phpBB Discussion

PhpBB [BETA] Facebook Connect

2009-07-28T09:02:59Z

PhpBB [BETA] Facebook Connect

If you use phpbb you need to check it out here.
Tried it out on their test forum and it worked a treat. The beta is availible for download but should not be used on live sites (should be finished in a couple of days).

Create new user upon first login (and transfer data like location, website, birthday, interests, avatar, signature, facebook's proxy mail address..)
Link an existing user to the Facebook account upon first login (with data transfer for all fields which the user hasn't filled out yet)
Automatically add (mutual) friends upon first login, if any of your facebook friends have also an user account on your forum.
Automatically detect the user's Facebook language, and use it if it is installed on your forum!
Allow forum notifications via Facebook PM (since an e-mail address can not be fetched via Facebook for privacy reasons)

Although not supported it should take many tweeks to get it to work with the Social Networking Buttons Mod .

Rabbitoshi Hack? & Free Skins

2008-07-23T16:46:38Z

Neskaya.Net has a few cute and free phpBB3 skin themes if anyone is interested.

Anyway, I wanted to ask - is there a version of Rabbitoshi (or some other pet hack) that works in phpBB3? Any help is appreciated. Thanks. :)

newbie help needed

2007-02-27T16:45:30Z

Hi,

I'm in the middle of attempting to install a phpbb2 forum to my website www.lollymj.com. I've gotten as far as needing to install the forum. I get stuck when making the database. I am totally confused when making the database because it's not as simple as creating a new database and telling the phpbb2 install the name, is it?

Can a newbie get a little help? phpMyAdmin is what I'm using to create the databse.

Thanks SO much.

PHPBB Style Request

2006-12-04T04:39:37Z

Is there someone here, or anyone you know that is decent with graphics?

I'm putting together a new forum. I'm modding the heck out of phpbb trying to make some uber-badass forum software. But I need a good theme/style for the forum. I really like Charcoal3Steel, and that is what I most often use.

However, I'd like to have something a bit more customized and unique. I can slap on a cheesy logo with Photoshop, but perhaps someone with a little more skill can help me out.

Honestly, I'm looking for something more along the lines of this.

Charcoal3Steel is nice, but it is a bit monochromatic. The above linked style has better contrast, and better depth. The page doesn't look as flat.

If you can help me out, I'll be extremely grateful!

Thanks!

A simplest and effective way to stop spam :)

2006-11-27T12:17:39Z

No captcha, no complex verification, etc. Just enable "multipart/form-data" enctype in posting form and do a check for this content type in your posting handler.

[code removed because it really works] :)

phpbb @ 2006-09-06T08:50:00

2006-09-06T12:53:17Z

Ok. I'm not sure if this is allowed here, but I think i've tried everything and I just can not do it. I'm not so great with phpbb, but I seriously, deeply need help, or i'll even PAY someone to do it for me, --- I just need the attachments mod installed. And It's sooooo complicated (in my eyes) even though I read everywhere it's a great mod and everything. I need it for users to submit files ,and then have the ability to view them using the mod "ezDownloads".

www.piuzone.com/phpbb/

Again if this isn't allowed, please, just let me know and i'll delete.
Thanks.

phpbb @ 2006-06-28T08:54:00

2006-06-28T12:57:18Z

Hiya,

If anyone is interested in checking out the new PhpBB3 beta without actually installing it themselves, I've got it on my server here. Feel free to join and check out all the cool new features. :3

(I cannot WAIT for stable releases to come out of this version of phpBB! *fangirl squee*)

Erynn

a php archive? I need your help/input/advise

2006-05-31T17:42:43Z

x-posted

I've created a site hoping to archive php coded forums from the world wide web. This way an internet surfer can login and search categorized listings of forums so they can easily find what they're looking for.

Since there are thousands of php coded forums of all different content, I'd like to set up categories and list them under it.

unfortunately I know very little php. I know how to implement MODS into my forums and that's just about it.

Here's the site I'm working on. http://phpforumarchive.com/

Any suggestions or anyone willing to help? I am sure this will be a decent site when completed and people (internet surfers) will probably use it frequently. Forum owners will like it because of the free advertising they get for their site.

I know html, some javascript, no php beyond pre written MODS that show you how to instal them. MySQL? Forget it.

Tell me I'm in over my head.

Killing spambots & other known malicious hosts

2005-12-27T11:52:07Z

I've found the best way to reduce the amount of faux-users appearing in your userlist (like poker, with a url pointing to poker.com or whatever) is to block them from your entire site - not just with phpbb but everywhere. This is easily done with .htaccess.

Place the following in your .htaccess file (assuming you have mod_rewrite turned on in apache). This will prevent known spammers (such that are infecting your memberlist) from accessing your site.

Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteEngine On

deny from 84.174.72.102
deny from 217.185.183.70
deny from 205.234.145.222

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?adult(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?anal(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?blow.?job(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?gay(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?cum+shot(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?casino(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?incest(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?mature(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?nude(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?piss(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?porn(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?pus*y(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?sex(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?teen(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?tits(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?titten(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?wichsab(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*(-|.)?wichslos(-|.).*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*accepted.cc$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*episodesusdbz/.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?advancedmoneyloans.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?affiliplanet.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?apart-?design.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?auktion.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?autogewinne24.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?autospiele24.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?babay.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?euromillionen.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?eurowins.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?geldspiele24.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?goovle.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?gsm-support.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?gzltax.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?heil-fasten.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?immobiliengewinne24.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?internetsupervision.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?keywordmaster.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?nackt-stars-nackt.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?net-search.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?one2onemag.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?qw8.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?referrer-script.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?ranking-hits.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?reisegewinne24.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?rootfood.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?shemale.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?single66.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?slamhost.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?spielepsychatrie.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?superface.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?texasholdem.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?topgewinn24.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?topspiele24.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?transexual.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?usa-wins.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?vendini.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?webmasterplan.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?wichsfick.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?wseeker.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?yachtdurak.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?xmaster.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://www14\.blogspot.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?yahh+oo.*$
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BlackWidow [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bot\ mailto:craftbot@yahoo.com [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Custo [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCo [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Download\ Demon [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EirGrabber [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailSiphon [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailWolf [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Express\ WebPictures [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ExtractorPro [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EyeNetIE [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FlashGet [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} FrontPage [NC,OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetRight [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetWeb! [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go!Zilla [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go-Ahead-Got-It [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GrabNet [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Grafula [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HMView [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} HTTrack [NC,OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Stripper [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Sucker [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Indy\ Library [NC,OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^InterGET [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Internet\ Ninja [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Irvine [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JetCar [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JOC\ Web\ Spider [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^larbin [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LeechFTP [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mass\ Downloader [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MIDown\ tool [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mister\ PiX [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Navroad [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NearSite [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetAnts [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetSpider [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Net\ Vampire [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetZIP [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Octopus [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Explorer [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Navigator [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PageGrabber [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Papa\ Foto [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pavuk [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pcBrowser [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^RealDownload [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ReGet [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SiteSnagger [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SmartDownload [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperBot [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperHTTP [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Surfbot [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^tAkeOut [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Teleport\ Pro [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^VoidEYE [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Image\ Collector [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Sucker [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebAuto [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebCopier [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebFetch [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebGo\ IS [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebLeacher [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebReaper [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebSauger [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ eXtractor [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ Quester [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebStripper [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebWhacker [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebZIP [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Wget [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Widow [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WWWOFFLE [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Xaldon\ WebSpider [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus 
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://127.0.0.1/ [R,L]

# prevent access from santy webworm a-e 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)highlight=\%2527 [OR] 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)rush=\%65\%63\%68 [OR] 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)rush=echo [OR] 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)wget\%20 
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://127.0.0.1/ [R,L]

# prevent pre php 4.3.10 bug 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE}% s:(.*):\%22test1\%22\%3b 
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://127.0.0.1/ [R,L]

# prevent perl user agent (most often used by santy) 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^lwp.* [NC] 
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://127.0.0.1/ [R,L]

# kill image thiefs
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?mysite\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?mysite\.com/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteRule \.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ - [F]

DirectoryIndex index.htm index.html index.php index.phtml index.php3
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .phtml .html .css
# ErrorDocument 404 /error.phtml
ErrorDocument 403 "

#    SetEnvIf Referer "^http://www.example.com/" local_referal
#    # Allow browsers that do not send Referer info
#    SetEnvIf Referer "^$" local_referal
#    <Directory /web/images>
#       Order Deny,Allow
#       Deny from all
#       Allow from env=local_referal
#    </Directory>

phpbb @ 2005-12-26T21:05:00

2005-12-27T05:10:04Z

Okay, I'm new to the community *wave* I've had my phpbb board for almost a year, and it's pretty small, never gotten much traffic.

Then, a few weeks ago, all of a sudden my board got flooded with fake accounts like "texas holdem" and "poker" and the like. One of the fellow admins turned on Admin activation, so they can't post without our okay, but they keep making new accounts like every day. It's kind of baffling, since my site has little traffic and has nothing to do with gambling or ringtones or that nonsense.

Is there anything else I can do? I've disabled all the names I can think of, but how do I know their IPs to ban them (they're not online when I am)? Can I disable the domain email they're using? can I disable new account creation altogether until they get tired and go elsewhere?

This has been going on for too long and is driving me nuts. Please, if you can, help.

Smileys, templates help

2005-09-17T02:37:44Z

I'm just starting out and my webhost (canaca.com) offers phpBB2.0.15 a part of the package. Installation seems to have worked out well but I noticed the following problems when administering the forum:

1. I cannot seem to install new smiley packs. I have followed the directions provided in the phpBB documentations I've found and uploaded the new smiley packs in my /images/smileys folder but when I click on Import Smiley Pack, there are no .pak files to select. Also I moved the default smileys to a different folder and then they all disappeared from the main forum selection. I removed and replaced the new smileys in the default folder but they are still not showing up for me to add even as individual smileys. I tried changing the file attributes hoping it would do the trick but still nothing.

2. I also cannot seem to install new templates. I'm basically having the same problem with templates as with the smileys. I have uploaded the template fiapplepink in the /templates folder but when I go to Add Template there are no templates listed.

And yes, I have been to the phpbb support forum. 88 reads of my post but not a single response. I'd really appreciate if someone here could point me in the right direction.
Thanks!

Syndicated feed for phpBBhacks.com's announcements

2005-08-31T21:36:22Z

I just made a syndicate journal for the RSS feed of phpBBhacks.com's announcements: phpbbhackalerts.

Session_admin?

2005-07-05T01:45:15Z

I accidentially deleted the session_admin field from phpbb_sessions and right now I can't access any of my other databases. I plan on just making a new field there, but I have forgotten the mySQL values for that table (type? null/not null? length?).

Could somebody please post those? Thanks. :)

phpBB 2.0.16 released

2005-06-28T23:10:09Z

The announcement may be found here:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=302011

As usual, the download is available here:
http://www.phpbb.com/downloads.php

(all that follows is taken directly from the mailing-list announcement)

As per usual three packages are available to simplify your update. The Full Package contains entire phpBB2 source and English language package. The Changed Files Only contains only those files changed from previous versions of phpBB. Please note this archive contains changed files for each previous release. Patch Files contains patch compatible patches from the previous versions of phpBB. Select whichever package is most suitable for you.

The changelog (contained within this release) is as follows:
- Fixed critical issue with highlighting - Discovered and fix provided by Ron van Daal
- Url descriptions able to be wrapped over more than one line again
- Fixed bug with eAccelerator in admin_ug_auth.php
- Check new_forum_id for existence in modcp.php - alessnet
- Prevent uploading avatars with no dimensions - Xpert
- Fixed bug in usercp_register.php, forcing avatar file removal without updating avatar informations within the database - HenkPoley
- Fixed bug in admin re-authentication redirect for servers not having index.php as one of their default files set

As always, our Code Changes Tutorial is available too for those with heavily modded boards.
It can be downloaded from http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=301712

phpbb @ 2005-06-22T15:12:00

2005-06-22T19:22:34Z

Hello, I've been using phpbb for quite a while now. I wasn't really into all the mod things, so I've never used them before. I was taking a look at the cash and points hack yesterday and decided I'd install the EasyMod so it wouldn't take so long in the end with installing all the hacks I wanted. I put in all my ftp informatino and it said it had established a connection. I went to the next step where it had to configure the files and create a table. The table was created but only a few of the files were copied and I got several "Critical Errors". I'm lost and I have no idea what to do. If anyone could help me with this I would really appreciate it!

phpBB's fifth anniversary!

2005-06-19T03:14:11Z

On June 17, 2000, James Atkinson began coding version 1.0 of phpBB. Happy (one day late) birthday, phpBB!

The phpBB.com announcement: http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=299352

In other phpBB news, Patrick O'Keefe of phpBBHacks.com has released a book on phpBBs:
http://www.phpbbhacks.com/features/phpbbbook.php

Moving a phpBB to another server

2005-06-01T00:36:12Z

I just got an e-mail from an acquaintance asking how to move a phpBB to another server & database. I thought I'd post it here for the benefit of those who wouldn't know, as when I first did such a transfer (a couple years ago), I couldn't find any FAQ addressing this;

1. Go to your old server's PHPMyAdmin and export all your mySQL database files.
2. Switch over to your new server's PHPMyAdmin, go to your database's page and scroll down to the box labelled "Or Location of the textfile"; import your database files there.
3. Go to the directory of your existing phpBB and back it up. (if the phpBB is unhacked and a recent version, you can skip this by just not uploading the install and contrib folders)
4. Upload your phpBB's files to the new directory on the other server.
5. Open up config.php and edit the file so that it can access your new database.

And there you go. :)

Ad.

2005-05-16T13:37:42Z

Hi. Sorry to disturb you but it seems there's no other way... or how do they do that? I've just created vbulletin community and would like to gather people who are interested in this forum engine to one heap. If you like the idea, please join us.

Sorry once more.

phpBB 2.0.15 Released

2005-05-07T23:22:43Z

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=288194

phpbb @ 2005-05-03T15:40:00

2005-05-03T20:38:03Z

Check out this cool MB... http://www.yourapathy.com/forum/

it's the dude from yourapathy.net's phpbb, and he needs people to post on it!

X-Posted

Question about the gender mod

2005-04-26T22:51:25Z

I'm aware that there is a mod available for phpBBs that lets users select which gender they are in their profile and it displays the gender beside their posts.

At every forum I've seen with the mod, it only has "female" and "male", and all such forums have it obligatory to pick one. I personally dislike that; not all people identify with either "female" or "male".

My question is... does anybody know if the said mod already has an option for adding other categories or making it optional to pick a gender? Furthermore, if none exists, I'd be willing to make an alternate mod which would have a write-in gender option.

2.0.14 Released

2005-04-16T03:08:04Z

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=281963

PHP Timestamps in French?

2005-03-27T05:31:12Z

I'm used to telling time in [hour]h[minute], for example, 8:25pm would be 20h25. (I grew up speaking French; most of my web sites are bilingual.)

Anyway, I'm wondering how I can format the php timestamp of a phpBB (or any other php page), so that I can write it that with the 'h' in the place of the standard colon.

Right now, I have my the timestamp on my profile set to M d H:i; I would imagine if I were to write it as M d H h i, the second 'h' would just repeat the hour time.

(x-posted: phpbb and php)

Mods/hacks and other edits

2005-03-27T05:09:31Z

What mods/hacks, add-onds, edits, etc. do you always tend to install in your phpBBs?

By default, I usually install:
- announcement box on the index, as I find it helps quite a bit in having stuff like site guidelines out in everybody's faces
- admin userlist
- enabling moderators to see invisible members
- removal of COPPA requirements; I've yet to ever have an American under the age of 13 join any of my messageboards anyway...
- addition of [center], [sub] and [sup] to the BBcode
- removal of post-counts from the thread view; I keep it still viewable from the person's profile, but I find getting rid of the in-thread post-counts alieviates a lot of post-races

phpbb @ 2005-03-25T18:54:00

2005-03-26T02:56:16Z

This has been bugging me somewhat recently... I was wondering, what does .tpl stand for? Is it an actual file extention, or just one used for the phpBB templates?