We are pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB SEO Premod 3.0.4 package, the Yet worth it edition.
This release update the premod to phpBB3.0.4 and the phpBB SEO mod rewrites to the last version (0.4.
The premod as well includes updated versions of the zero duplicate mod, all these are soon to be separately released.
Demo : http://phpbb3.phpbb-seo.net/
New in this version :
- All mods Updated to comply with phpBB 3.0.4.
- GYM Sitemaps & RSS 2.0.RC3 :
- Added Added more option for displaying links on the forum,
- Fixed Google ping again,
- Fixed Google and Yahoo pinging (RSS & Google),
- Various bug fixes and enhancement.
- mod rewrite 0.4.8 :
- Added : topic and forum url are now rewritten in notification emails,
- Added : topic url in print view is now rewritten.
- zero duplicate 0.4.8 :
- Fixed : ' character in highlights,
- Fixed : No redirecting when marking / bookmarking / subscribing.
Minimum Requirements
phpBB3 has a few requirements which must be met before you are able to install and use it.
- A webserver or web hosting account running on any major Operating System with support for PHP
- A SQL database system, one of:
- MySQL 3.23 or above (MySQLi supported)
- PostgreSQL 7.3+
- SQLite 2.8.2+
- Firebird 2.0+
- MS SQL Server 2000 or above (directly or via ODBC)
- Oracle
- PHP 4.3.3+ (>=4.3.3, >4.4.x, >5.x.x, >6.0-dev (compatible)) with support for the database you intend to use.
- getimagesize() function need to be enabled
- These optional presence of the following modules within PHP will provide access to additional features, but they are not required.
- zlib Compression support
- Remote FTP support
- XML support
- Imagemagick support
- GD Support
The mod_rewrite apache module will be necessary to use url rewriting. It is though possible to adapt the rewriterules for isap_rewrite on IIS servers (windows).
Security
Security issues found should be reported to the phpBB.com security tracker in the usual way.
Available packages
- If you experience problems with the automatic update (white screens, timeouts, etc.) we recommend using the "changed files only" method for updating.
- Full Package
Contains entire phpBB SEO premod source English and French language files. - Changed Files Only
Contains only those files changed from previous versions of the phpBB3 SEO Premod. - Automatic Update Package
Update package for the automatic updater, containing the changes from previous release to this release. - Patch Files Package :
Contains patch compatible patches from previous versions of phpBB3, starting from 3.0.2. Mainly intended for advanced users.
With this release, there are four packages available.
Translations Update :
- Both French and English language pack are included by default in the auto update and changed file package.
In case you are not using the french language pack at all, you can safely ignore updates of the French language files. Leaving it on your ftp and let the updater update it is of course not a problem.
Be sure to take a look at the official phpBB3 announcement thread to find out more about the phpBB3.0.4 new features and bug fixes included in the phpBB SEO Premod.
Please note for update :
- This update will not change any of your settings.
If you encounter some difficulties to update the phpbb_seo_class.php file, for example if you modded it, you will just have to use the new file and edit it to re enter your previous customisations (static part & delimiters).
Once you will have updated, you will have to refresh your theme's cache as well as phpBB's cache (ACP => STYLE, Themes => Refresh).
GYM Sitemap & RSS
GYM update process is separated from the premod's one and essentially consist in file upload.
You will need to replace all GYM files with those from the last version (to be found in the root/ dir of GYM archive, just upload all files in root/ in your phpBB ftp directory) and browse the update script (gym_sitemaps/gym_install.php). It will tell you what to do.
IMPORTANT :
GYM sitemaps and RSS is likely to be updated before the premod, it will be up to you to keep it up to date meanwhile, you can be notified about updates by subscribing to the release thread while logged in :
GYM Sitemaps & RSS module 2.0.RC3
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