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with regards to ipb.. koudanshi is the best person with regards to support and upgrades.. i don't have v2 of ipb because i don't have a live site anymore (££ flow problems), but i like IPB myself and i will continue to do the core upgrades and help out with support for that module (V1.4) as much as possible, including conversion of standalone IPB mods aswell.
I'm not a coder myself and i only have limited knowledge but so far there aren't many issues i haven't been able to deal with.. as i learn more php then i will continue to do more and possibly start to add more extra features to it. once all the issues regarding php 5 have been ironed out in the XOOPS core, i will try and get ipb 1.4f updated to function right in php 5 also, i already made a start on modifying some of it to make it more compatible with php 5, so if i'm able to then i will try and release a new version with some extra features, but that definitely won't be for a while, i don't want however to tread on koudanshi's toes as to speak.
I haven't seen koudanshi online in a while but i know he's been busy etc, but he will also continue development aswell.. he hasn't abandoned V1.4F and will continue it :)
maybe a print to pdf facility on ipb 1.4 could be a possibility aswell, altho i'll probably require some help regarding that. (i try to keep up to date with mods from invisionize.com) and most of the developers there are more than happy for us to use and convert their mods for use with x-ipbm as long as we inform them and ask permission 1st..