The latest version of the EP-Dev Whois script has finally been released, version 2.0. The new version is a complete code rewrite that fixes many bugs and incorporates many new features, including an administration panel:

All of the code is new . The entire script has been rewritten. Most importantly the script now has a control panel that features easy editing of nearly all aspects of the script without the need of any database! The control panel now features easy addition of nameservers and price settings, as well as easy editing of existing nameserver settings and templates. Each nameserver now has an array of individual settings such as individual timeouts. The administration panel also includes the ability to quickly check nameserver validity, allowing one to quickly pinpoint incorrect nameserver settings (such as bad keywords).

The general search of the whois script has been updated to scrictly enforce general domain rules (such as length and format). It also has smart domain recognition that allows it to interpret somedomain.com.com as somedomain.com while still recognizing multiple dot TLDs, like somedomain.co.uk and subdomain tlds, such as somedomain.otherdomain.com as otherdomain.com. In fact, with the smart domain recognition, the tld selection could be left out altogether. Still, the search has also been updated to include the option of checkboxes instead of a dropdown box for multiple tld searching. It also has user session logging, so that queries can be temporarily logged and displayed on the following page in the search bar.

There are many other features, but I believe that those are perhaps the most evident.