Upgrade to phpBB 3.0.1

Apr

2008

for people who dident know phpbb 3.0.1 was released Apr 7, 2008, and it has fixed alot of problems, here is what's new,

also since the update there has been really nice skins for phpbb 3.0.1

* [Fix] Allow correct avatar caching for CGI installations. (thanks wildbill)
* [Fix] Fix disabling of word censor, now possible again
* [Fix] Correctly quote db password for re-display in installer (Bug #16695 / thanks to m313 for reporting too - #s17235)
* [Fix] Correctly handle empty imageset entries (Bug #16865)
* [Fix] Correctly check empty subjects/messages (Bug #17915)
* [Change] Do not check usernames against word censor list. Disallowed usernames is already checked and word censor belong to posts. (Bug #17745)
* [Change] Sped up viewforum considerably (also goes towards mcp_forum)
* [Fix] Allow editing usernames within database_update on username cleanup (Bug #18415)
* [Fix] Use proper title on index for new/unread posts (Bug #13101) - patch provided by Pyramide
* [Fix] Allow calls to $user->set_cookie() define no cookie time for setting session cookies (Bug #18025)
* [Fix] Stricter checks on smilie packs (Bug #19675)
* [Fix] Possible login problems with IE7 if browser check is activated (Bug #20135)
* [Fix] Fix possible database transaction errors if code returns on error and rollback happened (Bug #17025)
* [Change] Allow numbers in permission names for modifications, as well as uppercase letters for the request_ part (Bug #20125)
* [Fix] Use HTTP_HOST in favor of SERVER_NAME for determining server url for redirection and installation (Bug #19955)
* [Fix] Changing order for post review if more than one post affected (Bug #15249)
* [Fix] Prepend phpbb_root_path to ranks path for displaying ranks (Bug #19075)
* [Fix] Allow forum notifications if topic notifications are disabled but forum notifications enabled (Bug #14765)
* [Fix] Fixing realpath issues for provider returning the passed value instead of disabling it. This fixes issues with confirm boxes for those hosted on Network Solutions for example. (Bug #20435)
* [Fix] Try to sort last active date on memberlist correctly at least on current page (Bug #18665)
* [Fix] Handle generation of form tokens when maximum time is set to -1
* [Fix] Correctly delete unapproved posts without deleting the topic (Bug #15120)
* [Fix] Respect signature permissions in posting (Bug #16029)
* [Fix] Users allowed to resign only from open and freely open groups (Bug #19355)
* [Fix] Assign a last viewed date to converted topics (Bug #16565)
* [Feature] New option to hide the entire list of subforums on listforums
* [Fix] Custom BBCode {EMAIL}-Token usage (Bug #21155)
* [Fix] Do not rely on parameter returned by unlink() for verifying cache directory write permission (Bug #19565)
* [Change] Use correct string for filesize (MiB instead of MB for example)
* [Change] Remove left join for query used to retrieve already assigned users and groups within permission panel (Bug #20235)
* [Fix] Correctly return sole whitespaces if used with BBCodes (Bug #19535)
* [Fix] Quote bbcode parsing adding too much closing tags on special conditions (Bug #20735)
* [Change] Added sanity checks to various ACP settings
* [Change] Removed minimum form times
* [Fix] Custom profile fields with date type should be timezone independend (Bug #15003)
* [Fix] Warnings if poll title/options exceed maximum characters per post (Bug #22865)
* [Fix] Do not allow selecting non-authorized groups within memberlist by adjusting URL (Bug #22805 - patch provided by ToonArmy)
* [Fix] Display "empty password error" within the login box instead of issuing a general error (Bug #22525)
* [Fix] Allow & and | in local part of email addresses (Bug #22995)
* [Fix] Do not error out if php_uname function disabled / Authenticating on SMTP Server (Bug #22235 - patch by HoL)
* [Fix] Correctly obtain to be ignored users within topic/forum notification (Bug #21795 - patch provided by dr.death)
* [Fix] Correctly update board statistics for attaching orphaned files to existing posts (Bug #20185)
* [Fix] Do not detect the board URL as a link twice in posts (Bug #19215)
* [Fix] Set correct error reporting in style.php to avoid blank pages after CSS changes (Bug #23885)
* [Fix] If pruning users based on last activity, do not include users never logged in before (Bug #18105)
* [Sec] Only allow searching by email address in memberlist for users having the a_user permission (reported by evil<3)
* [Sec] Limit private message attachments to be viewable only by the recipient(s)/sender (Report #s23535) - reported by AlleyKat
* [Sec] Check for non-empty config.php within style.php (Report #s24575) - reported by bantu
* [Fix] Find and display colliding usernames correctly when converting from one database to another (Bug #23925)

1 Creazy8, on 13/04/2008 at 19h00

yeah pls update soon Smile

,good idea

2 Luka_08, on 14/04/2008 at 13h13

please update..

3 simmer, on 14/04/2008 at 13h26

yeah i posted this before 3 days nd bro the theemes r so cool juss like v bulliten.

4 nai kiba, on 14/04/2008 at 21h08

bump

5 HiteshForPM, on 15/04/2008 at 15h56

whats up! Even here as far as i know many feature of version 3 are too have to be updated.

6 zink77, on 15/04/2008 at 16h11

i think it's very difficult to update. But i'd like too! Smile

7 Luka_08, on 15/04/2008 at 17h35

when will you update?

8 nai kiba, on 15/04/2008 at 21h01

zink77 wrote:i think it's very difficult to update. But i'd like too!

no it isent it is very easy

9 ~*mumof2angels*~, on 16/04/2008 at 05h08

yes yes yes, please update

10 lynkobi17, on 19/04/2008 at 14h00

I don't think they'll update anything...

Have they done anything the members wanted?

11 Luka_08, on 19/04/2008 at 14h08

lynkobi17 wrote:I don't think they'll update anything...

Have they done anything the members wanted?

no, they dont.... but we are hoping they will...

question for admins: when will you update to newer version of phpbb?

12 nai kiba, on 19/04/2008 at 18h40

...

13 Guest, on 19/04/2008 at 18h52

nai kiba wrote:
zink77 wrote:i think it's very difficult to update. But i'd like too!
no it isent it is very easy

Your very right

It would definately take some time, but i'd really wait until the final release may come out so they don't have to keep updating it

=> No

14 nai kiba, on 19/04/2008 at 19h37

Kinight40 wrote:
nai kiba wrote:
zink77 wrote:i think it's very difficult to update. But i'd like too!
no it isent it is very easy

Your very right

It would definately take some time, but i'd really wait until the final release may come out so they don't have to keep updating it

=> No

if you would wait it would take more then a year.....also this update fixes alot of bugs

15 Guest, on 19/04/2008 at 19h43

I'm not even going to start flaming, instead i will go watch one of my favorite videos

16 N!X, on 21/04/2008 at 12h56

I would update mine but i will wait for a month or two

17 p4p, on 11/05/2008 at 11h56

where do you go on the panel to update to the 3 version?I can't find it.

18 Caihlem, on 11/05/2008 at 13h56

Hi, support requests are meant to be done in the adequate subsection of the Support Forum, whereas here we're in the Suggestions

19 Brandon, on 12/05/2008 at 16h13

make it so