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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 2After 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 here.You can find ... [More] 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 1.2.2We 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]

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]

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

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 a ... [More] 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]

As the world moves towards Web 2.0, it is becoming increasingly important to have a dynamic website - something which most people are using the PHP language to achieve. Unlike the use of HTML by itself to create a website, HTML and PHP together allow a website to be much more flexible, such as connecting [...]

As of 0:00 UTC January 1st, 2009, we will no longer be providing support for phpBB2. For reference, please see the following announcement made on April 16th, 2008: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=900655The phpBB2 support forums have been locked and will ... [More] remain available in this "archived" state for a number of months, purely for reference purposes. Most phpBB2 resources have been removed from the Support Section of the site and further pruning will take place within the next few weeks. phpBB2 Knowledge Base articles will be reposted in the archived forum.There are a number of third party sites which have opened for the purpose of offering assistance with phpBB2. Additionally, some international support sites have decided to continue supporting phpBB2. As stated on the international support site page, phpBB.com does not manage these sites and therefore does not set their policies. You should, of course, be careful when following directions found on other sites.We strongly recommend that users who are still running phpBB2 convert to phpBB3. After reading the conversion documentation, further assistance may be sought in the 3.0 Support Forum.We thank you for staying with us throughout these many years and hope that you will join us in looking to the future by supporting phpBB3.If you have any questions about this, you may PM me directly.Thank you,The phpBB Teams [Less]

The MOD Team is proud to announce the first public beta release of AutoMOD, the successor of phpBB2's EasyMOD. AutoMOD will install modifications for you. It can use FTP or direct file access to write the changes or package the new files as a ... [More] zip.More information and downloads can be found on the AutoMOD page. If you have any problems, ask in the AutoMOD forum. If you find a bug, post it in 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. [Less]

The MOD Team is proud to announce the first public beta release of AutoMOD, the successor of phpBB2's EasyMOD. AutoMOD will install modifications for you. It can use FTP or direct file access to write the changes or package the new files as a ... [More] zip.More information and downloads can be found on the AutoMOD page. If you have any problems, ask in the AutoMOD forum. If you find a bug, post it in 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. [Less]

Hello,We are very pleased to announce the availability of the "one year anniversary" phpBB 3.0.4 package. With this release we would like to thank everyone who supported phpBB the past years. This release fixes some bugs introduced with the changes ... [More] in 3.0.3, corrects minor issues, fixes two security bugs and also increases performance significantly.Please note that we urge you to update. The versions we currently support here are phpBB 2.0.23 and phpBB 3.0.4. Bug submissions and incident reports for older versions will be closed.Important changes since 3.0.3:[Fix] Allow mixed-case template directories to be inherited (Bug #36725)[Fix] Regression bug from revision #8908 regarding log display in ACP[Fix] Allow the UCP group management to work for groups with avatars. (Bug #37375)[Fix] Fix header list build for replying oldest PM in PM history (Bug #37275)[Fix] Do not display COPPA group in memberlist find member dialog if COPPA disabled (Bug #37175)[Fix] Do not try to send jabber notifications if no jid entered (Bug #36775)[Fix] Only display special ranks to guests; no longer display normal ranks for guests (Bug #36735)[Fix] Properly treat punctuation marks after local urls (Bug #37055)[Fix] Make searching for members by YIM address work in prosilver[Fix] Tell users to recreate the search index after changing the common word threshold for fulltext_native (Bug #36345)[Fix] Adjusted phpbb_chmod() to always set permissions for group bit.[Fix] Do not increment users post count after post approval if post had been posted in a forum with no post count increasing set (Bug #37865)[Fix] Extend vertical line for last post column if no posts in forum (Bug #37125)[Fix] correctly update last topic/forum information if changing guest usernames through editing posts (Bug #38095)[Fix] fix postcount resync for situations where low and high post ids are higher than step value, resulting in users having 0 posts. (Bug #38195)[Fix] Use a left join for the topics table on search to avoid trouble with FROM syntax on some databases (Bug #37005)[Fix] Do not show 'Forward' button if the user cannot send PM's[Change] Alllow applications to set custom module inclusion path (idea by HoL)[Change] Handle checking for duplicate usernames in chunks (Bug #17285 - Patch by A_Jelly_Doughnut)[Change] Better handling and finer control for custom profile fields visibility options. (Patch by Highway of Life)[Change] Performance increase for format_date() (Bug #37575 - Patch by BartVB)[Change] Changed prosilver date separator from 'on' to '»'[Change] Performance increase for get_username_string() (Bug #37545 - Patch by BartVB)[Change] Slight performance increase for common parameter calls to append_sid() (Bug #37555 - Patch by BartVB)[Feature] Added 'AGO' setting to relative date strings. For example: posted 14 minutes ago. (Patch by BartVB)[Sec] Fixed an issue where deactivated accounts could be re-activated without the required privileges. (Reported by Jorick)[Sec] Ask for forum password if post within passworded forum quoted in private message. (Reported by nickvergessen)Please refer to the changelog for a complete list of fixes since 3.0.3:http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents. ... &version=3A 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.Minimum RequirementsphpBB3 has a few requirements which must be met before you are able to install and use it.A webserver or web hosting account running on any major Operating System with support for PHPA SQL database system, one of:MySQL 3.23 or above (MySQLi supported)PostgreSQL 7.3 SQLite 2.8.2 Firebird 2.0 MS SQL Server 2000 or above (directly or via ODBC)OraclePHP 4.3.3 (>=4.3.3, >4.4.x, >5.x.x, >6.0-dev (compatible)) with support for the database you intend to use.getimagesize() function need to be enabledThese optional presence of the following modules within PHP will provide access to additional features, but they are not required.zlib Compression supportRemote FTP supportXML supportImagemagick supportGD SupportThe presence of each of these optional modules will be checked during the installation process.SecuritySecurity issues found should be reported to our security tracker in the usual way.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.With this release, there are five packages available.Full Package:Contains entire phpBB3 source and english language files.Automatic Update Package:Update package for the automatic updater, containing the changes from previous release to this release.Changed Files Only:Contains only those files changed from previous versions of phpBB3. Please note this archive contains changed files for each previous release.Patch Files:Contains patch compatible patches from previous versions of phpBB3.Code Changes Package:Package contains changes to the following sections: Language changes, prosilver style changes and subsilver2 style changes.Select whichever package is most suitable for you. As a tiny guide we recommend the following methods based on the requirements:For a new installation you should use the Full PackageFor updates of boards without modifications you can basically use the Automatic Update Package (guided udpate) 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.Style Authors and Translators may use the Code Changes Package to update their styles or language packs directly.International Support Teams may use the Patch Package in conjunction with the Code Changes to better support users having problems with conflicts or specific 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 LocationsYou can of course find this download available on our downloads page.We use sourceforge.net for hosting our downloads. If you have problems downloading from there, our packages are also available at Ohloh.Download/DocumentationphpBB DownloadsphpBB Projects page @ ohlohphpBB Projects page @ sf.netphpBB3 DocumentationphpBB3 support forumphpBB3 bug trackerphpBB3 Coding GuidelinesphpBB3 Sourcecode DocumentationphpBB Code ForgeHave fun with the release,the phpBB Team [Less]