Just a notice..the web site will be offline from 1:00AM to 2:30AM November 13th for the major phpBB update. Lots of code changes! Check it out!

http://www.phpbbhacks.com/tutorials/2017to2018.html

My fingers are gonna be in a lot of pain!

I hope everything goes well because this is a heavily modified board...

Well I just finished all the updates with much success!

2.5 Hours of work with no errors at the end!

I noticed lots of things that could mess with many of this sites modifications. So I modified the updated code to something that "makes sense" hoping that it will work with the modifications. Turns out that everything is looking good!

I was suprised at how many errors their were with the older version of phpBB. Everything should compile much faster now which results in faster postings, etc..

Please contact me if you notice any errors whatsoever! It is greatly appreciated!

Thank you,
Ridinhighspeeds

looks good, although I see nothing different, I don't see any problems either.

Mostly 2.5 hours of security updates.

It feels like the site is loading smoother for me now. Maybe it is all in my head Regardless, good job on the updates.

I'm sitting here watching "meet the press" this morning and Howard Dean is tearing the republicians a new asshole!! Pretty cool.

I still don't trust our 2 party system though...

I wish I had cable in my dorm room

Yea everything seems to be running 10x smoother. These were the updates:

* [Fix] incorrect handling of password resets if admin activation is enabled (Bug #8
* [Fix] retrieving category rows in index.php (Bug #90)
* [Fix] improved index performance by determining the permissions before iterating through all forums (Bug #91)
* [Fix] wrong topic redirection after login redirect (Bug #94)
* [Fix] improved handling of username lists in admin_ug_auth.php (Bug #9
* [Fix] incorrect removal of bbcode_uid values if bbcode has been turned off (Bug #100)
* [Fix] correctly preview signature if editing other users posts (Bug #101)
* [Fix] incorrect alt tag on generated search images in groupcp.php, viewtopic.php and usercp_viewprofile.php (Bug #102)
* [Fix] consistent forum ordering in all dropdown boxes (Bug #106)
* [Fix] correctly get compression status in page_tail.php and page_footer_admin.php (Bug #117)
* [Fix] set page title on summary page of groupcp.php (bug #125)
* [Fix] correctly test style and avatar in usercp_register.php (bug #129 and #317)
* [Fix] handling of reactivation notifications if admin activation is enabled (Bug #145)
* [Fix] handling of both forms of translation information used in language packs (Bug #159)
* [Fix] key length for activation keys fixed in usercp_sendpassword.php (Bug #171)
* [Fix] use GENERAL_MESSAGE constant in message_die instead of MESSAGE (Bug #176)
* [Fix] incorrect handling of move stubs (Bug #179)
* [Fix] wrong mode_type in memberlist (Bug #187)
* [Fix] SQL errors when setting maximum PMs to 0 (Bug #18
* [Fix] removed unused variable from topic_notify email template (Bug #210)
* [Fix] removed unset variable from smilies popup window title (Bug #224)
* [Fix] removed duplicate template assignment from admin_board.php (Bug #226)
* [Fix] incorrect search link for guest posts in modcp.php (Bug #254)
* [Fix] all users removed from topics watch table on special occassions (Bug #271)
* [Fix] correctly check returned value from strpos in append_sid function (Bug #275)
* [Fix] correctly display username in private message notification (Bug #27
* [Fix] fixed "var-by-ref" errors (Bug #322)
* [Fix] changed redirection to installation (Bug #325)
* [Fix] added timout of 10 seconds to version check (Bug #34
* [Fix] fixed user_level default in postgresql schema file (Bug #444)
* [Fix] multiple minor HTML issues with subSilver
* [Change] deprecated the use of some PHP 3 compatability functions in favour of the native equivalents
* [Change] added 60 days limit for grabbing unread topics in index.php

* [Sec] backport of session keys system from olympus
* [Sec] fixed email bans to use the same pattern as email validation and allow wildcard domain bans
* [Sec] fixed validation of topic type when posting
* [Sec] unset database password once it is no longer needed
* [Sec] fixed potential to select images outside the specified path as avatars or smilies
* [Sec] fix globals de-registration code for PHP5 - (Stefan Esser/Matt Kavanagh)
* [Sec] changed avatar gallery code sections to prevent possible injection points (AnthraX101)
* [Sec] signature field is not properly sanitised for user input when an error occurs while accessing the avatar gallery (AnthraX101)
* [Sec] check to_username and ownership when editing a PM (AnthraX101)
* [Sec] fixed ability to edit PM's you did not send (depablo84)
* [Sec] compare imagetype on avatar uploading to match the file extension from uploaded file