The day I learned about SMF was the day I turned my eyes off PHPBB — plus the fact that during those times, it was a target among hackers in the world wide web.

But this morning, I received an email from the PHPBB guys informing that version 3 Gold is already out. Took me more than 8 hours to decide whether to give it a shot (for the last time) or not. And I wasn’t disappointed with the results.

install1.jpg install2.jpg admin.jpg admin2.jpg board.jpg post.jpg post2.jpg post3.jpg

My general comments on PHPBB3:

  • Sports a sleek new interface and default style.
  • One thing that I hated with the previous PHPBB versions was the way it handles forums/threads security and permissions, it has been improved now.
  • A better administration panel.

Overall, I am happy with what I saw with PHPBB3. It’s worth trying and installing.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Robert “Bob” Reyes is a technologist, an IT Consultant and Tech Speaker, a certified Google IT Support Specialist, and an Open Source advocate representing the global non-profit Mozilla (makers of Firefox) in the Philippines. Bob is a Technology Columnist for the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation and an aviation subject matter expert contributor for Spot.PH.

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