phpBB

Description: phpBB is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customisable open-source bulletin board package.

Newest Review: ... bad reputation is because of a massive security problem with a release in the phpBB 2.0.x series where hundreds of phpBB2 ... more

... forums were exploited. Because of this people always assume phpBB is unsafe. phpBB was built and made in the days were security wasn't as much of a problem and hacking were rare. The internet and the way people use it has changed rapidly since the time phpBB2 was made which was back in April 2002. Nowadays people set out to hack and cause damage and even code bots to crawl the internet to hack and find exploits. phpBB's newest release (phpBB3) was really built with security in mind and features second unlike phpBB2...more

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PhpBB: A User Guide Pages: 176, Paperback, Packt Publishing Limited Last Update 11.11.2009 05:41	£ 13.59	Free! within 24 hours
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phpBB: Not as unsecure as people say... (351 words)
by - written on 21/09/08 (Very useful, 109 readings)
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phpBB is a very popular widely used forum software that has millions of installation all over the internet. phpBB has had a bad reputation for quite a few years as many people always think of phpBB being un-secure and not safe to use. Because of that people tend to not use it and go on to use other forum software solution like SMF, Invision Power Board (IPB) and vBulletin. The reason why phpBB has this bad reputation is because of a massive security problem with a release in the phpBB 2.0.x series where hundreds of phpBB2 forums were exploited. Because of this people always assume phpBB is unsafe. phpBB was built and made in the days were security wasn't ... Read the complete review

Best Forum! (163 words)
by - written on 04/05/08 (Useful, 29 readings)
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Out of all the Forum Tools i have used, Such as invasion Power Board, SMF, and VB. PhpBB has got to be my favorite. The First thing which is noticeable to the user is the easy layout to find forums. phpBB is highly mod able, and simply done, unlike other Forum tools you can install from the admin panel and change the settings. Setting up forums and there permissions couldn't be easier with phpBB, you simply goto the admin panel and locate the add new forum link and in the page which you create the forum has all the tools to setup permissions without going to seperiate links to configure. One of the greatest things about phpBB is that you ... Read the complete review

phpBB: Run your own message board (1967 words)
by - written on 28/11/06 (Very useful, 1896 readings)
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Sometimes it’s nice to gather a group of people with similar interests into one place and get everyone to interact. It doesn’t matter if this is down at the pub, at someone’s house or even on the World Wide Web, a great deal of fun can be had discussing your mutual interests with others. On the Internet there are many ways to accomplish this. The more technically minded might fancy Newsgroups where practically anything can be discussed if you can find the correct Newsgroup. On the Web, there are loads of different websites, messageboards and tools that can be used such as YAHOO, Google and, more than likely, your favourite website on whatever your preferred ... Read the complete review

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