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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 — 5 months ago

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Just left a review on phpBB its rather good! phpBB I mean barrycarlyon — 5 months ago

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Updated 09 Feb 2009 07:32 UTC

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5 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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    Why Team Members Don’t Give Private Support

    Posted 15 days ago by iWisdom

    Not giving private support has been a policy on phpBB.com since I joined over three years ago. There is, in fact, a rule against contacting team members for private support:
    Support is offered only via these forums and #phpbb on irc.freenode.net. Do not contact team members privately (via any method) to ask for support. Users found [...]

    AutoMOD 1.0.0 Beta 2 and MODX 1.2.2

    Posted 15 days ago by eviL<3

    AutoMOD 1.0.0 Beta 2

    After a month, the second beta for AutoMOD is ready. We would like to thank everybody who tested beta 1. We have fixed a large amount of bugs and implemented support for MODX 1.2.2. A full changelog can be found ... [More] here.

    You can find more information about AutoMOD on the AutoMOD page. For support visit the AutoMOD forum. Please report any bugs to the AutoMOD bug tracker.

    Please note that this is a beta release, and not to be used in a live environment. We will not be held responsible for any damage caused.

    MODX 1.2.2

    We are releasing MODX 1.2.2 at the same time. This is only a maintenance release. The changes consist of adding a missing link type and a fix for the contributions. For instructions on how to update, please refer to the MODX update page. All modifications submitted to the MODDB must from now on use MODX 1.2.2. We have updated the sample file and the spec page.

    We give credit to poyntesm for pointing out the issue with links to files with localised imagesets and nickvergessen who provided a patch for the contributions.

    You can find the new XSL and more in the MODX resource centre. [Less]

    Scottish Meetup

    Posted 25 days ago by cherokee red

    Following the recent opening of the new events forum, several phpBB team members will be holding the first local UK meet in Edinburgh on the 24th of January. If you are in the vicinity or can travel to those locations then please feel free to come ... [More] along and show your face.

    Everyone is welcome whether you are a designer, programmer or simply a user. You don't even need to be any of the previous, you may just be someone that is interested in our software project. Regardless of your background you are very welcome to come along and speak to us in person.

    The meet is scheduled for 2pm in the Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh, with an expected finish time of 6pm. We do not expect anything from anyone, so expect to arrive into a relaxed, informal and welcoming group.

    If you are interested in attending then please post in the events topic or if you have anything you want to ask in private feel free to PM myself or Greenweaver. More details of attendees, etc. can be found in the 1st post of that topic. [Less]

    Fighting CSRF

    Posted 26 days ago by Kellanved

    Cross-Site-Request-Forgery, short CSRF, is a type of vulnerabilities that gets more and more attention. The concept can be translated as “tricking the browser into automatically performing some action using the user’s privileges”.

    The ... [More] secret behind this is that web applications use cookies to identify the user. Also, cookies get automatically added to every request sent to [...] [Less]

    Unified MOD Install Library (UMIL) 1.0.0 RC1 Released

    Posted 28 days ago by Highway of Life

    Hello,

    The Modifications Team is pleased to announce the first public preview release of UMIL. This tool was built by Exreaction under the supervision of the MOD Team. UMIL is short for Unified MOD Install Library and was created to provide ... [More] a framework for MOD authors to make simple database installation files (scripts) that are compatible with all database systems supported by phpBB3. MOD Authors can now write up a single and simple list of actions that will be used to install, update, and uninstall Modifications using the UMIL Auto system or build completely custom scripts using just the UMIL framework.

    UMIL is designed to accompany Modifications to make them easier to install for the end-user.

    More information and downloads can be found on the UMI Library page. To get started using UMIL, you can create a simple UMI file using the UMIF Creation Tool.

    If you have any problems or suggestions, post them in the UMIL Discussion Topic. If you find a bug, please post it in the MOD Team Tools Bug Tracker. [Less]

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