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phpBB is a UBB-style dissussion board written in PHP. It includes features such as posting/replying/editing messages, private messages, private forums, user and anonymous posting, robust theming, user ranking by posts or by special, admin definable, ranks, and much more. phpBB supports 8 different SQL backends, not just MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, Firebird, ODBC and a few others...

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Done some preliminary work to enable phpBB sessions to be maintained on Carlyon_CMS barrycarlyon — 10 months ago

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Just left a review on phpBB its rather good! phpBB I mean barrycarlyon — 10 months ago

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Updated 02 Jul 2009 15:07 UTC

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10 months ago Avatar
Your Wrong Aldo

  by barrycarlyon

Your wrong Aldo.

To upgrade you just need the latest package, the new upgrade software does a nice job, so its not each step in-between now.

The only security problem I've ever had, was an old 2x board, which was about 5 versions outta date, back in the days of 2.0.19.

And giving admin to people who mucked about.

So phpBB is, in my opion, the biggest, best, and most widely supported, in the open source sense ... [More] , Free Bulletin Board software out there.

And since it is open source, you can do what the hell you want with it.

Don't forget http://phpBB.com has been hacked once, and that was awestats fault, as they had a massive security hole.
Not phpBB related at all.

Also gotta love the independent security audit.
And most of the fixes of 3.0.0 to 3.0.2 were not security, more general bug fixes.

Bazza [Less]

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phpBB is better than most free bulletin boards.

  by j

After testing out phpBB on a small crash site, I am slightly impressed by phpBB.

The installation was fairly easy, if not enjoyable, and getting my forum up and running was easy. The default design looks beautiful, and there's nothing bad with that either. But there were a few cons.

Those cons were, well. If you wanted to use your time efficiently, phpBB would not be a good BB to use. It's for people who want to invest time ... [More] into their site, and get a lot out of it. If you just want something easy to set up, phpBB is not for you.

Another con of phpBB is modifying the forum is so tiring. I nearly gave up on one modification, and sometimes it's exhausting.

But still, phpBB is a pretty famous bulletin board, and for good reason. It is powerful, secure, and easy to set up. You will get the most out of this program if you invest the time and knowledge in it. [Less]

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    3.0.6 CAPTCHA plugins and you

    Posted 9 days ago by Kellanved

    You probably have already heard about it: the next release will include a host of new features. This post will present one of them in detail, showing the idea and the impact on users, style and MOD authors.
    Most admins are experiencing problems with spam, which is taking away lots of energy that would be better [...]

    Guest Post: Why you need to fill out the SRT by JimA

    Posted 11 days ago by wGEric

    In the Support forums hundreds of support posts are made daily. People who have a problem, or just a question they’d like to ask. It’s hard to answer all of those questions. Sometimes we need more information in order to get a better view of the problem to solve it.

    What questions do we ask?
    Have a [...]

    Support Toolkit RC1

    Posted 12 days ago by Marshalrusty

    I am proud to announce the availability of the first public Support Toolkit package.

    Over the past two years, the Support Team has identified some of the most common issues presented by administrators. The Support Toolkit provides a simple ... [More] means of identifying and solving these common problems without the need to directly modify the database or run separate unverified scripts.

    The simple installation (just upload the files) and modular framework make this tool ideal for new phpBB administrators as well as seasoned coders who may wish to expand the tool-set offered.

    This Toolkit also represents the first joint venture between the Support Team and a member of the community. Special thanks to Erik Frèrejean and EXreaction for taking the initiative to make this possible.

    We would like to remind everyone that because this is a Release Candidate, the Toolkit should not yet be suggested as a means of fixing problems presented by users in the Support Forum. Those of you who are comfortable with using unreleased software are welcome to test this package and provide feedback.

    More information and downloads can be found on the Support Toolkit page. Please submit any bugs/suggestions to the Support Team tools bugtracker.

    ~ The Support Team and EXreaction

    You may discuss this announcement in the discussion topic. [Less]

    AutoMOD 1.0.0-RC2 Released

    Posted 12 days ago by eviL<3

    AutoMOD 1.0.0-RC2 Released

    The MOD Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the second release candidate for AutoMOD, our automated MOD installation tool. This release fixes some bugs that appeared in RC1. Refer to the ... [More] changelog for more details.

    About AutoMOD: AutoMOD is a tool for installing MODs in an automated manner. It performs the file edits for you. Because it is still in RC stage it's not fully stable yet. Therefore we suggest you not to use it on a live board yet. However, we encourage you to use it for testing purposes if you are a MOD author.

    Want to get started? Pick up the RC from the download page. Find more information on the AutoMOD page.

    On the download page there are also translations available. You want to translate AutoMOD into your language? Send a PM to A_Jelly_Doughnut. [Less]

    Junior Developers

    Posted 19 days ago by naderman

    phpBB is continuing its process of opening up the development process. After an internal trial phase we have now opened up the Junior Developer Team to regular members of our community. An increasing amount of people involved in phpBB development ... [More] should both speed up the development and improve quality.

    During our internal testing phase TerraFrost and [...] [Less]

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