<s>
Vanilla	B-Language
is	O
a	O
Canadian	O
software	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
2009	O
in	O
Montreal	O
,	O
Quebec	O
,	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
both	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
community	O
forum	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
community	O
supported	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
main	O
product	O
is	O
Vanilla	B-Language
Cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
open	O
source	O
product	O
,	O
Vanilla	B-Language
OSS	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
lightweight	O
Internet	B-Application
forum	I-Application
package	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
using	O
the	O
Garden	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vanilla	B-Language
Forums	I-Language
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
standards-compliant	O
,	O
customizable	O
discussion	B-Application
forums	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2009	O
there	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
cloud-hosted	O
version	O
(	O
offered	O
by	O
Vanilla	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vanilla	B-Language
's	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
1	O
July	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
since	O
undergone	O
many	O
changes	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
notable	O
being	O
the	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
between	O
Vanilla	B-Language
OSS	O
and	O
Vanilla	B-Language
Cloud	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
became	O
the	O
primary	O
product	O
and	O
Vanilla	B-Language
1	O
was	O
passed	O
into	O
the	O
hands	O
of	O
other	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vanilla	B-Language
2	O
,	O
open	O
source	O
is	O
still	O
maintained	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
core	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vanilla	B-Language
is	O
designed	O
to	O
bring	O
forums	O
back	O
to	O
their	O
roots	O
,	O
providing	O
core	O
functionality	O
with	O
additional	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
emoticons	O
available	O
as	O
plugins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vanilla	B-Language
Cloud	O
is	O
funded	O
in	O
part	O
by	O
a	O
custom	O
,	O
non-distributed	O
hosted	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
,	O
by	O
Vanilla	B-Language
Forums	I-Language
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
offering	O
various	O
plans	O
with	O
support	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vanilla	B-Language
OSS	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
core	O
team	O
with	O
help	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vanilla	B-Language
OSS	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
,	O
FOSS	B-License
,	O
extensible	O
and	O
multi-lingual	O
forum	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mark	O
O'Sullivan	O
created	O
an	O
early	O
version	O
of	O
Vanilla	B-Language
to	O
support	O
his	O
own	O
online	O
graphic	O
design	O
and	O
programming	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
2002	O
and	O
2005	O
,	O
this	O
alpha	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
forum	O
went	O
through	O
many	O
revisions	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
core	O
theming	O
and	O
plugin	O
engines	O
were	O
built	O
,	O
culminating	O
in	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Vanilla	B-Language
OSS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vanilla	B-Language
increased	O
in	O
popularity	O
and	O
was	O
invited	O
to	O
TechStars	O
2009	O
in	O
Boulder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
2010	O
Vanilla	B-Language
received	O
500,000	O
CAD	O
in	O
series	O
A	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2010	O
,	O
Vanilla	B-Language
Cloud	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
of	O
Vanilla	B-Language
OSS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vanilla	B-Language
OSS	O
has	O
a	O
very	O
lightweight	O
core	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
optional	O
plugins	O
,	O
including	O
chat	O
,	O
private	O
messages	O
,	O
"	O
Who	O
's	O
Online	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
attachments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vanilla	B-Language
OSS	O
is	O
still	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
Vanilla	B-Language
team	O
with	O
help	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vanilla	B-Language
Cloud	O
is	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
of	O
Vanilla	B-Language
using	O
the	O
Garden	O
Framework	O
,	O
an	O
MVC	O
,	O
object	B-Language
oriented	I-Language
,	O
modular	O
,	O
extendable	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
core	O
features	O
in	O
Vanilla	B-Language
Cloud	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
GPL	B-License
importer	O
for	O
other	O
forum	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
vBulletin	B-Protocol
and	O
phpBB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garden	O
is	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
framework	O
on	O
which	O
Vanilla	B-Language
Cloud	O
is	O
built	O
,	O
and	O
deployed	O
with	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
MVC	O
framework	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
right	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
convention-based	O
folder	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
downloading	O
a	O
Vanilla	B-Language
release	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
packaged	O
in	O
Garden	O
as	O
an	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pluggability	O
is	O
a	O
core	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
framework	O
,	O
as	O
is	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
,	O
so	O
the	O
application	O
and	O
core	O
is	O
mainly	O
extended	O
via	O
plugin	O
classes	O
using	O
a	O
public	O
method	O
naming	O
convention	O
to	O
denote	O
event	O
hooks	O
,	O
'	O
magic	O
event	O
 '	O
hooks	O
,	O
'	O
magic	O
methods	O
 '	O
,	O
and	O
occasionally	O
method	O
overrides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
Release	O
date	O
Notable	O
changes	O
Latest	O
release	O
21	O
July	O
2010	O
Bug	O
fixes	O
2.0.18.13	O
14	O
September	O
2014	O
29	O
April	O
2014	O
MeBox	O
,	O
improved	O
social	O
features	O
,	O
bug	O
fixes	O
,	O
improved	O
embedding	O
of	O
forums	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
WordPress	B-Application
plugins	O
,	O
and	O
/me	O
action	O
2.1.13p1	O
6	O
November	O
2015	O
12	O
November	O
2015	O
Improved	O
features	O
,	O
better	O
security	O
and	O
PHP	B-Application
5.3	O
min	O
requirement	O
2.2.1	O
7	O
May	O
2016	O
18	O
November	O
2016	O
Improved	O
features	O
,	O
HTML	O
emails	O
,	O
bug	O
fixes	O
,	O
better	O
security	O
and	O
PHP	B-Application
5.4	O
min	O
requirement	O
2.3.1	O
12	O
May	O
2017	O
31	O
January	O
2017	O
New	O
caching	O
system	O
,	O
updated	O
dependencies	O
,	O
new	O
responsive	O
dashboard	O
,	O
PHP	B-Application
5.6	O
min	O
requirement	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
changes	O
2.4b1	O
31	O
January	O
201715	O
March	O
2019Rich	O
editor	O
,	O
Keystone	O
theme.2.8.115	O
March	O
2019	O
June	O
2019	O
New	O
Rich	O
Editor	O
features	O
and	O
PHP	B-Application
7.1	O
min	O
requirement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hosted	O
version	O
of	O
Vanilla	B-Language
runs	O
on	O
the	O
newest	O
version	O
of	O
Vanilla	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
leads	O
to	O
ongoing	O
discussions	O
in	O
Vanilla	B-Language
's	O
own	O
community	O
forums	O
.	O
</s>
