As you have probably noticed, the forum looks different now. This is because I've finally performed a pain-in-the-ass but much needed update to take us from the final PHPBB v3.0.x release to v3.2.1 (yes, we skipped v3.1 entirely)
What does this mean for the forum?
- Improved security measures, which should mean less spambots
- New features from the latest PHPBB
- We can now install extensions on the forum to add funky new features. I've already installed an additional anti-spambot registration measure, and added a rules page extension (nothing fancy, common sense behaviour)
I also had to upgrade the site's PHP version from v5.4 to v5.6, so there is a good chance i may have broken features on the main website also (It flat out refused to run on PHP 7 so lets hope we don't need to upgrade to that
)New Features (Extenstions I've added):
Forum Rules
- This plugin adds a rules page to the forum: app.php/rules
- Prevent known spammer account names / emails from registering new accounts
- Displays a big bold message at the top of the forum. You might have seen one about the forum update
- Prevent known spammer account names / emails from registering new accounts
- Add your Steam Id to your forum account to display steam details on your profile and posts
- Displays the (estimated) time until the forums are brought back online whenever i perform maintenance.
- A built-in live-chat engine for our forum
.....where have you been lately??
