Why no upgraded to latest phpBB ???

[[PC Gamer]]

is there a technical reason why the forum has not been updated to v3.xx ??
custom mods that are not compatible with v3 ? and you can't do without ?
database issues ?
what ?

there's just so many new features/settings in the newer versions, that you really should - even if you start fresh and only migrate the users, and keep the old forum locked for read only.




(and yeah, i have a phpbb forum myself.) :wink:

[DaFox]

Upgrading from phpbb2 -> 3 is a very heavy task in it self, not to mention all of the custom goodness like the whole template that would need to be redone.

[Soduka]

Least you guys are lucky/well prepared. I swore off phpbb forums because every time I hosted one they were hacked within two months.

[ctrlsteef]

We looked at doing this some time ago but we decided not to do this soon. Perhaps in the future we will but at this time it's simply to much work.

[Paradigm Shifter]

There have been a lot of alterations to the 'base' phpBB2 package, from what I understand, and shifting to phpBB3, while also maintaining a uniform look across the whole site (forum, wiki, and so on) is not going to be the easiest task in the world.

[skeeder]

Honestly...if it ain't broke...:)

[skipclarke]

There were three reasons:

1) The mods. These were mostly around anti-spam and resizing pics. phpBB3 has these built in, and I don't think we'd have to worry about that.

2) New admin system. I really don't want to "learn on the job" on the WSGF. Too much at stake

3) New styles system. I have to figure out how to port our style over to the new system.

I am loading and running phpBB3 for another client, so I now have some intro experience with #2, and will be getting it with #3.

The phpBB folks have stopped supporting phpBB2, so we need to migrate as soon as we can. It ain't broke, but we do need to make the switch. It's just a matter of getting the time to learn, prep and make it happen.

[maherie]

It's a big job. I'm currently learning to skin phpbb3 so once we have it swapped over new layout you think?

[skipclarke]

Yea. That's the biggest thing. I found a skin that had a left nav. Just need to see how they did that, and steal it.

[Paradigm Shifter]

...and steal it.

"Use for reference."

;)

[blackrat]

I just wanted to start a thread, reccomending the activation of Tapatalk, a plugin which makes forum participation whith smarphones so much easer. But then I read, they are supporting phpBB 3.0 and this thread also.

So in case, you plan an upgrade, take a look at http://www.tapatalk.com/

[skipclarke]

We updated to phpBB3 a while back. I took a look at Tapatalk, but the current version of the app seems to have a crash bug for a lot of people, and they don't have an iPad version.

I have installed Forum Runner

[dopefish]

Is it possible to enable tapatalk now? I use it on a bunch of forums and it's been flawless with stability. I think it's been long enough that they've worked out any issues, and even supports the iPad now.

[Delphium]

Well this is a blast form the past...

I will check to see if tapatalk is compatible with drupal forums, as we of cause no longer use phpbb v3 any longer.

EDIT: seems tapatalk is not yet compatible with drupal but there does appear to be someone working on a plugin, sadly there is no ETA provided.