The end of phpBB2

dcz · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject: The end of phpBB2

phpBB.com just announced when and how phpBB2 will stop being maintained and supported :
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=900655

Peter77 · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:07 am Post subject: Re: The end of phpBB2

For a while there I thought phpbb2 was going to be supported by phpbb.com much, much longer. but this is good news too - Helps phpbb3 become the main focus much more now with developers and what not.

I was hoping to move to phpbb3 by that time too.

HB · phpBB SEO Team Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 795

Indeed, I got the impression it would be years before phpBB V2 was declared officially dead. Oh well, now that I've migrated, I agree it was worth it. For me, there isn't "killer" functionality in V3, but the difference in performance is HUGE. My site went from pretty good to mediocre response time to blazing fast overnight. The majority of that benefit is probably attributable to the switch to CSS / prosilver, though the extensive caching also brought down SQL traffic. I've put off server upgrades thoughts for at least six months.

mhmdkhamis · PR4 Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 436 Location: egypt

i hope you phpbb-seo.com update to phpbb3 soon dcz Very Happy

dcz · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject: Re: The end of phpBB2

We will for sure, it's just that phpBB SEO is not the simpler to update, but we're on it Wink

mgl · Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 23

Well, this forced upgrade represents a major problem for me. I run a heavily modified board with a custom theme. I don't even remember all mods that I have installed. Sad

I will try to stay away of phpbb30 until the last days of 2008 Very Happy

dcz · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:35 am Post subject: Re: The end of phpBB2

It can be a good occasion to clean up the code then, and many phpBB2 mods could become useless with phpBB3, especially the admin/ moderators mods.

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mgl · Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 23

dcz · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 11:48 am Post subject: Re: The end of phpBB2

A solution for those willing to keep phpBB2 : http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpbb-php5mod/

I'd still prefer to convert to phpBB3 in all cases, but, could be useful to some Wink

mgl · Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 23

I will upgrade to phpbb3, I'll set a phpbb3 private board and mod it (slowly Razz

) and when Im done I'll delete the current phpbb2 board and make the v3 public.

i just need to ask something, is the url seo scheme in phpbb3 equal to the phpbb2 url scheme? btw I'm using advanced mod_rewrite.

HB · phpBB SEO Team Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 795

dcz · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: Re: The end of phpBB2

Additonally, converting from phpBB2 Adv mod to phpBB3 adv mod, the zero duplicate would properly redirect forums and topics even with the virtual folder activated.

there is not much to do about anchors, but they are not duplicate either so ...

mgl · Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 23

So I have to install at the same time, advanced mod_rewrite and the zero duplicate? This question is just for reference since I'll install every single seo mod you guys have eheh Razz

And what is that "virtual folder" you talk about, this? www.site.com/forum/viewtopic.php"

I have my forum on the root directory

Professional · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 2:14 pm Post subject: Re: The end of phpBB2

i before used phppbb2 .
it was great but phpbb3 is better. Laughing

ultimatehandyman · PR2 Joined: 15 Mar 2007 Posts: 205

I think I will be sticking to phpbb2

I know some forums that are still on very early versions on phpbb2 and have never done a single update.

Moving to phpbb3 would be a major hassle for me.