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AutoMOD 1.0.0-RC1 Released

Posted 7 months ago by eviL<3

AutoMOD 1.0.0-RC1 Released

The MOD Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the first release candidate for AutoMOD, our automated MOD installation tool. There have been a large number of bug fixes improving the overall ... [More] stability. The most prominent addition is the backup of all files before they are edited.

The RC should be more stable than the previous betas, but we still suggest you not to use it on a live board. We will continue to provide support as we have for the betas.

What are you waiting for? Pick up the RC at the download page. Find more information at the AutoMOD page. For a full list of changes, see the changelog. [Less]

Expanded MOD policies published

Posted 8 months ago by Paul

Hi all,

The phpBB MODifications Team is proud to announce the availability of our new policies page, that gives an insight to how we handle validation.

We have added two new policies to this page. The first new policy, insta-deny ... [More] , describes when we Insta-Deny a MOD. With this information you know in what case we actually will deny your MOD and how you can prevent this. It also says in what cases we don't deny, even if MPV complains.
The second new policy, the repack policy, describes when we repack a MOD. With this information you know why we don't repack a MOD in some cases even when it's a small issue, or when we repack a MOD while it actually is a pretty large issue.

With these two new policies we hope the community understands the inner working of the validation process better.

The phpBB.com MODifications Team [Less]

Unified MOD Install Library (UMIL) 1.0.0 RC3 Released

Posted 8 months ago by eviL<3

The Modifications Team is proud to announce the availability of RC3 (Release Candidate 3) of UMIL, the Unified MOD Install Library. There have been a number of bug fixes and enhancements.

You can find downloads and more on the UMIL page. ... [More] Please report any bugs you encounter to the tracker.

Thanks for your support,

The phpBB.com Modifications Team and EXreaction [Less]

Guest Post: Starting your own MOD by A_O_C

Posted 8 months ago by wGEric

MOD requests are common with each version of phpBB. Every user wants something different to make their board unique. The problem, however, is that there are more users than MOD Authors. However, with an understanding of PHP and phpBB, you can create your own!

I started out just like everyone else; I knew nothing about PHP [...]

What do you want to see on this blog?

Posted 8 months ago by battye

I touched on this in an article at my own site last month, but it is worth mentioning here as well.
This blog currently covers a wide range of topics relating to how to run your forum (How many forums should I create?, How Many Moderators Do You Really Need?, etc), to technical aspects about phpBB [...]

Guest Post: Supporting phpBB by JimA

Posted 9 months ago by wGEric

Because phpBB is a very large product, it needs to be supported. People who have a problem/question and they come here to find an answer or solution. Have you ever looked at the support forums? If so, you might have seen that there are many many topics a day and just a few people answering [...]

Unified MOD Install Library (UMIL) 1.0.0 RC2 Released

Posted 9 months ago by eviL<3

Hi,

The Modifications Team is pleased to once again announce a release candidate for UMIL. The second RC features a number of bug fixes and makes use of some features of the upcoming phpBB release. We hope to get more feedback on this ... [More] tool.

As always, more information and downloads can be found on the UMIL page. Please submit any bugs you find to the MOD Team Tools bugtracker.

The MOD Team [Less]

How many forums should I create?

Posted 9 months ago by battye

I touched briefly on this in the very first blog post here at phpBB.com. If you’ve just set up phpBB, how many forums should you create?
As I said in that blog post, the key is to start small and increase the number of forums you have over time. There is nothing worse than going to [...]

Talkin bout Area51

Posted 10 months ago by battye

No! I’m not talking about military bases or U.S. conspiracy theories, but rather phpBB’s very own Area51 - http://area51.phpbb.com
Area51 is phpBB’s official testing ground, and as stated on the site it is the home of “bleeding edge ... [More] developmental code”. The site was established in 2001 - the brainchild of psoTFX, the former leader of the [...] [Less]

Change of License on the Wiki

Posted 10 months ago by wGEric

The license on the wiki has been changed to the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported. Authors who have text within the wiki and do not agree to this new license should contact any member of the Management Team. From this point ... [More] forward anyone who wishes to make changes to the wiki agrees to release their work under this new license. [Less]