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by Jaxo79
Sun Apr 17, 2022 10:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is the future of forum culture? /or/ Does anyone else miss the days of forum-dominated internet discussion?
Replies: 17
Views: 13391

Re: What is the future of forum culture? /or/ Does anyone else miss the days of forum-dominated internet discussion?

I've just set up a new phpbb forum as i am fed up with the likes of Facebook, twitter and discord etc. i ran a phpbb forum between 2008-2015 but ultimately it died, but it was not down to social media. It was down to the content topic being replaced by a new format (satellite. Streaming replaced it)...
by Jaxo79
Thu May 18, 2017 10:56 pm
Forum: [3.2.x] Support Forum
Topic: Parse icon into custom profile field
Replies: 1
Views: 378

Parse icon into custom profile field

Hi all, I am trying to create a custom profile field on my forum that will display an icon (image link) instead of text link. The same way the facebook & gplus user fields work.. I have tried a few different think and can get it working as a text link but ideally it would look better as an icon....
by Jaxo79
Sat Feb 20, 2016 9:09 pm
Forum: [3.1.x] Support Forum
Topic: Digital point image proxy
Replies: 1
Views: 304

Re: Digital point image proxy

Bump...
:lol:
by Jaxo79
Mon Feb 15, 2016 11:46 pm
Forum: [3.1.x] Support Forum
Topic: Digital point image proxy
Replies: 1
Views: 304

Digital point image proxy

Hi, I am in the process of setting up a new forum using phpbb. I am wanting to use cloudflare and flexible ssl from the beginning and have this set up and working. I know however from previous experience with other sites that mixed content errors will be a problem if people post links or images from...
by Jaxo79
Sat May 09, 2015 7:25 pm
Forum: [3.0.x] Convertors
Topic: Converting vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpBB 3.014
Replies: 2
Views: 1642

Re: Converting vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpBB 3.014

Unfortunately I have just gave up on this.. The converter does not work and there is no support here either... If you look through my posts you will see I have attempted this conversion a few times over the past few months but never received any replies to any of my threads with problems with the co...
by Jaxo79
Fri May 08, 2015 5:03 pm
Forum: [3.0.x] Convertors
Topic: Converting vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpBB 3.014
Replies: 2
Views: 1642

Re: Converting vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpBB 3.014

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by Jaxo79
Fri May 08, 2015 4:22 pm
Forum: [3.0.x] Convertors
Topic: Converting vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpBB 3.014
Replies: 2
Views: 1642

Converting vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpBB 3.014

Hi all, Ive been trying to convert my forum for 1 week unsuccessfully.. First up I was getting an error staight away when I first tried to set up the phpBB3 site Trailing paths and PATH_INFO is not supported by phpBB 3.0 I managed to get around this by editing the startup.php file and removing the t...
by Jaxo79
Wed May 06, 2015 7:38 pm
Forum: phpBB Discussion
Topic: Convert vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpbb 3.1
Replies: 6
Views: 2230

Re: Convert vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpbb 3.1

I`ve been at this on and off for a few days.. Had probs with the posts around 120,000 but managed to trace the last one converted to phpbb in phpmydmin and go back to the vbulletin database and delete a few after it.. seemed to cure the problem My next problem is a php warning message I`m getting du...
by Jaxo79
Mon May 04, 2015 6:46 pm
Forum: [3.1.x] Convertors
Topic: Error converting vbulletin forum to phpBB
Replies: 7
Views: 2920

Re: Error converting vbulletin forum to phpBB

I thought I`d give this another go but getting the exact same problem.. this time with a different server from another providor.. any ideas?

I saw something a few days back about an offline conversion but cannot for the life of me find it again ....


aaaaarg :lol:
by Jaxo79
Sat May 02, 2015 8:18 pm
Forum: phpBB Discussion
Topic: Convert vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpbb 3.1
Replies: 6
Views: 2230

Re: Convert vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpbb 3.1

One question before I start... On vbulletin my attachments are stored in the file system not the database, will this import ok ?
by Jaxo79
Sat May 02, 2015 8:00 pm
Forum: phpBB Discussion
Topic: Convert vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpbb 3.1
Replies: 6
Views: 2230

Re: Convert vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpbb 3.1

Excellent, Thanks.. This is what I have been looking for..

Will post back with results later :-)
by Jaxo79
Sat May 02, 2015 7:47 pm
Forum: phpBB Discussion
Topic: Convert vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpbb 3.1
Replies: 6
Views: 2230

Convert vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpbb 3.1

Been searching for a while but cannot find any converters that will convert vbulletin 4.2.2 to phpbb 3.1.

Is there any method of doing this ?
by Jaxo79
Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:59 pm
Forum: Extensions in Development
Topic: [CDB] Thanks for posts
Replies: 1118
Views: 184835

Re: [DEV] Thanks for posts

I'm using Artodia Simplicity and it don't seems to show the right Thanks icon The same issue probably https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=14028616#p14028616 Im having I have tried this to fix my board but did not work. I am using subway style and no icons are showing.. everything else i...
by Jaxo79
Sat Apr 11, 2015 9:00 pm
Forum: phpBB Discussion
Topic: Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Replies: 1949
Views: 1164907

Congratulations !!!

Just wanted to say well done to all the team who worked on phpBB 3.1 .. Currently setting up a new forum with it and everything is a breeze ! I have used phpBB in the past but my current forum has been using vbulletin for the past 4 years. I have had nothing but problems with it and have been hacked...
by Jaxo79
Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:55 pm
Forum: [3.1.x] Support Forum
Topic: 3.0.12 to 3.1.2 upgrade stuck
Replies: 9
Views: 868

Re: 3.0.12 to 3.1.2 upgrade stuck

Hi, yeah the board appeared to be running good but I didnt go into to much detail,. just checked a few post and etc and then started updating ..

reconverting the vbulletin board and will post back with updates

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