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phpBB 3.0.4 Released

Mark — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:30:12 +0000

It’s time to do the update dance again; Meik has announced the release of the phpBB 3.0.4 package.

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.

No exciting shiny new features in this release, however there are a number of bugfixes included alongside some performance enhancements.

As per usual, if you are starting a new board you’ll need the full package whereas if you are updating the automatic update package should suffice. If you have any problems then head over to the 3.0 support forum.

Remember: If you fail to update BertieZilla will come around and spread yummy honey all over you .

phpBB2 Refugees Launches!

Mark — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:00:34 +0000

It’s been a grand old 8 years to the day since phpBB1 hit the software shelves of the Internet and started to gain the interest of users and developers alike. Since then we’ve had many changes; phpBB2 was launched, phpBB 2.2 became 3.0 “Olympus” before finally being sent out of the door last year.

Shortly after the joyous celebrations of Olympus going Gold came the announcement of the retirement of the Grandfather of bulletin board software, phpBB2. It’s been around for many years and the phpBB Group are slowly phasing out support and development time to concentrate on phpBB3 as well as phpBB 3.2 “Ascraeus”.

However, there is plenty of life left in the old dog yet! Therefore Dave, a hardcore phpBB2 advocate, has set up phpBB2Refugees.com; a place where phpBB2 users can congregate after phpBB.com closes its doors on phpBB2. The site is designed to be a continuation of what was typical over at phpBB.com; great support as well as MODs and styles available to download. It may be hard to believe but the site is based on phpBB2; Dave has used a number of modifications to illustrate the point that phpBB2 can and is still used as a fully functional forum system for many sites across the web today.

Although there may be a strong presence of current phpBB.com team members and other phpBB supporters the site is in no way officially endorsed by the phpBB Group, nor is it official in any sense. With that little caveat sorted, get over there and join the launch party.

phpBB 3.0.3 Released

Mark — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:00:24 +0000

Meik has announced the availability of the phpBB 3.0.3 package over at phpBB.com. There are a couple of major new features, such as template inheritence as explained over at the phpBB Blog and a post based queue.

If you are starting a new board, you’ll want the 3.0.3 full package. Most people who are updating boards will require the automatic update package. If you are an advanced user there are also other options open to you. All of these packages can be found via the Olympus downloads page.

Remember, if you get stuck pop over to the very friendly people at the 3.0 support forum and I’m sure they will do their best to assist you in any way they can .