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by Heo32
Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:38 pm
Forum: phpBB Discussion
Topic: phpBB 3.3.x Collation
Replies: 1
Views: 485

phpBB 3.3.x Collation

I see that my forums have somehow automatically converted from the "utf8_bin" collation to "utf8mb3_bin" , yet I don't know when this happened. I certainly did not change it. Is "utf8mb3_bin" now the recommended collation, and will this change when phpBB 4.0 comes out? ...
by Heo32
Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:26 pm
Forum: phpBB Ideas
Topic: Founder Category and Forum Access Only
Replies: 5
Views: 375

Re: Founder Category and Forum Access Only

When you create your Founder group, there is a checkbox in group settings Founder manage only: . If you checkmark that, your regular admins cannot add themselves to it or change any of its permissions or settings. I hadn't considered that. And I see what you mean. Thanks. I'm down-voting my suggest...
by Heo32
Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:12 am
Forum: phpBB Ideas
Topic: Founder Category and Forum Access Only
Replies: 5
Views: 375

Re: Founder Category and Forum Access Only

Just create a group for FOUNDER and assign the wanted permissions (or user permissions instead of group permissions), and do not give the Administrator group those permissions. That defeats the purpose of my suggestion. While that is possible, it also makes it possible for Administrators to still g...
by Heo32
Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:16 pm
Forum: phpBB Ideas
Topic: Founder Category and Forum Access Only
Replies: 5
Views: 375

Founder Category and Forum Access Only

While Administrators are highly trustworthy, having exclusive categories and forums in which no Administrator can grant themselves access to could be a nice thing to have. What is everyone's thoughts on having categories and forums with a "Founder" role for the founders, but no Administrat...
by Heo32
Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:09 am
Forum: phpBB Ideas
Topic: Redundancy on Registration
Replies: 1
Views: 513

Redundancy on Registration

On the Registration page (/ucp.php?mode=register), the following text is used to describe a user's "Username": Length must be between # characters and # characters. Using the word "characters" twice in the same sentence is not needed. It is unnecessary redundancy. Shortening it w...
by Heo32
Wed Nov 24, 2021 5:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PHP Foundation Announced
Replies: 0
Views: 2108

PHP Foundation Announced

The team over at PHP has lost one of their core developers (Nikita Popov) and are now planning on raising money to hire new staff to help support the project. Given this affects most of the Internet, 78% at the moment, I thought I would share this here in case anyone wishes to support them with a do...
by Heo32
Sun Oct 03, 2021 3:23 pm
Forum: phpBB Discussion
Topic: Discuss: phpBB 3.3.5 Release
Replies: 43
Views: 16660

Re: Discuss: phpBB 3.3.5 Release

Thank you for the update. Backup all board files and the database. Download the Full Package of the latest version of 3.3.x Unzip to your desktop and open the phpBB3 folder. Remove (delete) the config.php file, and the /images , /store and /files folders from the package (not your site). Go to the A...
by Heo32
Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:39 am
Forum: phpBB Discussion
Topic: Update 3.3.5
Replies: 8
Views: 3384

Re: Update 3.3.5

pawel456 wrote: Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:33 pm When will the new phpBB 3.3.5 update be coming?
Why are you asking?
by Heo32
Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:56 am
Forum: phpBB Ideas
Topic: Have an update notification on the index for Founders
Replies: 8
Views: 1324

Re: Have an update notification on the index for Founders

I don't see any added value, the ACP "notification" is sufficient (to me) and is a constant reminder, whereas a notification is easily dismissed. Really? You actually don't see how this is valuable? I'm somewhat shocking at how little you've thought this through and judged so quickly. Sur...
by Heo32
Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:49 am
Forum: phpBB Discussion
Topic: Hey security related issues
Replies: 5
Views: 2684

Re: Hey security related issues

When granting permissions to the User you created for your Database under phpMyAdmin, use these settings:

Data:
  • SELECT
  • INSERT
  • UPDATE
  • DELETE
Structure:
  • CREATE
  • ALTER
  • INDEX
  • DROP
Administration:
  • REFERENCES
by Heo32
Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:32 am
Forum: phpBB Ideas
Topic: Have an update notification on the index for Founders
Replies: 8
Views: 1324

Have an update notification on the index for Founders

I think it would be a good idea to have phpBB forums (the software) notify those with Founder status of any phpBB updates available on the index page when they log in.
by Heo32
Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:37 am
Forum: [3.3.x] Support Forum
Topic: phpBB Board V3.3.X and PHP 8.0
Replies: 6
Views: 2353

Re: phpBB Board V3.3.X and PHP 8.0

As long as PHP 7.4 is supported, keep using it. Wait until "Active Support" or "Security Support" ends for it then switch to PHP 8.0. That will give time for phpBB developers time to find any remaining incompatibilities and fix them.
by Heo32
Wed Apr 28, 2021 11:35 am
Forum: phpBB Ideas
Topic: Allow invisible reCAPTCHA to be combined with another countermeasure such as Q&A
Replies: 7
Views: 4006

Re: Allow invisible reCAPTCHA to be combined with another countermeasure such as Q&A

I'm not going to vote on this for several reasons, but I will provide some feedback. Security can be increased by using Google's invisible reCAPTCHA in addition to another spambot countermeasure such as Q&A. Wrong. Security has nothing to do with bot registration. There are never any compromises...
by Heo32
Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:45 am
Forum: [3.3.x] Support Forum
Topic: VigLink got re-enabled after phpBB 3.3.3 update
Replies: 8
Views: 1887

Re: VigLink got re-enabled after phpBB 3.3.3 update

If I remember correctly it is only enabled if you do not deselect the checkbox when you enter the ACP after the update. Well it was disabled for me. Updating from phpBB 3.3.2 to 3.3.3 caused the unwanted extension to re-enable itself. I had nothing to do with it, so I consider this to be either a b...

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