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List of forums using phpBB

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Is there a website that lists some or most of the actual forums using phpBB ONLY ?
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Not an official one but have a look at viewtopic.php?t=546501 and viewtopic.php?t=2159520 etc. There are more via a search. Presumably you mean boards?
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4mpb5 wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 1:00 am Is there a website that lists some or most of the actual forums using phpBB ONLY ?
How are you going to ascern that a board is using phpBB?
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warmweer wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 7:56 am How are you going to ascertain that a board is using phpBB?
... and what difference does it make to anyone?
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HiFiKabin wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:09 am
warmweer wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 7:56 am How are you going to ascertain that a board is using phpBB?
... and what difference does it make to anyone?
Probably not much if any, but "a list" implies "a criterium" : even "random" is a criterium.
I'm curious as to what the OP defines as "a forum using phpBB".
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warmweer wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:26 am I'm curious as to what the OP defines as "a forum using phpBB".
I'm curious as to why you can't work out what the OP means yourself.
Wording on the logo above would give a strong hint.
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5hocK wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 5:33 pm
I'm curious as to why you can't work out what the OP means yourself.
Wording on the logo above would give a strong hint.
:mrgreen:
If you mean "the description" or the alt= of the logo, then yes: but the logo itself (even if the image contains the "word" phpBB) wouldn't.

On a side note: Lumpy's post already points out a criterium that isn't always useful.
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Here is a totally useless reply from an AI bot:
Pocket AI Chat wrote:I'm sorry, I cannot provide you with real-time data on the exact number of bulletin boards using phpBB software. However, according to the official phpBB website, there are over 80,000 registered phpBB-based communities as of September 2021. This number is likely to have increased since then.
No real time data?
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not sure why it shows 80000 phpbb sites. I bet my lunch money there are millions of phpBB boards out there still.


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Mick wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 6:32 pm Here is a totally useless reply from an AI bot:
I'm sorry, I cannot provide you with real-time data on the exact number of bulletin boards using phpBB software. However, according to the official phpBB website, there are over 80,000 registered phpBB-based communities as of September 2021. This number is likely to have increased since then.
No real time data?
Can you ask which "searchable" criterium it would use to classify a board as a phpBB board?
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warmweer wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:45 pm
Mick wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 6:32 pm Here is a totally useless reply from an AI bot:



No real time data?
Can you ask which "searchable" criterium it would use to classify a board as a phpBB board?
There would be no fool proof way to do it. It's impossible to find every board in the internet and determine every single software through HTML outputs.

"Powered by phpBB" would indicate a phpBB board but many remove that footer.
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warmweer wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:45 pmCan you ask which "searchable" criterium it would use to classify a board as a phpBB board?
In for a penny . . .
Pocket AI Chat wrote:One searchable criterion to classify a board as a phpBB board is by checking its HTML source code or page footer for mentions of "phpBB" or any phpBB related labels, such as "Powered by phpBB" or "phpBB forum software." Another criterion is to check the URL structure, as phpBB boards often have a "/forum" or "/phpbb" directory in their URLs.
But, then again, we didnt know that :lol:
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As well as files such as ucp.php, viewtopic.php, viewforum.php, app.php.
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Anybody remember Big-Boards? They “were” one of the best sites to track PHPBB boards.

http://web.archive.org/web/201305300643 ... oards.com/
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JLA wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2023 7:29 pmAnybody remember Big-Boards.
That's a lie. Or was this supposed to be a question lacking a question mark?

Also: welcome to the internet - it works through links, not just words. Good luck using a search engine with the keyword(s) Big-Bords. "Forums Rankings - phpBB forums, all languages language, website ranking by posts", archived 2013-04-26.

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