Tag Archives: phpBB

Upgrading to the latest phpBB

Hi folks
I’m upgrading the forums to the latest version of phpBB3.
If there are any major problems along the way, I may ask our web host to restore the latest 24 hour back up of our website. This means that anything posted on Forumosa after the last backup will be lost.
Be well
gus.
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Installing Advanced Statistics Module

I’m trying to install the advanced statistics module again after yesterday’s fiasco. I found some bugs in the revisions I made the first time around, so I’m hopeful I’ll be successful this time around
If there are fatal problems to the forum, like yesterday, I’ll look to rollback the server by asking our webhost to restore [...]

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New smilies added!

If you would like add a smiley to our collection so you can insert them into your posts, send the file to admin (at) forumosa (dot) com – don’t forget to give us a copy to upload or direct us to the image on the web

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Upgrading to Olympus – at long last

Hi folks, this is it. We are upgrading to the latest version of phpBB this week
We’ll try to get this up to a basic installation in the next day or so. Please be patient and direct your questions and suggestions to us at admin (at) forumosa.com or posting here

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Forum Search doesn’t work well

As part of our preparations to reboot the forums, we are clearing the Key Word database of the forum search function. This will severely hamper the search function. So if you do try to search the forums, the results may not be very meaningful.
We will rebuild the Key Word database after the new forum code [...]

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Rebooting the Forums

We’re restarting fresh – but keeping the same database of discussions – and plan a simpler forum by the beginning of August.
If there are any features or modifications that you would like to see when we unveil the new forums, please post about them here
If you do not see your favorite function back after [...]

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Current forum instability: thread-based

Over the past 2 weeks, we have been plagued with an unstable database, probably related to the recent modifications made to the forums. These modifications had changed the profile system and a feature called “Similar Topics”
As much time as it takes to install these tweaks and mods, it can take even longer to undo them, [...]

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Shutting down for a scheduled upgrade

Hi People
I’m shutting down the forums starting noontime ni Taiwan, Wednesday 24 May. I’ll be upgrading to the latest and most secure version of this software because of recent hack attempts on our server. We’re also long overdue for a makeover – I’ll be cleaning up the code, removing some features that we don’t use, [...]

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