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Hello,

Since it's a very common source of issue, here are few things everyone (using phpBB3 with or without mods) should notice about phpBB Server and Cookie settings.

As you should know, you have a Server configuration category in the main phpBB ACP tab. The two menu we are talking about are Cookie settings and Server settings. In what follows, we will use the example domain example.com, which you of course will have to replace with your actual domain. Same with the eventual sub directory phpBB/, remember it's just an example.

• Let's start with Server settings :
  
  The part we'll ...

Hello,

I have always wondered up to how much URL could GYM sitemaps & RSS go in a single sitemap.

I did some local testing with up to 2396 topic urls within a forum (gunzip off) :

Cache generation :

Code: Select all

<!-- URL list generated in  0.26343 s  - 13 sql - 2396 URLs listed -->
<!--  Output started from cache after 0.26768 s - 14 sql -->
<!--  Output from cache ended up after 0.48564 s - 14 sql -->

Output from cache :
<!-- URL list generated in 0.26343 s - 13 sql - 2396 URLs listed -->
<!-- ...

phpBB.com just announced when and how phpBB2 will stop being maintained and supported :
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 4&t=900655

Hello,

Today we are announcing our retirement plans for phpBB 2.0.x. This is advanced notification so that everyone can stay informed.

Commencing Wednesday 1st October 2008, phpBB 2.0.x download links will be removed from the download page at phpBB.com. Anyone wishing to obtain phpBB 2.0.x can continue to obtain the 2.0.x package at sourceforge.net.

Commencing Thursday 1st January 2009, phpBB 2.0.x will be formally retired, and support will no longer be actively provided for 2.0.x. Converting from ...

Support for custom style implementation in the phpBB SEO premod :

You will find the complete code changes for prosilver and subsilver2 in the contrib/prosilver _subsilver2_code_changes.txt file of the full SEO premod Package.
These may be useful in case you want to install a new style to your phpBB SEO premod installation.
Don't forget to clear phpBB's cache after you mod your templates.

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Once you will have updated, you will have to refresh your theme's cache as well as phpBB's cache (ACP => STYLE, Themes => Refresh).

Code change for prosilver and subsilver ...

phpBB SEO URL VS Magic SEO URL for phpBB3 : The real compare

Magic SEO URL did it again, they once more claimed our URL rewriting mod are not as good as they indeed are.

First time was about phpBB2 : http://www.magic-seo-url.com/phpbb/comp ... b-seo.html
And now, they repeat the same type of unethical business lies with phpBB3 : http://www.magic-seo-url.com/phpbb3/com ... 3-seo.html

So, once more we can feel proud to be in their top 3 (actually it's a top 2 now) best URL rewriting solution for phpBB on the ...