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is this board running phpbb!?

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hi there

first of all: many many thanks for the great support here. I am happy to be part of this great site here. It rocks.

i have one off-topic-question: is this site running phpBB https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/

i guess so - but i am not very sure!


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Looks like an old version of vBulletin
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Like Kev says vBulletin 3.8.10 Beta 1
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apollodriver wrote: Fri Feb 05, 2021 10:02 am i guess so - but i am not very sure!
The first thing I noticed was : "threads".
I doubt that a founder using phpBB would go as far as to change the wording from topic(s) to thread(s)>

Also the link to a post has a totally different structure
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/linux-program-to-extract-subtitles-from-a-series-of-vob-files-4175610465/#post5739079
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warmweer wrote: Fri Feb 05, 2021 5:00 pmI doubt that a founder using phpBB would go as far as to change the wording from topic(s) to thread(s)>
Oh boy you missed a very special guy who did so (except for the filename viewtopic.php he was insisting on calling it "threads" all the way). He even showed up anew after being banned and was easy to recognize because of this (see screenshot).
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Oh, I remember the guy, he was hours, and I mean hours, of fun.
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The lengths some people go to to get banned :lol:
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Mick wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 2:25 pm Oh, I remember the guy, he was hours, and I mean hours, of fun.
Months. ;)
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he was the only user I have ever blocked in all the years here.

robert

I just checked and he is still in my "foes" list.



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warmweer wrote: Fri Feb 05, 2021 5:00 pm
apollodriver wrote: Fri Feb 05, 2021 10:02 am i guess so - but i am not very sure!
The first thing I noticed was : "threads".
I doubt that a founder using phpBB would go as far as to change the wording from topic(s) to thread(s)>

Also the link to a post has a totally different structure
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/linux-program-to-extract-subtitles-from-a-series-of-vob-files-4175610465/#post5739079
I'm on a board where one of the Founders went deep into the code and replaced "topics" with "threads." It is a phpBB board, albeit an extremely modified one. Not even viewtopic.php was spared.
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Random American wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:20 am I'm on a board where one of the Founders went deep into the code and replaced "topics" with "threads." It is a phpBB board, albeit an extremely modified one. Not even viewtopic.php was spared.
I guess he skips updates a lot ;)
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warmweer wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:02 am
Random American wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:20 am I'm on a board where one of the Founders went deep into the code and replaced "topics" with "threads." It is a phpBB board, albeit an extremely modified one. Not even viewtopic.php was spared.
I guess he skips updates a lot ;)
Indeed, though the site is brand new, so I don't think he missed much as far as updates are concerned.
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Random American wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:20 am
I'm on a board where one of the Founders went deep into the code and replaced "topics" with "threads." It is a phpBB board, albeit an extremely modified one. Not even viewtopic.php was spared.
There is no need to go "deep into code". Things like that are in the language files and are simple to change (300+ times).
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Brf wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 4:52 pm There is no need to go "deep into code". Things like that are in the language files and are simple to change (300+ times).
Perhaps he even changed viewtopic.php to viewthread.php ;)
Random American wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:20 am I'm on a board where one of the Founders went deep into the code and replaced "topics" with "threads." It is a phpBB board, albeit an extremely modified one. Not even viewtopic.php was spared.
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Brf wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 4:52 pmThings like that are in the language files
No, the term is also hardcoded in various parameters, such as
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