Samurai Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Homepage: phpBB.comIntroduction:Since its creation in 2000, phpBB™ has become the most widely used Open Source forum solution. Like its predecessors, phpBB™ 3.0 “Olympus” has an easy to use administration panel and a user friendly installation process, which allows you to have a forum set up in minutes.With a large and highly customisable set of key features coupled with a standards compliant interface, phpBB™ will grow with, and compliment your website. With millions of installations worldwide, it is no wonder phpBB™ is one of the most popular ways to create and support a community.phpBB 3:phpBB3 is the current release of the phpBB bulletin board system. It went gold on 13th December 2007 at 17:00 GMT. It contains many more features than its older sibling, phpBB2, and it also provides administrators with much more control over every aspect of the forum software, from how it displays to what user and group permissions are. However, this increased functionality makes the admin interface much more complex, and new users have found it more intimidating than phpBB2.phpBB3's default theme is called prosilver. During phpBB3's long development process, prosilver was kept a heavily guarded secret from the public in order to prevent premature copying of the theme and so that it would not spoil the "wow" factor upon the final release of phpBB 3.0.0; however, the unexpected website downtime of March 2007 prompted the teams to change plans and unveil the new theme early. prosilver includes a number of new design concepts over its predecessor subSilver, including a new admin panel without frames and reduced use of tables. One of the more contentious decisions has been to move the user info panel on the viewtopic page to the right in order to provide more focus on the post content. Unlike phpBB2, phpBB3 does not allow the use of HTML tags in comments, forcing administrators of large phpBB2 systems with many pre-existing HTML links to choose between upgrading to the new software or preserving their existing links. A phpBB3 port of the subSilver theme is included with the phpBB3 package and dubbed subsilver2, however an administrator must install it on the board themselves before it is accessible to users.The latest in the 3.x line is phpBB 3.0.0, released on December 13, 2007. phpBB3 requires PHP 4.3.3 or later and is fully compatible with PHP 5. Some code is also present to allow the software to run on PHP 6.0.0-dev, however this is not supported.Some of phpBB3's major features include:Modular design for the Admin Control Panel, Moderator Control Panel, and User Control Panel.Support for multiple database management systems, including MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and Firebird.Support for unlimited levels of subforums.Ability to create custom-defined BBCode.Ability to create custom profile fields.Greatly expanded permissions system.The phpBB website includes a non-exhaustive list of phpBB3 features. This can be found here.Comparison of phpBB to other popular Forum SolutionsDownload: phpBB 3.0.0 "Olympus" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyo Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Just looked at the feats, makes you think about IPB a little... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eBait Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Using it, really is *vastly* improved over 2.x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 I've heard the same. I'm going to try it out in the New Year I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I've heard the same. I'm going to try it out in the New Year I think.i am sure a lot of us will be interested in seeing the results.don't forget to post when you get it set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 great news, hope to find it in full version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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