Reviving old forum: Upgrade from 3.0.9 to 3.3.7?

Get help with installation and running phpBB 3.3.x here. Please do not post bug reports, feature requests, or extension related questions here.
Post Reply
wendigomountain
Registered User
Posts: 4
Joined: Mon May 23, 2022 4:15 pm

Reviving old forum: Upgrade from 3.0.9 to 3.3.7?

Post by wendigomountain »

I am looking to revive an old forum I had back in 2014. It has four extensions that I am sure are no longer active.

I am using a modern Ubuntu web server with the latest PHP and MySQL

I was wondering what the best way to proceed is.

Also regarding the extensions is there a company that could get them working for my server specifications as well as phpBB 3.3.x?

Thank you all in advance.

Extensions on the old forum are:
NV ADVANCED LAST TOPIC TITLES
THANKS FOR POSTS
MCHAT
REIMG IMAGE RESIZER
Last edited by Mick on Wed May 25, 2022 9:17 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Solved.
User avatar
warmweer
Jr. Extension Validator
Posts: 11234
Joined: Fri Jul 04, 2003 6:34 am
Location: Van Allen Bel ... gium
Contact:

Re: Reviving old forum: Upgrade from 3.0.9 to 3.3.7?

Post by warmweer »

wendigomountain wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 5:52 pm I am looking to revive an old forum I had back in 2014. It has four extensions that I am sure are no longer active.
...
If it was phpBB 3.0.9 then it's impossible that extensions were used as they didn't exist yet. You're probably referring to modifications, usually called mods (short for modifications). As the term modifications implies, this involved editing the phpBB files, whereas the current extensions are addons that do not involve editing the default phpBB files.

Some modifications now exist as extensions but there is not always an upgrade path keeping the old modified data.
AFAIK, Thanks for posts, mchat and REIMG image resizer exist as extensions, NV ADVANCED LAST TOPIC TITLES doesn't (well, not to my knowledge).

Upgrading to the latest version of phpBB is fairly simple: see Upgrading from 3.0 to 3.3
Spelling is freeware, which means you can use it for free.
On the other hand, it is not open source, which means you cannot change it or publish it in a modified form.


Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.
wendigomountain
Registered User
Posts: 4
Joined: Mon May 23, 2022 4:15 pm

Re: Reviving old forum: Upgrade from 3.0.9 to 3.3.7?

Post by wendigomountain »

Yes my apologies, you are correct, they are called Mods.

Sorry it has been awhile since I have been in the phpBB realm
User avatar
janus_zonstraal
Registered User
Posts: 6418
Joined: Sat Aug 30, 2014 1:30 pm

Re: Reviving old forum: Upgrade from 3.0.9 to 3.3.7?

Post by janus_zonstraal »

Also regarding the extensions is there a company that could get them working for my server specifications as well as phpBB 3.3.x?
Use the search here on this board and you will find a few extensions the the old mods.
Sorry! My English is bat ;) !!!
User avatar
Steve
Registered User
Posts: 1480
Joined: Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:48 pm
Name: Steven Clark
Contact:

Re: Reviving old forum: Upgrade from 3.0.9 to 3.3.7?

Post by Steve »

wendigomountain wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 5:52 pm NV ADVANCED LAST TOPIC TITLES
THANKS FOR POSTS
MCHAT
REIMG IMAGE RESIZER
NV ADVANCED LAST TOPIC TITLES
Not needed in 3.3, it's already implemented.
THANKS FOR POSTS

have a look at this extension: viewtopic.php?f=456&t=2615851 :D
MCHAT
https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/exte ... _extension
REIMG IMAGE RESIZER
https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/extension/lightbox
@ The Chief Medical Officers guideline for men is that: You are safest not to drink regularly more than 14 units per week.
- I drank that today++ :lol: 🍺
wendigomountain
Registered User
Posts: 4
Joined: Mon May 23, 2022 4:15 pm

Re: Reviving old forum: Upgrade from 3.0.9 to 3.3.7?

Post by wendigomountain »

Thank you so much!

I did not know that the 3.3 version already has the Last Topic Titles option. Will investigate that. Thank you so much. Cant get to resurrect this old forum :)
Last edited by Mick on Tue May 24, 2022 4:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Removed unnecessary full quotes.
User avatar
Mick
Support Team Member
Support Team Member
Posts: 26505
Joined: Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:49 am

Re: Reviving old forum: Upgrade from 3.0.9 to 3.3.7?

Post by Mick »

wendigomountain wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 5:52 pmis there a company that could get them working
If you’re willing to pay theres the Wanted! forum.
  • "The more connected we get the more alone we become" - Kyle Broflovski©
  • "The good news is hell is just the product of a morbid human imagination.
    The bad news is, whatever humans can imagine, they can usually create.
    " - Harmony Cobel
wendigomountain
Registered User
Posts: 4
Joined: Mon May 23, 2022 4:15 pm

Re: Reviving old forum: Upgrade from 3.0.9 to 3.3.7?

Post by wendigomountain »

Mick wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 4:12 pm
wendigomountain wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 5:52 pmis there a company that could get them working
If you’re willing to pay theres the Wanted! forum.
Thank you. I may venture over there if the update in 3.3 doesn't fully do what the NV ADVANCED LAST TOPIC TITLES mod did.
Post Reply

Return to “[3.3.x] Support Forum”