The new OSW beacon is now in the OSW package in our region. The new beacon includes some bug fixes and a new Like / comment button that allows people who visit your region to give likes and comments to your region. Get it from our region along with the new HUD!

🚨DreamGrid Critical Security Update — Update Now! 🚨

DreamGrid by Outworldz — The most trusted grid is your own.

A serious PHP 8 security vulnerability has prompted an urgent security update world-wide. DreamGrid now includes the latest PHP 8 security fixes, along with multiple layers of protection designed to keep your OpenSimulator grid safer from unauthorized modifications and software tampering.

🔒 DreamGrid Security Features

PHP 8 Security Updates — Updated PHP 8 components with the latest security fixes to address known vulnerabilities.

SHA-256 DLL Integrity Verification — DreamGrid checks DLL files against trusted SHA hashes and rejects unauthorized or modified DLLs, helping prevent malicious code injection through file replacement.

ZIP SHA Verification — Downloaded ZIP archives undergo SHA integrity checks to detect corrupted or tampered files.

Microsoft Authenticode Digital Signing — Digitally signed software verifies publisher identity and detects unauthorized modifications.

TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 Encryption — Modern encrypted communications help protect data transmitted between systems.

Additional Security Hardening — Multiple security checks work together to protect your DreamGrid installation.

⚠️ PHP 7 Users: It's Time to Upgrade!

A few people still use PHP7 for Joomla V3. V3 and PHP 7 has reached end of life and no longer receives official security updates. Continuing to use PHP 7 exposes your grid to vulnerabilities that may never be patched.

When you start DreamGrid, you may be prompted to upgrade from PHP 7 to PHP 8.

Please select YES! Here's what happens:

YES — Upgrade to PHP 8: DreamGrid switches to PHP 8, removes your old PHP 7 folder, and hides the obsolete PHP 7/8 selection buttons.

NO — Keep PHP 7 temporarily: Your existing PHP 7 installation remains available, but it does not receive the latest PHP 8 security protections.

Test Joomla compatibility: If you're concerned about compatibility, test Joomla with PHP 8 first. Once everything works, restart DreamGrid and select YES to complete the upgrade.

🛡️ Why This Security Update Matters

PHP is one of the world's most widely used server-side programming languages. Security vulnerabilities in PHP can affect websites, content management systems, hosting platforms, and applications built on top of it.

That includes PHP-based applications such as WordPress and Joomla, as well as hosting environments using tools such as cPanel.

DreamGrid's updated PHP 8 environment includes security fixes unavailable to PHP 7 users.

Keeping DreamGrid updated is one of the simplest ways to reduce your exposure to known security vulnerabilities.

🚀 Protect Your Grid — Update DreamGrid Today!

Whether you're hosting a private OpenSimulator world, a public virtual grid, or a large multi-region environment, DreamGrid combines ease of use with important security protections.

Download or update DreamGrid now:

https://outworldz.com/Outworldz_installer/

DreamGrid by Outworldz — The most trusted grid is your own!

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🎨❤️🖤 **OSFest 2026: FINAL GUIDED TOUR!** 🖤❤️🎨
Join **Star Ravenhurst and Drew Blood** for one last ride through *Neopop Art Ludic*, the vibrant, playful world of artist **Tina Bey**, featured on Imagination Island in the Le Beau Retrouvé Art Gallery Complex!
Grab your skateboard and come explore this colorful, surreal landscape where pop art and imagination collide. This is your final opportunity to experience the exhibit before the 2×2 region is cleared for the next artistic adventure!
📅 **Oct 22, 2026 11 AM – 12 PM Grid Time**
📍 **Imagination Island, Tenth Dimension Grid**
🚀 **Hop:** grid.tenthdimension.org:26002/Imagination Island/128/128/22
Come for the art, stay for the fun, and help us give this extraordinary exhibit a fabulous OSFest send-off! ✨🛹

Exhibit presenters
* OSF_ Aphra Hendrix Exhibit

It's your OSFest! Make it fun everywhere
OSFest celebrates the creative talents of residents in the decentralized Hyperverse. We welcome merchants, exhibit presenters, and entertainment artists. For two full weeks, including weekends, we'll have music, dance, art, and merchant expos in one place - the OSFest Grid!

I actually screamed out loud...lol.
OSFest 2026 - Space Alien Zombies Quest!
Tons of awesome prizes! Fresh Mesh for the Halloween Season!
hop://grid.opensimfest.com:8022/OSF_NW_Expo/357/141/504

Hey guys! Looking for a new home? Why not get your own grid? Cooper Swizzle and I use Hosting 4 OpenSim to help run ours.
Josh is fantastic, and it's a lot easier than you think to get started!

Josh will be at OSFest tomorrow at 10 AM GridTime to answer any questions you may have about owning your own grid!
hop://grid.opensimfest.com:8022/OSF_N_Expo/329/40/464
Click below to see video on facebook
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16JTYmeTuQ5/

🤠🎸 OSFest 2026 – Get Ready to ROCK the Country! 🎶🔥

Dust off those cowboy boots, grab your hats, and get ready for an afternoon of Country & Rock at OSFest 2026!

🎵 We've got two fantastic DJs ready to keep the music flowing and the dance floor hopping!

🌟 12 PM – 2 PM Grid Time
🎧 DJ Garth Brooks
Bringing you a great mix of Country & Rock!

🌟 2 PM – 4 PM Grid Time
🎧 DJ Sasha King
Keeping the party going with more Country & Rock favorites!

🎸 Whether you're a country music lover, a rock enthusiast, or just looking for a great time with friends, there's something for everyone!

✨ Great Music! Great People! Great Times!

Come for the music, stay for the friendships, and celebrate the spirit of community at OSFest 2026!

🤠 Put on those dancing boots and we'll see you there!

🌐 TELEPORT TO grid.tenthdimension.org:26002/Yellowstone/128/128/22

🎉 OSFest 2026 – Where Music, Friendship & Community Come Together!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yfgiVzvapo

Coming Soon: REDLIGHT COCK-TALES – THE BLACK BOOK

A satirical look behind the scenes of a glamorous club scene, featuring stories about power, rumors, loyalty, and the little and big secrets of nightlife.

What is merely a façade, what is fiction, and what is left to the reader’s interpretation?

A story about human weaknesses, grand ambitions, and the question of how far some people are willing to go for success.

Sometimes, fiction is more intriguing than any supposed truth.

Disclaimer: This is a satirical work of fiction. Characters, actions, and events are presented as literary creations. Any resemblance to real persons or actual events is unintended and should not be interpreted as a statement of fact.

Silver Basin opens wide beneath the mountains, where the desert floor gives way to pines, rock, and rising trails. It’s one of those places in Sanctuary Canyon where you can stop for a minute and see how much country there is left to explore. Some areas are still being constructed, but there's much to explore freely and much, much more to come!!

Land of Enchantment • Sanctuary Canyon • Long Ranch

◥▧▧▧▧Sunday 18th October 10AM Grid Time▧▧▧▧◤
⇨ ᴡʜᴇɴ : 10/18/26 -- start is 10Am Grid Time
█◄♫►█ ⇨ DJ Marlon Wayne
█◄♫►█ ⇨ DJ Adriana Darkheart
█◄♫►█ ⇨ PUTRI SOLO LIVE SINGER
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ:Ricks Cafe
█◄♫►█ ⇨ GRAB YOUR FRIENDS and come :))))
hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/7%20Miles%20Jamaica/102/251/32

Coming to you at 6am PDT/SLT/OST/Grid Time, 2 hours of fun, laughter and banter, kicking off your Saturday with a bang!, come one, come all, all are welcome to come and join in party and have fun!
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/35...

🎧🔥 DJ YANA DAKOTA — LIVE TODAY! 🔥🎧

THE LEGEND IS BACK BEHIND THE DECKS!

Get ready for powerful beats, fantastic music and a whole lot of energy!

No drama, no nonsense — just great music, good company and a dance floor full of life!

🎶 DJ YANA DAKOTA
📅 Saturday, October 17, 2026
🕒 3 AM Grid Time
🏝️ Solmara – Sun-Kissed Cove Beach

Dresscode: Swimwear or nudity

📍 TELEPORT:
hop://grid.virtual-worlds.zone:8002/Solmara/77/100/23

TURN UP THE VOLUME, BRING YOUR ENERGY AND LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE! 🔥🎶

See you on the dance floor!

❤️ DJ Yana Dakota

DreamGrid statistics from the last 9 months:

39,918 regions hosted

250,962 standard Second Life-sized region equivalents

For comparison, Second Life has approximately 54,760 standard-sized region equivalents at the high end.

That's an extraordinary amount of virtual land supported by DreamGrid installations!

https://www.reddit.com/r/DreamGrid/comments/1x7uhpv/dreamg...

You will notice our website is inactive, that is because we are transitioning to Joomla 4. fingers crossed 6.2 is coming, its been a bit quiet. But in order for 6.2 you have to update to 4 first.

I got it successfully on Joomla 4, now we have to get it looking like a website and re enable plugins/modules one by one so we dont crash the site. The previous template we used isn't compatible with 4.

Chat gpt was a big help in helping me figure out which plugin was causing the MysqliDriver::query() error, since its deprecated in 4.

This also means no new members at this time.

🎉 OSFest 2026 – Saturday Night Entertainment! 🎶✨
Get ready for another fantastic day of music, fun, and celebration at OSFest 2026! 🎊
Join us on Saturday, October 17, as we keep the excitement going with four incredible performers bringing their music and energy to the OSFest stage!
🎵 SATURDAY'S ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP
🎩 2:00 – 3:00 PM | Austin Moores
🎤 3:00 – 4:00 PM | Maribol Inshan
🎧 4:00 – 5:00 PM | DJ Nay Kell
🎶 5:00 – 6:00 PM | Lavia
⏰ All times are Grid Time.
🌟 And there's more than just music!
While you're visiting, take some time to explore the amazing exhibits, discover unique shops, pick up freebies, and experience the creativity that makes the OpenSim community so special!
💃 Bring your friends, put on your dancing shoes, and enjoy an afternoon of great entertainment and wonderful company!
🌐 TELEPORT TO OSFest 2026:
hop://grid.opensimfest.com:8022/OSF_Welcome/236/400/565
🎉 OSFest 2026 – Where Creativity, Community, and Celebration Come Together!
See you on the dance floor! 💃🕺🎶