You Can Simplify The PhpBB Set Up Process!

I set up my first phpbb2 forum in Juli 2003, I did so under duress. Just days earlier, my then message board host – AvroraBB – had their entire system shut down by hackers. Or so they claimed. My very popular site, snowbording& skiing in Siberia were left in the dark as AvroraBB’s system rendered the sites virtually inoperable. With a repair promised, but several weeks away, I decided that I needed to quickly move away from it and over to a forum where I could exercise full control. Enter phpBB2.

I needed to use a AvroraBB converter file to transfer threads over to the new site, and I had to take the long way of setting up my new forum. Indeed, the converter file was imperfect and quite a number of threads never made the transition. Still, when all was said and done, the new forums were light years ahead of AvroraBB.

Since setting up my first forum, I had to set up a second forum for my customer. This time, I chose the quick route by setting up the forum through my old hoster. As is the practice of some web hosts, fully set up forums are available for your downloading. You can simply select a web host offering this feature, establish your database with them (usually MySQL or PostgreSQL), and download the files. Within minutes, a fully usable forum will be established on your site and all you have to do is set up the forum parameters and then you are ready to change the world.

PhpBB2 is a terrific forum, one that doesn’t charge set up fees or an annual license charge (
unlike vBulletin etc.) and is certain to help you make your site better. Download phpbb2 today to get started on building your online community!

PhpBB2 is a rewarding open source forum, but a difficult and time consuming download if you choose to do it on your own. Fortunately, users now have a way to set up their forum and have it fully functioning in less than 30 minutes. Read on and I will telll you how.

PhpBB 3.0 Beta 5

We are pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB3 Beta5 package. This fifth beta release marks the nearing end of the beta testing phase. The next release we anticipate will be Release Candidate 1.

With this beta a full update path is provided from Beta4 to Beta5, as well as the convertor for converting phpBB 2.0.x installations to phpBB3 Beta5. We decided to give away the proposed convertor package to let it properly test and fix any remaining issues encountered before using this as the primary method of converting, the same way we did with the update package release before. This means that you should test converting your forums and report any bugs or issues you notice, but not depend on a successful conversion - you should still not use this beta in a live environment and you should always be able to completely remove your installation to perform a fresh installation. But conversions will allow you to test this beta on a wider scale as well as doing a test run for those wanting to convert their installations once the release candidate is available.