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Hello,We are very pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB3 RC5 package. This is the fifth (and hopefully last) release candidate which is meant to become the Gold release if no more critical problems arise.For release candidates full ... [More] support is given, allowing language packs as well as modifications and styles. We only give support to those having a clean RC installation or updates from previous release candidates. Previous conversions or updates from betas will not be supported here. We encourage only those running the release candidates wanting to test out the new version, it is still recommended to wait for the full release; after all this is a release candidate.Please also note that we urge you to update - we only support the latest version. Bug reports submitted for previous releases will be closed as well as only the latest version being supported here.RC5 has seen some improvements as well as fixing some critical bugs. Some important fixes are for example:[Sec] Added alternative tokens to custom BBCodes which are safe for CSS/Javascript and changed TEXT token to entitise opening and closing parantheses.[Feature] New constant PHPBB_EMBEDDED can be used to let phpBB not call exit; if wrapped/embedded (We may re-check this constant on other code locations later too)[Feature] append_sid() having a check for the function append_sid_phpbb_hook(). This function is called in favour of append_sid() with the exact same parameters if present.[Feature] Add "DECIMAL:", "PDECIMAL", and "PDECIMAL:" to the schema creation code (Bug #13999) - patch provided by poyntesm[Feature] Display message history in compose PM screen[Change] Made group avatar/rank changes more intuitive[Change] Do not force login on visiting topic/forum from notification emails (Bug #13818)[Change] For new posts or editing the first post topic titles have a maxlength of 60 characters. For any subsequent posts the length is extended to 64 to make room for the Re: part, but cutting at 60 characters. The maxlength need to be 64, else users using opera are unable to post (opera does not allow pre-filling a field with more characters than specified within the maxlength attribute)[Change] Added a filter for user objects to LDAP configuration and improved explanations (Bug #12627)[Fix] Properly display ban reason if selecting banned entries within the ACP (Bug #13896)[Fix] Properly parse SQL expressions for Oracle (Bug #13916)[Fix] Display locked icon in viewforum/prosilver if forum locked (Bug #14009)[Fix] Fixed cron_lock value for cron execution. This bug led to users having problems with the email queue and other cron related issues.[Fix] Prevent white pages on php notices with gzip compression enabled (Bug #14096)[Fix] Let the theme immediately expire if changed from ACP for at least 30 minutes after change[Fix] If sending PM's to groups only include activated member (Bug #14040)[Fix] Correctly wrap words in emails containing utf8 characters (Bug #14109)[Fix] Disable gzip compression for cached stylesheet for Internet Explorer 6 or empty browser (IE6 is not able to properly display the compressed stylesheet) (Bug #14054)[Fix] Header icons fixed in FF for RTL languages (Bug #14084)[Fix] Allow line breaks in custom BBCodes (Bug #10758)[Fix] Convert 2.0 moderator posting permissions (Bug #14105)[Fix] odbc_autocommit causing existing result sets to be dropped (Bug #14182)Please refer to the changelog for a complete list of fixes since RC4: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. If you want to be on the safe side we suggest still waiting for later releases before you fully convert your 2.0.x installation.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 four packages available.Full PackageContains entire phpBB3 source and english language files.Changed Files OnlyContains only those files changed from previous versions of phpBB3. Please note this archive contains changed files for each previous release.Patch FilesContains patch compatible patches from previous versions of phpBB3.Automatic Update PackageUpdate package for the automatic updater, containing the changes from previous release to this release.Select whichever package is most suitable for you.Please ensure you read the INSTALL and README documents in docs/ before proceeding with installation, updates or conversions!.The automatic update package does not include the file includes/utf/data/recode_cjk.php. If you use a SJIS encoding or a variant you should replace this file manually with the version included within the full package.Download/DocumentationphpBB DownloadsphpBB3 development sectionphpBB3 DocumentationphpBB3 support forumphpBB3 bug trackerphpBB3 Coding GuidelinesphpBB3 Sourcecode DocumentationHave fun with the release,the phpBB Team [Less]

We won! SourceForge did say we get bragging rights for a year. Thank you everybody, we most certainly could not have done this without your help. This award means a lot to us, and hopefully you, the community. As Best Communications Project, it ... [More] shows that we are doing something right and we really appreciate that acknowledgment from the community.For more information about this award, you can find the blog at the SourceForge Community Blog. You can also find videos at The 2007 SourceForge Community Choice Awards Party (video).And yes, we did email them a response on time. Seems the email was lost in their spam filtering. Hopefully our trophy won't get lost in spam filtering on its way to us. We would also like to congratulate all other participants and winning projects within the other categories.The Teams. [Less]

The Modifications and Styles Databases are now open for submissions for phpBB 2.0 and phpBB 3.0 modifications and styles.To submit a new modification or a style, go to the appropriate page for the MODs Database or Styles Database. In the right hand ... [More] bar there is a link to Submit a modification or style.If you are updating a modification or style already in the database or queue, then under the section My Modifications or My Styles, hit the the Manage button next to the modification or style you wish to update and then go to the Update tab.Fill out the forms and hit submit to add your submission to the queues for the databases. After the modifications or styles Teams have had a chance to review your submission, you will receive a PM stating if your modification or style has been approved or denied with reasons for denial. You then can update your modification or style by going to the My MODs or My Styles sections.At this time you can't edit the description, title or the tags for the modification or style at this time. We plan on implementing this feature soon.If you find any bugs, please submit them to the Bug Tracker.Have fun making modifications and styles and sharing them with the community. [Less]

Hello,We are very pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB3 RC4 package - the "Celebrate the unknown Birthday" Edition. This is the fourth release candidate which is meant to become the Gold release if no more bugs or problems arise.For ... [More] release candidates full support is given, allowing language packs as well as modifications and styles. We only give support to those having a clean RC installation or updates from previous release candidates, previous conversions or updates from betas will not be supported here. We encourage only those running the release candidates wanting to test out the new version, it is still recommended to wait for the full release; after all this is a release candidate.Please also note that we urge you to update - we only support the latest version. Bug reports submitted for previous releases will be closed as well as only the latest version being supported here.RC4 has seen quite a lot of improvements, the software should be overall much more stable. Some important fixes are for example:[Feature] Let the user choose how to update modified files (merging, using new file or using old file) within automatic updater[Feature] Allow "older" updates applied with the automatic updater. This allows people using it for updating, say, from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 (with the correct package of course) and then from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 if the latest version at this time is 3.0.2. These changes take effect beginning with RC4 or people replacing install/install_update.php manually prior doing the updates.[Feature] Ability to disable birthdays completely with new board features setting[Feature] Ability to externally set $phpbb_root_path if wrapping phpBB3 by defining constant PHPBB_ROOT_PATH[Change] Add version number to ACP index (Bug #13703)[Change] Improved utf8_clean_string with a more complete list of homographs and NFKC normalization[Change] Re-implemented All Yes/No/Never links in permission panels for easier changing all categories at once[Change] Advanced permission link now "marked" if no role is assigned and custom permissions set. With this an admin can instantly see if the object is not set at all or having custom permissions, something you only saw if advanced permissions were viewed before.[Fix] Enforce the max password length for automatically generated password created by the password sender (Bug #13181)[Fix] Correctly destroy sql cache for some query combinations (Bug #13237)[Fix] Allow link forums being password protected (Bug #12967)[Fix] Correctly hide post/reply buttons if permissions are not given (related to Bug #12809)[Fix] Remove orphan/wrong permission entries for non-existent forums - self-repairing permissions if conversions went "crazy"[Fix] Increased the number of style objects (styles, templates, themes and imagesets) possible from 127 to 65535 for MySQL (Bug #13179)[Fix] Correctly convert 2.0 website profile fields. (Bug #13379)[Fix] Correctly mark forums read if using cookie based topic tracking (Bug #13245)[Fix] Only show moderator log entries for forums the user is having moderation rights in (Bug #12481)[Fix] Fixed bug in realpath replacement letting it actually work again[Fix] Use global url validation for img bbcode tag (Bug #11935)[Fix] Added proper unicode support to style names (Bug #12165)[Fix] Missing localisation for an imageset no longer triggers a lot of "imageset refreshed" log messages (Bug #12027)[Fix] Allow manual specification of remote avatar dimensions if getimagesize is disabled (Bug #13531)[Fix] Send out activation email if admin activation is enabled and user activated through inactive users panel upon registration (Bug #12065)[Fix] Several fixes for custom profile fields on multi-lingual boards (Bugs #13763, #13527, #13525, #11515)[Fix] Cron now uses a locking variable to make sure it does not spawn too many webserver processes (Bug #12741)[Fix] Cached stylesheet now supporting gzip compression[Fix] Fixing session problems when using MySQL strict mode in conjunction with very long browser agent string (Bug #13827)[Fix] Allow moving private messages from the sentbox (Bug #13791)Please refer to the complete changelog for the complete list of fixes since RC3: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. If you want to be on the safe side we suggest still waiting for later releases before you fully convert your 2.0.x installation.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 four packages available.Full PackageContains entire phpBB3 source and english language files.Changed Files OnlyContains only those files changed from previous versions of phpBB3. Please note this archive contains changed files for each previous release.Patch FilesContains patch compatible patches from previous versions of phpBB3.Automatic Update PackageUpdate package for the automatic updater, containing the changes from previous release to this release.Select whichever package is most suitable for you.Please ensure you read the INSTALL and README documents in docs/ before proceeding with installation, updates or conversions!.The automatic update package does not include the file includes/utf/data/recode_cjk.php. If you use a SJIS encoding or a variant you should replace this file manually with the version included within the full package.Download/DocumentationphpBB DownloadsphpBB3 development sectionphpBB3 DocumentationphpBB3 support forumphpBB3 bug trackerphpBB3 Coding GuidelinesphpBB3 Sourcecode DocumentationHave fun with the release,the phpBB Team [Less]