Upgrading forum to phpBB3?

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Do you want an upgrade to phpBB3?

Yes
14
45%
No
6
19%
Don't care
11
35%
 
Total votes: 31

jingquan
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Post by jingquan »

I wouldn't mind a neater CSS and graphics design so I went for a Yes.
Vsk
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Post by Vsk »

I don't matter the desing. It is ok.
I don't like the SEARCH. IT IS REALLY SUCKING!!!.
I don't know if there is some find of fix it. I think is the worse search algoritmh the I ever saw.
Besides that is pretty good.
MasterGod
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Post by MasterGod »

I'm taking that you're referring to the current forum's search feature.
Well, I didn't check but I'm pretty sure if anything could have been fixed in it, it was done in phpBB3.
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Post by christianclavet »

Hi. I've read your post and decided to install it on my own server.

Was very easy to install basic setup is also easy.
I like the look of this new PHPbb.
http://www.clavet.org/forum/
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Post by saigumi »

MasterGod wrote:I'd like to hear saigumi - System and Forum Admin's opinion about it..
*Poof* What do you need?

I really haven't been following Irrlicht too much in the last year, though I am kind of back. Been trolling for a while though to get back in the swing of things.

phpBB3 does have some intersting perks, but being an old fogey who watches things self destruct the second I touch them, I'm almost to the point that if it isn't broke, don't fix it.
Crud, how do I do this again?
MasterGod
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Post by MasterGod »

I've checked and I'm almost certain phpBB3 can't be installed normally on SF.Net. I'm not sure how it can be done as the server is read-only no matter what - SF.Net support said to me that it's because of security reasons.
I guess to install phpBB3 we'll need pre-modified files to update with our data..
I guess irrlicht forum wont go that far so I better hope I'll succeed making it with my own forum..
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lester
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Post by lester »

Upgrading to phpBB3 would be a great idea, if sf.net wouldn't be such a dumb hosting. I tried to install phpbb3 recently, but failed because of stupid errors with permissions. I don't know how to work around this problem, so have to stay on 2.0 version of the forum.
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Post by MasterGod »

lester wrote:Upgrading to phpBB3 would be a great idea, if sf.net wouldn't be such a dumb hosting. I tried to install phpbb3 recently, but failed because of stupid errors with permissions. I don't know how to work around this problem, so have to stay on 2.0 version of the forum.
I said, they told me for security reasons their servers are Read-Only. The only workaround I can think of is setting phpBB3 on a private server and copy the modified files from there to SF.Net. Luckily phpBB2 auto generated the important file (config.php IIRC) so I could upload it manually, I don't understand why phpBB3 doesn't too..
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Post by lester »

Luckily phpBB2 auto generated the important file (config.php IIRC) so I could upload it manually, I don't understand why phpBB3 doesn't too..
Iirc, the problem was not only with the config.php but with some directories. Whatever I tried to set their permission a+w gave no result.
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