Will we be upgrading to phpBB3?

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Will we be upgrading to phpBB3?

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Release candidate 1 is out now, are we going to give it a try? I've seen some screenshots of it before and it looked like a big improvement.
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I took a look at the phpBB3 code. It is a big improvement. Anyone have any idea on how long they'll be supporting the 2.x version?
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gah... still no native clean urls :-(
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an implementation of the short class i wrote for clean urls would be so sweet. :oops:
Set Search Time - A google chrome extension. When you search only results from the past year (or set time period) are displayed. Helps tremendously when using new technologies to avoid outdated results.
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I went ahead and updated our game forum to 3.0 RC1. It was an amazingly painless upgrade. It even processed the attachment mod data. The convert routine is damned nice.

You create a SEPARATE database for the new forum.

Upload the phpBB3 to a different directory. Do not overwrite your old install because you need to keep it.

Then you run the install and install like a brand new forum.

After the install is finished then click on the Convert tab to start the conversion process.

You will be asked for the old forum path to the phpBB2 files and the old forum database name, user and password.

The conversion program will copy and convert all of the database data from the old database to the new database. It will then copy all avatars, images and other files.

It can also detect different mods and copy the data for those mods. If you have an attachment mod installed it will copy all of the files and database data.

Once finished you only have one thing left to do. Go to the admin area under maintenance and process both of the search resyncs. It will build all of the data need to perform searches of the forums by scanning all posts.

I am impressed with many of the changes they have made.

BTW, the search in phpBB3 is great. It is leaps and bounds better than the search in phpBB2. It shows part of the post with the search text highlighted. It will let you jump to the post. It isn't the lame topic link like phpBB2 but a jump to the post inside a topic with the search text you are looking for.
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Post by neophyte »

Thanks for the post PanamaJack. I've got a board to update soon myself. Glad to know that they've provided folks with an easy migration path. To often projects will just leave you hanging.
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Is there a need to upgrade other than "New version is out"?
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8O isn't that reason enough? How about because phpbb3 has been coming longer than Duke Nukem Forever???!!

Seriously though, phpbb2 is a pig. It's great and I love it, but it's a pig all the same.
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I don't see the need to upgrade "just because." It will be more headache than it's worth, given this install of phpbb is somewhat customised.
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Jenk wrote:I don't see the need to upgrade "just because." It will be more headache than it's worth, given this install of phpbb is somewhat customised.
I think we can live with upgrading and porting all our modifications across because it will (hopefully) be a one-off move. The topic has been discussed among the mods before and it's pretty much certain we'll be moving, but when it's out of RC phase most likely. I'd hate to go through the code tying in our customizations and then have to do it all over when they tweak bits and pieces ;)
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Post by jayshields »

Yeah, I agree. I think we should upgrade, but we should definitely wait until it's in a stable/final condition first.
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Post by AKA Panama Jack »

Jenk wrote:Is there a need to upgrade other than "New version is out"?
There are a ton of new features in this version. The admin area is greatly expanded with more features to combat spammers. The installer is great in allowing you to KEEP your current forums and create a phpBB3 version will ALL of your current forum messages, users, files, etc. You can test it out while keeping the old forums up.

I mean it is just so damned easy to do.
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