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BetaArchive is one of the largest repositories of beta and alpha builds of software on the Web.

It was opened in August 2006 by Andrew Whyman and is currently managed by Andrew "Andy" Whyman with the assistance from co-admin mrpijey and the moderators. The site features a FTP server which is accessible once a user has attained the FTP Access status on the forum.

The form has received 2 updates , first v2.0 , which was introduced with the upgradation of the form to PHPBB 3.0 and then 2.1, which was more of a forum revamp.

Member Groups and Privileges

There are several groups on BetaArchive.

  • Administrator (Also called Staff)
  • Moderators (Also called Staff)
  • Donators
  • FTP Access
  • Registered users (phpBB Default)
  • Newly Registered users (phpBB Default)

The Administrators / Moderators are the Staff members of BetaArchive and are invite only (if Andy/mrpijey needs you).

The Donators group you can get in by the following means: Donate US$5.00 or GBP2.50 or more and be member of the Donators group, you will need to PM Andy to get accepted.
This will give you access to the Donators' Forums. Previously , it was called the VIP group , where access was possible either by donation or by attaining 750 posts. The benefits of Donators group is mainly a restricted forum exclusive to the Donators members and can also have access to extra/private servers.

The FTP Access group you can get in by posting 10 contributing posts and then requesting access by joining the group in the User Control Panel.
This will give you access to most of the restricted forums and you can get an FTP account with 50gb per day and locked to your IP.

Members in the Registered users group can post freely in unlocked sections and you can now PM members and make contributing posts to get into the Advanced Members group.

The Newly Registered users group is the first group you get in (automatically) and it is limited to no PM's and all of the 3 posts need to be approved before you are automatically moved to the Registered users group.

There is also another group , called the VIP group. The previliges have not be decided yet and as such has only 2 members(the admins) in the group. This group is set to be invitation-only.

Ranking System(discontinued)

Members used to get an star ranking systema, shown between the user's avatar and user name, works as follows: Note that this feature has been removed and is now replaced by the member level instead as of v2.1(except the 'banned' ranks).

There are also special ranks, these are (were) set by Andy Manually or on a Group.
Note that Ex-OSBA used to be given out, but stopped back in 2008.
The rank "Permantely Banned" indicates that the user is completely banned from the forum and the n00b was more of an joke that continued. There is also another rank - "Temporarly Banned" in which the user is not banned permantely - he is only banned for a specific period of time.
There is also: I don't like the stars set for happy dude because he didn't like the stars.

Other BetaArchive Sections

Besides the Forum, BetaArchive has various other secions via the Website Navigation and links on the forum, these are noted here.

  • Photo Gallery, containing Screenshots of various Windows and other products.
  • Image Uploader, for uploading images on the forum, hotlinking to other websites are blocked.
  • Server Info, Keep an eye on the Server Information and Statistics.
  • FTP Servers, FTP Server information (Host, Account and Settings), Only Advanced members have access to this page.
  • Wiki, What you are reading now, the BetaArchive Wiki.
  • RSS Feed, BetaArchive's RSS Feed for the forum.
  • Contribution Rules, Contribution Rules on how to get access and examples.