phpBB2 plus 1.5

Content

• Overview
• Languages
• Fresh Installation
• Upgrade from existing phpBB2 plus 1.3
• Upgrade from existing phpBB 2.0.8
• Upgrade from existing phpBB 2.0.7 or lower
• Settings
• License
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Thanks
• Support
• History

phpBB is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customisable open-source bulletin board package. The official home page is www.phpbb.com.

phpBB2 plus 1.5 is a modded version of phpBB2.0.8(a) with several useful Mods preinstalled. This package comes from www.phpbb2.de.
Credits for all included MODs and their Authors (see List below) are given right here (below).

What's in phpBB2 plus:

• phpBB 2.0.8(a) ;)
• Template FI Subsilver Shadow 2.11 (Darren Burnhill - Forumimages)
• Categories Hierarchie Mod 2.0.4 Final (Pthirik - RPGNet)
• Announces Suite 3.0.2 (Pthirik - RPGNet)
• Split topic type Mod 2.0.1 (Pthirik - RPGNet)
• Birthday Mod 1.5.6 (Niels Chr. Denmark - mods.db9.dk)
• Birthday Addon Zodiac 1.0.5 (Niels Chr. Denmark - mods.db9.dk)
• Birthday Addon Chinese Zodiac 1.0.1 (Niels Chr. Denmark - mods.db9.dk)
• Birthday Addon Chinese Zodiac in Viewtopic 1.0.0 (Niels Chr. Denmark - mods.db9.dk)
• Gender Mod 1.2.6 (Niels Chr. Denmark - mods.db9.dk)
• Attachment Mod 2.3.9 (Meik Sievertsen - Opentools)
• Junior Admin Mod 2.0.5 (Nivisec - Nivisec.com)
• Today at / Yesterday at Mod 1.2.2 (akzhaiyk)
• Color Groups Mod 1.2.0 incl. Oxpus Speed up Color Groups Mod (Nivisec - Nivisec.com / Oxpus - Oxpus.de)
• Last Visit Mod 1.2.8 (Niels Chr. Denmark - mods.db9.dk)
• Country Flags Mod 2.2.0 (Nuttzy99 - Blizzhackers)
• Anti Robotic Reg 1.1.4 (Smartor - Smartors Site)
• EzPortal Mod 2.1.8 (Smartor - Smartors Site)
• Pafiledb Mod 0.0.9d (Mohd - Mohds Site)
• Photo Album 2.0.51 (Smartor - Smartors Site)
• Photo Album Block Add-on 0.9.2 (Kooky - Kookys Site)
• Posts Icons Mod 1.0.1 (Pthirik - RPGNet)
• Topic Calendar Mod 1.0.1 (Pthirik - RPGNet)
• Default Avatar Mod 1.0.0 (own creation)
• Advanced Quick Reply Mod 1.1.1 (own creation)
• Recent Topics Block for Smartor's ezPortal 1.0.0 (Smartor - Smartors Site)
• Online Offline Status Mod 1.3.2 (Romans1423 - Ricks Site)
• Staff Site Mod 2.2.0 (Acid - Phpbbhacks)
• Bookmarks Mod 1.1.1a (Philipp Kordowich - Philipps Site)
• Admin Account Actions 1.2.1 (Acid - Phpbbhacks)
• Admin User Register Mod 0.10.4 (Niels Chr. Denmark - mods.db9.dk)
• Complete Banner Mod 1.3.6 (Niels Chr. Denmark - mods.db9.dk)
• Ranks summarize Mod 1.0.4 (Pthirik - RPGNet)
• Number of Posts since last visit Mod 1.0.2 (mitsubishi - Mitsubishis Site)
• Glow and Shadow effects BBcode Mod 2.0.6 (davidls - Davidls Site)
• Shoutbox Mod 1.1.5 (Niels Chr. Denmark - mods.db9.dk)
• Slash News Mod 1.0.1 (CodemonkeyX - CodemonkeyX Site)
• Heavy Integration of Slash News Mod into EzPortal (own creation)
• Smilie Creator Mod 1.0.3 (esperitox - Powerforum)
• Supercharged Album Pack 1 for Smartors Album Mod (Volodymyr (CLowN) Skoryk)
• Tell a Friend Mod (unknown Version)
• FI Navslices Mod (Viewtopic) (Darren Burnhill - Forumimages)
• Who viewed a Topic Mod 1.0.3 (Niels Chr. Denmark - mods.db9.dk)
• Print this Topic Mod 1.0.0 (unknown Version)
• Recent Topics Mod 1.2.0 (Acid - Phpbbhacks)
• Hacks/Mods List 1.2.0 (Nivisec - Nivisec.com)
• Private Message Info in Browser Status Bar 1.0.0 (Darren Burnhill - Forumimages)
• BBCode Highlight 1.2.0 (davidls - Davidls Site)
• BBCode FlipV / FlipH Mod 1.6.0 (Brewjah)
• Left and Right IMG tags 1.6.0 (Nuttzy99 - Blizzhackers)
• PHP Syntax Highlighter BBCode 3.0.3 (Fubonis - Fubonis Site)
• Board Statistics Mod 2.1.5 (Meik Sievertsen - Opentools)
• Advanced Links Mod 1.2.2b (stefan2k1/CRLin - phpBB2.de / CRLin Site)
• Topic View Page Bottom Link (Darren Burnhill - Forumimages)
• Smartors Photo Album Addon 2.x View Topic Link (Darren Burnhill - Forumimages)
• Smartors Photo Album Addon 2.x Member List Link (Darren Burnhill - Forumimages)
• Smartors Photo Album Addon 2.x View Profile Link (Darren Burnhill - Forumimages)
• Google Search BBCode Mod 1.1.2 (wGEric - wGErics Site)
• Yellow Card Mod 1.4.11 (Niels Chr. Denmark - mods.db9.dk)
• Protect user account Mod 1.2.9 (Niels Chr. Denmark - mods.db9.dk)
• BBCode Line-through Mod 1.0.2 (Acid - Phpbbhacks)
• Topic Description Mod 1.0.5 (Morpheus2matrix - Morpheus Site)
• Prune users Mod 1.4.3 (Niels Chr. Denmark - mods.db9.dk)
• eXtreme Styles mod 2.0.0 RC 2 (CyberAlien - Cyberaliens Site)
• Count Posts Mod 1.0.0 (Antony Bailey)
• BBCode Box Mod 4.5.0 (with own Modifications) (AL Tnen)
• Topic in Who is online Mod 1.2.9 (Niels Chr. Denmark - mods.db9.dk)
• Bottom aligned signature Mod 1.0.3 (-=ET=- - ETs Site)
• Admin Userlist 1.1.0 (Smartor - Smartors Site)
• Admin Email List 1.0.2 (Jamer - JamersPad)
• Minical 2.0.4 beta (Netclectic - Netclectics Site)
• Moved Folder Mod 1.0.0 (Darren Burnhill - Forumimages)
• Kontakt Mod 1.0.0 (Carsten Schaefer)
• Acronyms Mod 0.9.5 (CodemonkeyX - CodemonkeyX Site)
• Disable Board Message Mod 1.0.0 (Sko22 - Sko22s Site)
• Signature Editor/Preview Deluxe 1.0.0 (EGO2000)
• ezPortal Admin for phpBB2 (Marcus Thiel - Markus Site)
• Absent User Mod 1.1.6 (Oxpus - Oxpus.de)
• Album Hierarchy Mod 1.0.5 (IdleVoid)
• Portal Polls Upgrade 2.0.0 (vgan)
• Modcp Extension 1.1.3 (Netclectic - Netclectics Site)
• Simply Merge Threads 1.0.1 (Pthirik - RPGNet)
• Dates for Humans Mod 1.0.1 (Lars Janssen - UKMix)
• Descriptive Time Zone Mod 1.0.2 (kender - Kenders Site)
• Search Form in Viewforum 1.0.1 (Meik Sievertsen - Opentools)
• Google Visit Counter 1.0.0 (Dr. DLP - Dr. DLPs Site)

You can see the latest version in action at phpbb2plus.phpbb2.de. (The Code you can see here could be newer then the one from the latest release !) Most Credits and Thanks go to Karsten (Oxpus) who gave a lot of Help with Coding and Bugfixing. You should also visit his Site at http://www.oxpus.de since he has a lot of very usefull and good Mods for phpBB2.

1. Copy all Files from the Directory phpBB2 in the Package to a directory on your webserver, for example /phpBB2/
2. Run the Installer http://my.forums.com/phpBB2/install/install.php (replace my.forums.com/phpBB2/ with the path to your forum !)
3. Enter all Data and finish installation.
4. Delete or rename the directory /install.
5. Use the new Forum ;)

Basic Informations for Upgrades from phpBB2 Plus 1.3 to phpBB2 Plus 1.5

phpBB2 Plus 1.5 does not contain the Profile Control Panel Mod anymore. The main Reason for this was that a lot of users had much Problems while including other Mods since the Profile Control Panel Mod changed a lot of Code. The Removement of this Mod means, there is no more extended Profile Information (Real Name, Telephone, Fax, Cell Phone) available in phpBB2 Plus 1.5. Also the Buddy Function is removed with Profile Control Panel Mod. The Database Entrys will not be deleted during Update to phpBB2 Plus 1.5 so if you plan to include the Profile Control Panel Mod again into phpBB2 Plus 1.5 you can use the old extended User Data, it is still available. Only the Birthday Field in the Users Table will be changed so the Birthday Fields of your existing Users will be changed to the Format that is used in phpBB2 Plus 1.5. So if you want to get the Birthdays back into the Format which is Used by the Profile Control Panel Mod just use the Converter which is in the phpBB2 Plus 1.3 Package (see Manual phpBB2 Plus 1.3).

Also the Nickpage Mod is no longer included in Standard Installation of phpBB2 Plus 1.5. It will be available as Addon after the Main Release of phpBB2 Plus 1.5. Please visit the Download Section at www.phpbb2.de to check the available Addon's.

1. It is important that you follow these steps exactly, you may get in troubles if you don't !
2. Backup all your Data ! All files from your FTP and also your SQL Database ! Don't cry if something goes wrong any you have no backup !
3. You will need the Data of the following directorys later in the new Forum so please BACKUP them : /album_mod/upload, album_mod/upload/cache, images/avatars, images/smiles, files, images/avatars/gallery !!!
4. Copy FIRST ONLY the file update/update_plus13_to_plus15.php to your existing phpBB2 Plus 1.3 root directory.
5. Log into your phpBB2 Plus 1.3 forum as Administrator
6. Run the uploadet File in your Browser (http://my.forums.com/phpBB2/update_plus13_to_plus15.php), this may take some time so don't cancel after running !
7. Download the file config.php from your existing phpBB2 Forum and put it in a secure place (You need it later !)
8. The delete all Files of your old Forum on the Webspace (You made the Backup, right ?) Please delete ALL Files !
9. Copy all Files from the phpBB2 dir to your Webspace.
10. Copy the file config.php that you backup'd before to your phpBB2 Dir on the Webserver (overwrite the one that exists)
11. Copy the files from the directories /album_mod/upload, album_mod/upload/cache, images/avatars, images/smiles, files, images/avatars/gallery from your old forum back into the directories of your new forum, so your old files, avatars and album pics will be back.
12. Delete the file update_plus13_to_plus15.php
13. Run the Updater to phpBB 2.0.8 in your Browser (http://my.forums.com/phpBB2/install/update_to_208.php)
14. Delete or rename the directory /install
15. Change Permissions for the Directorys /files, /cache, album_mod/upload, album_mod/upload/cache, images/avatars, /pafiledb/cache and pafiledb/uploads CHMOD to 777
16. Your are done, you should have version 1.5 based on phpBB 2.0.8 now.

1. If you are already using Mods in your Forums that required Database Changes you may have problems installing this version. The included Database Update tool only creates fresh tables for the Mods and does NOT update any existing MODs you are using to the latest version. So what does that mean ? If you are running a phpBB 2.0.8 with for example Attachment Mod 2.3.5 or Lower you first have to update your Database to the Attachment Mod 2.3.9 that is included in phpBB2 plus. Check the Mods List at the beginning of this readme file for information on the versions that are used in phpBB2 plus. If you have no Mods in your Forum that required Databse Changed just ignore this and go on.
2. Backup all your Data ! All Files from your FTP and also your SQL Database ! Don't cry if something goes wrong and you have no Backup !
3. You will need the Data of the following directorys later in the new Forum so please BACKUP them : images/avatars, images/smiles, files, images/avatars/gallery !!!
4. Unzip the phpBB2 plus zipfile to a directory on your local harddisk
5. Upload only the File update/update_phpbb208_to_plus15.php to your existing phpBB2 Directory on the webserver, do NOT COPY THE OTHER FILES !!!!
6. Login to your Forum as Administrator
7. Now open the File you uploadet before in your browser (http://your.forums.com/phpBB2/update_phpbb208_to_plus15.php)
8. You should see that additional tables are created now (Added/Updated)
9. Download the file config.php from your existing phpBB2 Forum and put it in a secure place (You need it later !)
10. If you used the attachment mod before you should backup your /files directory now. Also backup the users avatar directory which is images/avatars to use them later again.
11. Did you already Backup your old Data ? If not, now it's the last chance to do it !
12. Delete all Files of your old forums now (If you have own templates, images or graphics backup them first)
13. Copy all Files from the phpBB2 directory of the phpBB2 plus 1.5 package to your Webserver (including directory structure)
14. Copy the file config.php that you backup'd before to your phpBB2 Dir on the Webserver (overwrite the one that exists)
15. Delete or rename the directory /install
16. Change Permissions (CHMOD) to 777 on the directorys /files, /cache, album_mod/upload, album_mod/upload/cache, images/avatars, /pafiledb/cache and pafiledb/uploads
17. Upload the "old" avatars and maybe files directory to your new Forum
18. Use the new Forum ;)

Go to Admin Panel into Plus -> Configuration and set the Contact EMail Adress to the one where you wish to receive the EMails that are sent through the Contact Form on your Site. If you don't change this value to a valid address you will never receive any EMail through your Contact Form.

Go to Admin Panel into Group Admin -> Color Groups and set up your Color Groups and Members. For example if you are the Board Administrator you should put your Username to the Administrators Group otherwise your Color in the List of Online Users will look as a normal User.