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Hello everyoneWe will be performing some server maintenance late Thursday/early Friday. The agenda includes doubling the memory in our servers, a kernel update and an overhaul of the database VM structure.To minimize the inconvenience, we are ... [More] scheduling this as closely as possible to phpBB.com's least active hours and combining multiple procedures in one day. We expect to be done within 4 hours and will start at 6:00 PM PST/9:00PM EST/2:00AM UTC. Click here for times from selected cities around the worldVarious components of the site (the board, area51, the blog, wiki, documentation, etc.) will be sporadically offline during this time.Thank you,The phpBB Team [Less]

Hi all,The Support Team is pleased to announce the availability of Support Toolkit "Bertie's lifeguard" 1.0.4. This fourth maintenance release introduces some small new features, but is mainly aimed at improving the stability of the Support Toolkit ... [More] on various platforms supported by phpBB itself. This release also introduces full phpBB 3.0.9 support. This new release can be downloaded from the Support Toolkit page in the CDB.UpdatingWhen updating from any older Support Toolkit version first delete the old stk/ directory before uploading the new version.TranslationsTranslations for this release can be downloaded here. To enable a translation, you only have to download the package and place it in the stk/language directory.New features[Add] Add the ability to delete users to the profile list tool. (Bug #62727)[Add] Support the mssqlnative DBAL. (Bug #62803, #62804)[Add] Mark/Unmark all checkboxes in the restore deleted users tool. (Bug #62833)Changes[Change] Revert to use the phpBB common.php. (Bug #62658)[Change] Make the ACP link "founder only". (Bug #62682, Patch by WileCoyote)[Change] Various changes to the database cleaner to correctly support all the DBMS supported by phpBB.Bugfixes[Fix] Correctly package the translation packages. (Bug #62651)[Fix] Incorrect include path in the mysql_upgrader. (Bug #62653)[Fix] In some cases the database cleaner is loaded twice, causing blank pages. (Bug #62660, Patch by D¡cky)[Fix] Depricated error in PHP 5.3.x. (Bug #62662)[Fix] Remove unused button from the database cleaner. (Bug #62663)[Fix] Resolve "500 Server errors" on IIS. (Bug #62679)[Fix] Undefined index error in the resync user groups tool. (Bug #62687)[Fix] BBCode reparser incorrectly handles guest posts. (Bug #62713)[Fix] BBCode reparser doesn't keep "reparseall" flag. (Bug #62725)[Fix] Allow multibyte characters in the SRT generator. (Bug #62744)[Fix] Allow disallowed user names in the "add user" tool. (Bug #62685)[Fix] Resolve SQL error when resynchronising PM report flags. (Bug #62783)[Fix] Resolve an postgreSQL error in the resync. report flags tool. (Bug #62788)[Fix] Unexpected return while running database cleaner. (Bug #62799)[Fix] Missing semicolon potentially corrupts index in mysql upgrader [ref: PHPBB3-10192]. (Bug #62800, Patch by Noxwizard)[Fix] Database cleaner doesn't continue. (Bug #62801)[Fix] Stricter HTTPS check in the auto cookie tool. (Bug #62814, Patch by Noxwizard)[Fix] Restore Deleted Users tool uses invalid grouping. (Bug #62818, Patch by Noxwizard)[Fix] Profile List fails on MSSQL. (Bug #62819)[Fix] Reparse all bbcodes fails on MSSQL Native. (Bug #62820)[Fix] All tables and columns marked missing in Firebird and Oracle. (Bug #62821)[Fix] Reparse All BBCodes enters infinite loop for MSSQL. (Bug #62822)If you are unfamiliar with the toolkit, please see the Support Toolkit page.As always, assistance with installation, updating, or any of the tools provided with the Toolkit is available through the support section in the CDB. Please submit any bugs/suggestions to the Support Team Tools bugtracker.Thank you, and enjoy.The phpBB TeamYou may discuss this announcement in the [Discuss] Support Toolkit 1.0.4 released topic. [Less]

Greetings community,We are pleased to announce the release of phpBB "Bertie's off to the beach" 3.0.9. This version is a maintenance release fixing a number of bugs as well as adding some minor new features. It contains two new caching backends: ... [More] WinCache for Windows servers and a Redis backend. The number of login attempts without having to solve an anti-spambot task can now be limited by IP. Username and password fields are no longer incorrectly autocompleted in the ACP.We urge you to update your installation as soon as possible. Our support team will only support phpBB 3.0.9, updates to phpBB 3.0.9 and conversions to phpBB 3.0.9. Submissions to our trackers for older versions will not be accepted, please make sure you update before you submit a bug report.If you use a language pack other than the default "English [GB]", you should check our downloads section, an update may already be available.We would also like to say a special thank you to everyone outside the development team who has contributed a patch to this release:Erik Frèrejean, Callum Macrae, Eric, RMcGirr83, Yuriy Rusko, Adam Reyher, Kevin Locke, Patrick Webster, Raimon, Josh Woody, Marek A. Ruszczynski, Richard Foote, Sam Thompson, Schnorrer42, Bart van Bragt, ChrisTX, Ingo Migliarina, Marc Alexander, Niklas Schmidtmer and Philippe Chevrier. You can find a full list of contributors on our redesigned Area51 development section: http://area51.phpbb.com/contributors.For a complete list of changes with attributed ticket numbers, please consult our comprehensive changelog.Installation instructionsA short explanation of how to do a conversion, installation or update is included within the provided INSTALL.html file, please be sure to read it. You can find a list of requirements on our Downloads page.SecurityIf you find any security issues please report them to our security tracker.Available packagesIf you experience problems with the automatic update (white screens, timeouts, etc.) we recommend using the "changed files only" or "patch" method for updating.Full Package:Full phpBB 3 source code and english language files.Automatic Update Package:Update package for the automatic updater, contains changes from previous release to this release.Changed Files Only:Complete files, but only those that were changed since previous releases of phpBB 3. This archive contains changed files for every previous release.Patch Files:This file contains diffs against the previous phpBB 3 release, which can be applied with the patch utility.Select the package most suitable for you. We recommend the following methods depending on your situation:For new installations you should use the Full PackageFor updates of boards without modifications you can use the Automatic Update Package (guided update) or the Changed Files Only package (manual update).For updates of boards with modifications you should use the Automatic Update Package. If you are confident with patch files and patching you can use the Patch Files Package.International Support Teams may use the Patch Package in conjunction with the Code Changes to better support users with problematic conflicts during their update process or to help them update code sections.If you are a hoster/provider, you may want to use the Patch Files Package to update all of your client installations.Please ensure you read the INSTALL and README documents in docs/ before proceeding with installation, updates or conversions!Download LocationsThe download is of course available on our downloads page.Our release archive provides all packages we build. If you do not find your desired package you can probably find it in the release archive.These are the files with their md5 sums:phpBB-3.0.9.zip (Full Package)md5sum: fb8025a51a3c756fe6151a6b0beeefd4phpBB-3.0.9.tar.bz2 (Full Package)md5sum: 1baa799b0d10b0df794a5a408ff80e59phpBB-3.0.9-patch.zip (Patch Files)md5sum: caad242273bbbfbea86cd00a16239e70phpBB-3.0.9-patch.tar.bz2 (Patch Files)md5sum: 48b1fdd64658d12bf58ccca9e105277aphpBB-3.0.9-files.zip (Changed Files)md5sum: 2305fea2749bd09da17365dbbe0f29f0phpBB-3.0.9-files.tar.bz2 (Changed Files)md5sum: 8fb9cdceafef9ddf68e011611e817563phpBB-3.0.8_to_3.0.9.zip (Automatic Update Package from 3.0.8)md5sum: e5648147787c5413783bf81dea2c4fc7phpBB-3.0.8_to_3.0.9.tar.bz2 (Automatic Update Package from 3.0.8)md5sum: 6d7996e6fea4fea927998ee2f0346c9ephpBB-3.0.8_to_3.0.9-codechanges.zip (Language and Style Code Changes)md5sum: c4ac13ae38132c88293470d1c7a9d1caphpBB-3.0.8_to_3.0.9-codechanges.tar.bz2 (Language and Style Code Changes)md5sum: cce76d34eda103b26edb0807c2a6184fphpBB-3.0.9.webpi.zip (Microsoft Web Platform Installer Package)md5sum: 3f0a5416a1a1ad83729e047ecf8a7ee3Download & DocumentationphpBB DownloadsphpBB Projects page @ ohlohphpBB 3 DocumentationphpBB 3 support forumphpBB 3 bug trackerphpBB on GitHubphpBB Code Wiki [Less]

Every now and then a question pops up in the discussion forums about which MODs are most essential for board owners to install. It’s difficult to answer this question for one key reason; what is essential for one admin may be trivial to another. It all comes down to personal preferences and the unique needs [...]

Greetings,On July 26-28, phpBB will be exhibiting at OSCON 2011 in Portland Oregon, at the Oregon Convention Center. Visit our booth and bring your questions or just drop by to chat. Several team members will be there as well including me, AdamR ... [More] , ckwalsh, dellsystem, Marshalrusty, naderman, and Phil. All you need to get into the convention to see us is an Expo Hall pass, which you can register for on the OSCON website.Additionally, we will be hosting a "Birds of a Feather" session on Wednesday evening at 7pm. The topic is Building Communities with phpBB, moderated by me. There will be speakers, discussion, and free stuff. For more information, visit its event page.We are giving out Berties and phpBB T-Shirts as raffle prizes, just bring by a business card.Hope to see you there!Discuss this announcement here [Less]

Hello all,Our friends at OSUOSL have notified us that one of the drives in the Schooner database server powering http://www.phpbb.com has failed and that the machine needs to be reset to complete the installation of a replacement.The maintenance will ... [More] begin at 4:00AM UTC (3 hours after this message is posted). We don't anticipate a downtime of longer than 15 minutes.Thanks,The phpBB Team [Less]

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Hi all,The Support Team is pleased to announce the availability of Support Toolkit 1.0.3. This release introduces a number of new features into the toolkit as well some major improvements to existing tools. This new release can be downloaded from the ... [More] Support Toolkit page in the CDB.UpdatingWhen updating from any older Support Toolkit version first delete the old stk/ directory before uploading the new version.TranslationsTranslations for this release can be downloaded from this topic. To use a translation, simply download it and place it in the stk/language directory.New features [Add] Re-sync attachments and a re-sync avatars tool. (Bug #52815) [Add] MySQL Upgrader tool. (Bug #62477) [Add] Re-sync registered users group. (Bug #62538) [Add] A tool that resynchronises the report topic flags. (Bug #62601)Changes [Change] Migrated the versioncheck files to http://version.phpbb.com/stk/ [Change] Made the database cleaner user interface a bit more user friendly. [Change] Added a better build script. (Bug #62471) [Change] The BOM Sniffer now also handles UMIL and AutoMOD if installed. (Bug #62474) [Change] Remove closing php tags from the php files. (Bug #62478) [Change] Dynamic BOM Sniffer white list. (Bug #62481) [Change] Remove the phpBB < 3.0.7 limitation from the Update email hashes tool. (Bug #62546) [Change] Database cleaner now also validates roles, extensions and report reasons. (Bug #62475) [Change] Merge the two system group resync tools into one. (Bug #62576) [Change] Changed the way the BOM Sniffer handles non-english language files. (Bug #62581) [Change] Some tweaks to the build script.Bugfixes [Fix] SQL error handling. (Bug #51225) [Fix] Correctly handle configuration values that were removed from phpBB. (Bug #62189, Patch by Noxwizard) [Fix] Hooks potentially break STK. (Bug #62352) [Fix] BOM Sniffer white list uses hard file extensions. (Bug 62473) [Fix] Merge users tool in some cases incorrectly sets PM to and bcc addresses. (Bug #62486, Patch by D¡cky) [Fix] Hardcoded path to the STK. (Bug #62493) [Fix] Allow the database cleaner to work correctly when no table prefix is set. (Bug #62537) [Fix] BOM Sniffer critical repair files not sniffed correctly. (Bug #62541) [Fix] ERK breaks when style files are missing. (Bug #62557) [Fix] Update UMIL to 1.0.4. (Bug #62568) [Fix] Some language changes. (Bug #62585, Patch by Unknown Bliss; #62594 Patch by Noxwizard; Bug #62480; Bug #62615) [Fix] Correctly sanitise all queries. (Bug #62606) [Fix] BOM Sniffer call to phpbb_realpath fails. (Bug #62620) [Fix] Blank messages when running the database cleaner. (Bug #62621) [Fix] Reset Roles doesn't restore data. (Bug #62622) [Fix] Problem with text files in archive. (Bug #62627) [Fix] Some language issues. (Bug #62635, #62647) [Fix] Prevent the creation of a ghost whitelist file. (Bug #62636) [Fix] "Non-static errors" in the ERK. (Bug #62649)If you are unfamiliar with the toolkit, please see the Support Toolkit page.As always, assistance with installation, updating or any of the tools provided with the Toolkit is available through the support section in the CDB. Please submit any bugs/suggestions to the Support Team Tools bugtracker.Thank you, and enjoy.The phpBB TeamYou may discuss this announcement in the [Discuss] Support Toolkit 1.0.3 released topic. [Less]

The phpBB Team are pleased to announce a North of England Community meet-up on January 29th 2011 in Manchester, UK.Meeting Venue: Starbucks, Manchester Picadilly Station 12:00–12:30 midday.Free Registration: Register your attendance on ... [More] EventBritephpBB meet-ups are a great way to network with other members of the phpBB community, make new friends and meet the people behind the usernames. They also provide an excellent opportunity to meet members of the phpBB team, and learn a little more about what goes on behind at the scenes at phpBB. After significant demand was demonstrated for a North of England meetup, Manchester was chosen as the venue as it is very accessible to most in the whole of the UK via rail, road and air. It’s also accessible to those in Europe and the city centre is easily accessible from Manchester Airport with direct frequent rail connections. Rail tickets can be booked with no booking fee at http://nationalrail.co.uk/. You can also check the times of trains here and plan your journey – if you need help with this feel free to contact Sam England – the organiser of the event.To allow people to have the morning to travel, we will be meeting between 12.00 and 12.30pm at Manchester Piccadilly Station. It’s been decided that the place to meet especially for those who may be unfamiliar with Manchester is the Starbucks in Piccadilly station.After receiving suggestions – Pizza Express has been decided on for lunch and a booking will be made for the entire group – it’s important that you register for the event (free) especially if you want to come along for this (see below). Pizza Express is located in Picadilly Gardens – close to the railway station and initial meeting point.To make the day worthwhile for those travelling from afar, it was suggested that there should be some kind of Daytime activity – Laser Quest has been suggested and if it proves popular this will certainly be going ahead.We will then reconvene as light fades in the late afternoon/evening and retreat to a good pub or bar which serves food. A good area for this is probably Deansgate. The group will be at The Pitcher and Piano in Deansgate Locks from 5pm onwards[Arches 9 & 10 Deansgate Locks, Whitworth West, Manchester] – there are plenty of others bars in the area too. The idea of putting forward this loose 'itinerary' is to make the day more worthwhile for those who are flying in from Europe. The event will be informal with no real set agenda - the idea of is simply to allow people to put names (or rather usernames) to faces - essentially it's a networking event. It's also a really good opportunity to chat about phpBB and the future of phpBB with some of the most influential and knowledgeable people in the UK and European phpBB scene, whilst having some fun in Manchester throughout the day and over good food and drinks in the evening.If you’d like to attend – please register free at http://phpbbnorth.eventbrite.com/ – and it’s not too late to make suggestions in the phpBB topic for the event viewtopic.php?t=2104776. In the official topic you can also see the event FAQ and put questions to the organisers and other attendees.Here’s a brief run down of the day's plans – although these are by no means set in stone.12.00-12.30 Meet at Starbucks Manchester Piccadilly Station (map) 13.00 Pizza Express (Piccadilly Gardens) not far from Picadilly Station (map) Afternoon – LaserQuest (TBC - possible – depending on what people want to do - it will be a 20minutes journey from Manchester city centre to the Trafford centre, and there is plenty to do in Manchester city centre if this isn't what people want - although it is great fun) (map) Evening – The group will be at The Pitcher and Piano in Deansgate Locks from 5pm onwards [Arches 9 & 10 Deansgate Locks, Whitworth West, Manchester] (map)If you have any specific questions about the day that you’d like to have answered quickly – you can direct those to Sam England – the organiser of the event. [Less]