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phpBB review - Slowly Becoming One of the Best

phpBB review - Slowly Becoming One of the Best

phpBB review - Slowly Becoming One of the Best Disclaimer: I haven’t used phpBB in a long while so I decided to use the phpBB demo offered on phpBB.com. This gave me access to my own forum and its ACP for a while. There was always something about phpBB that I liked, I’m still not sure whether it was the way that it’s structured or simply the way it looks. It might just be something to do with it being the first forum software that I came across. I feel like phpBB has come a long way since I first...

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MyBB Review: You Would Be Crazy Not To Use It!

MyBB Review: You Would Be Crazy Not To Use It!

I’ve used MyBB several times throughout my years of experience as a forum owner and I’ve never been disappointed with what it offers. Don’t get me wrong, it has a few issues ranging from its software to community, but out of all the forum software that I have had an some sort of experience with (as an administrator), it comes out on top easily. Let’s get the first reason most people use MyBB out of the way. MyBB is an open source software therefore it is absolutely free. This is a forum software that can rival both XenForo and IPB...

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My Top 3 Free Forum Hosting Sites

My Top 3 Free Forum Hosting Sites

Today in this article, I will be discussing my pick of the Top Three Free Forum Hosting websites that you can use to host your forum. I have used my time to try out and test the services the following has to offer. I do have my favorites and I will explain why in this article. #3. FreeForums (http://www.freeforums.org/) – FreeForums runs on a forum software called phpBB. I have tried it, but I haven't really liked it all that much. One feature I do like though, is that it has a donation feature. The payment; also known as Donation;...

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How to Use The phpBB ACP

How to Use The phpBB ACP

Today, I wish to help you learn how to use the ACP, with the phpBB Forum Software. I will be covering a few items that I think you would like to know how to do, if you are having issues with creating certain things through the ACP.If you scroll down to the bottom of your forum, you should notice at the bottom of the page, what states "Administration Control Panel". When you click on the link, it will ask you to re-authenticate yourself. This is used to prevent unauthorized access to the ACP, and as a login page to the...

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How to Automatically Backup Your phpBB Forum

I think we all know the importance of keeping backups, but it's also very easy to forget! It's pretty funny how such an important task can so easily be forgotten about. Luckily for us, there's a phpBB modification that can automate the task and make backups by itself. Here's how to automatically backup your phpBB forum: Note: This tutorial is working for version 3.0.11. Make sure to make a backup of your forum before installing any new modifications. Step 1) Download "Auto Backup" for phpBB. Step 2) Extract "Auto Backup." Step 3) Open (or install) Filezilla and connect to your...

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