I wrote to them days ago to let them know, but I never heard back. Does anyone know what is going on there? Did the developers give up?phpBB : Critical Error
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The Broken Demo Board at phpbb.com
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The Broken Demo Board at phpbb.com
The demo board at http://www.phpbb.com/demo/index.php has been returning this error message for what seems like quite a while now:
I think you misunderstood something.
"It's the real thing"? I think you misunderstood something somewhere.
1. Load http://www.phpbb.com/.
2. Click on the "Demo" link at the top of the page.
3. Click on "Click Here" in "Click Here to view the phpBB demo forum."
As you can see, the phpBB demo forum that is prominently featured on the phpBB web site for the purpose of demonstrating phpBB is down.
Also, the URL you provided (http://www.phpbb.com/phpbb/) results in a nice 404 error message:
1. Load http://www.phpbb.com/.
2. Click on the "Demo" link at the top of the page.
3. Click on "Click Here" in "Click Here to view the phpBB demo forum."
As you can see, the phpBB demo forum that is prominently featured on the phpBB web site for the purpose of demonstrating phpBB is down.
Also, the URL you provided (http://www.phpbb.com/phpbb/) results in a nice 404 error message:
I believe what you wanted was http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/, but that is still not what is linked to from the phpBB web site's demo page at http://www.phpbb.com/demo.php.Not Found
The requested URL /phpbb/ was not found on this server.
Right, misprint on my part.
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB is the right address.
But now it doesn't matter, right? You know the devs didn't give up
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB is the right address.
But now it doesn't matter, right? You know the devs didn't give up
You seem to be missing the point.
Whether or not there is a board running on the phpBB site does not change the facts that there is a broken one there too and that it is the one to which the demo links point.
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Dude, the demo took me right through. It is an HTML page, not a PHP page.
http://www.phpbb.com/admin_demo/index.htm
Went to 'Demo' from the home page and got to this page:
http://www.phpbb.com/demo.php
From there, I clicked on the Administrators Control Panel Demo link and went straight to the ACP demo.
http://www.phpbb.com/admin_demo/index.htm
Went to 'Demo' from the home page and got to this page:
http://www.phpbb.com/demo.php
From there, I clicked on the Administrators Control Panel Demo link and went straight to the ACP demo.