Whereas, every other social networking or forum plugin for WordPress seems to have one problem or another.
Keep up the great work. I’m hoping my site can grow along with your plugins. Thanks alot!
Hey out there,
I am constructng a website using WP Multiuser Magicmembers along with a Classipress Theme. I am trying to find a nice looking forum to use. I tried Simplepress but I can’t make it work.
My site will have a separate username and password for Manager, Assistant Manager and Maintenance Supervisor. When one signs in the other two will not have access to that forum. In essence I will need (3) separate forums. The three cannot access each others forum page. Can Mingle Forum handle this problem? I would also like to have a separate blog too. Probably wishful thinking. Any help would be appreciated.
Unfortunately it cannot do that. The only forums I know of that allow you to have multiple forums on the same site is BuddyPress.
Mingle would be great for you, but perhaps set it up on their own subdomain.
site1.yoursite.com
site2.yoursite.com
site3.yoursite.com
wouldnt be that tough to copy and import all your stuff into them and then customize each one accordingly.
Installed Mingle Forum in minutes to our Membership site and it is a beautiful piece of coding.
VERY disappointed to even think you may stop supporting it!!!
Along with “K.I.S.S”. is the saying “If it aint broke, then don’t fix it”.
Happy to have paid for this so please consider this as an option rather than stopping it or replacing it.
Any idea when the new update will be released?
Cannot find Mingle Forum on WP has it been removed, temporary or permanently?
A security vulnerability was found in the CAPTCHA Mingle Forum uses, it will only be down for maybe another day or so while we take care of the problem.
I cannot locate the Mingle Forum WP plugin. Today is Jan 15. Is this temporary? The plugin is awesome!
Thank you in advance,
Bob K
Bob, the plugin is down temporarily while we work on a few more security enhancements. Will be back up soon!
Along with “K.I.S.S”. is the saying “If it aint broke, then don’t fix it”.
Happy to have paid for this so please consider this as an option rather than stopping it or replacing it.
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Any chance you can fix the issue described on this thread and experienced by many of us?
http://cartpauj.icomnow.com/forum/mingle-forum-plugin-group1/support-forum6/smilies-editing-icons-display-vertically-instead-of-in-rows-thread2055/
Thanks,
Sheila
We’ll have a look at this for the next release.
Thank you. It seems a major bug. I do hope you can fix it.
Please make sure it comes out soon
I enjoyed mingle but apparently lost my copy of it. But if you’re going to put out a new incarnation of it….I think I can wait >.> Mingle was great(though I think you could just do a new version that rewrites and converts the old version to this) and I can’t wait to see what lies ahead for your plugins. I look forward to seeing what you come out with when you put out the new forum software! 