After several months of development, Home Office Pro 2 appears to be launching February 1st, 2010. With a nice fresh new look, full use of current technologies and massively improved usability we’re really looking forward to seeing it in action with beta taking place shortly.

Over seven years ago my friend Joseph Fung and I decided the web needed an alternative to the leading PHP forum package out there. We created a PHP fork of perl based YaBB and after working with what we called YaBB SE for a bit, we re-branded as SMF, or Simple Machines Forums, along with a new core of code written by a developer who called himself [Unknown]. After seven years…it’s crumbling…but why?

As I continue to look into some possible projects to hop into and take part in, I also have some ones I want to discuss with others to see what they want to do with theirs and if they need a hand.

After an extremely hectic few weeks culminating in a crazy weekend of work for me, we’ve gotten to a closed alpha release of Home Office Pro 2, the successor to Home Office Pro from Platinum Synergy.

The time has come for me to pick up a new project. It’s been several years since I started YaBB SE/SMF and I’ve been pretty bored as of late and dying for something new to start up and work those creative juices.