phpBB (PHP Bulletin Board)
What is phpBB??? • phpBB is a popular Internet forum package written in the PHP scripting language. The name "phpBB" is an abbreviation of PHP Bulletin Board. Available under the GNU General Public License, phpBB is free software. One of the most impressive features of phpBB is the rich admin interface. – phpBB is the most widely used forum script currently on the web. This free and very powerful piece of software is easy to install for administer and allows flexibility in terms of design and organization – phpBB is a PHP, open-source bulletin board application. phpBB using a MySQL database
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History • phpBB was started by James Atkinson (now a former team member) as a simple forum for his own website on June 17, 2000. Nathan Codding and John Abela (both now former team members) joined the development team, and work on 1.0.0 began. A fully functional, prerelease version of phpBB was made available in July. – phpBB 1.0.0 was released on December 9, 2000 . – phpBB 1.4.4, released on November 6, 2001 . – phpBB 2.0.x began in February 2001. It was developed entirely from scratch; – phpBB 3.0.x began in late 2002. It was originally intended to be released as phpBB 2.2, and the first planned feature list for 2.2 was announced on May 25, 2003 – The latest release in the 2.0.x line is 2.0.23 which was released on February 17, 2008. Releases in the 2.0.x line are restricted to security fixes only www.kalptaru.in
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phpBB2 • phpBB2's default theme is called subsilver. phpBB2 is the older of the two packages supported by the phpBB teams. Many administrators still prefer to run phpBB2 because it provides a much simpler administration interface .
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phpBB3 • 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
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phpBB3
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Differences: phpBB2
phpBB3
• No private messaging.
• Allowed private messaging.
• No temporary bans
• Allow to ban temporarily.
• Less features in registration process • Oracle, Sqlite,firebird.
• Many features are available. • MS Access is not available
• No permissions role.
• Admin,user,moderator and forum permissions role. • No Password protected forums.. • Password protected forums. • No Attachments.
• Attachments.
• No Memberlist Searching
• Memberlist Searching Available
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phpBB requirements? The minimal phpBB server requirements are listed below : • Any Operating System. • A SQL database system, one of: – MySQL (3.22 or higher) – PostgreSQL 7.0.3 or higher (preferably 7.1.x or 7.2.x) – MS SQL Server (7 or 2000) directly or via ODBC – MS Access (2000 or XP) via ODBC • PHP (4.0.3 and above) with support for the database you intend to use above
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There are two ways you can install phpBB : • Manually, by downloading the script to your computer and uploading the installation files and folders to your account. • Automatically via the Fantastico autoinstaller Bullet 1
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General Features : • A templated style system intended to allow easy customisation that keeps the PHP code separate from the HTML. • Support for internationalisation through a language pack system; 48 translations are available for phpBB2 as of 2007. • Compatibility with multiple database management systems including MySQl, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQl Server and Microsoft Access, • A large community of users providing free support and customisations, including MODs and styles.
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More Features: • Modular design for the Admin Control Panel, Moderator Control Panel, and User Control Panel. • Support for unlimited levels of subforums. • Ability to create custom-defined BBcode. • Ability to create custom profile fields. • File attachments. • Warnings and reports.
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More Features: • • • • • • •
Unlimited forums and posts. Create unlimited subforums. Private or public forums. Private messaging system. Permissions system. Powerful search utility. Complete customization with templates.
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Conclusion : • To conclude, phpBB is a powerful, customisable piece of software which encourages your website visitors to keep coming back which is only beneficial for your website, products and services you may have to offer. It is however important that you keep your phpBB version up to date to ensure your website is not at risks from attacks because of security issues. Especially because phpBB is open source, hackers have access to all code and will jump at the opportunity to make use of a security hole.
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