phpBB不仅是受欢迎的自由软件还是个开放源代码的网络论坛系统,使用PHP作为程序语言,并支持如MySQL、 PostgreSQL、MSSQL、Microsoft Access与Oracle[1]等的资料库.
除去资料库支持上,以下为phpBB的几项优点:
    * 使用样板系统设计可方便地快速修改
    * 国际化并支持61种可用的语言翻译,phpBB声称可同时安装多套翻译
    * 庞大且众多的网络论坛提供使用者自由交流与外挂软件的支援

下载:phpBB 3.0.6 RC1

The package is downloadable from:
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 ... hanges.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 ... es.tar.bz2

New features, changes, bug fixes

The following is a list of major new features implemented in phpBB 3.0.6:

• Backported 3.2 captcha plugins:
  
  • Classic and GD CAPTCHA
  • reCaptcha (based on API from recaptcha.net by Mike Crawford and Ben Maurer)
  • Q&A CAPTCHA
  • 3D Wave (by Robert "Xore" Hetzler)

• Introduced new ACM plugins:
  
  • null (to disable caching completely)
  • memcache (http://pecl.php.net/package/memcache)
  • APC (http://pecl.php.net/package/APC)
  • XCache (http://xcache.lighttpd.net/)
  • eAccelerator (http://eaccelerator.net/)

• ATOM Feeds
• bare-bones Quick Reply editor in viewtopic
• Users can report PMs to moderators which are then visible in a new MCP module
• Ability to copy permissions from one forum to several other forums.
• Send statistical information (anonymously) about PHP and phpBB configuration to help improve phpBB.

• Add language selection on the registration terms page
• New groups option to excempt group leaders from group permissions
• New "Newly Registered Users" group for assigning permissions to newly registered users. They will be removed from this group once they reach a defineable amount of posts.
• Ability to define if the "Newly Registered Users" group will be assigned as the default group to newly registered users.
• Add new option to disable avatars board-wide
• Enhance obtain_users_online_string to be able to return user-lists for other session-items
• Add unapproved topic icon for moderators on forum list
• Ability to define minimum number of characters for posts/pms
• Store signature configuration options in database
• Detect when a post has been altered by someone else while editing.
• Add unread posts quick search option
• Add option to disable avatar uploads from remote locations.
• Ability to delete warnings and keep warnings permanently
• Ability to empty a user's outbox from the user ACP quick tools.
• Ability to search ACP / MCP logs
• Parse email text files with the template engine.
• Use email-style quoting when bbcodes are disabled.
• Added new functionality to inactive users module:
  
  • Ability to set users per page.
  • Ability to sort by posts/number of reminders/last reminded date.
  • Show number of posts and ability to search posts.
  • Show number of reminders sent to user.
  • Show date of last reminder sent to user.
• Display version check on ACP main page.
• Ability to control the display of custom profile fields on viewtopic
• Fallback options for missing language files.
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