phpBB 3.0.10

phpBB has an easy to use administration panel and a user friendly installation process, which allows regular users to have a forum set up in minutes without programming knowledge.

With a large and highly customisable set of key features coupled with a standards compliant interface, phpBB will grow with, and compliment your website.

Version 3.0 incorporates a professional-quality modular design, high security, multiple-language interface, support for a multitude of database servers and complete layout customisation, all with a low execution overhead.

Here are some key features of "phpBB":

Private messages:
· Send to multiple recipients
· Send to groups
· Send Blind Carbon Copies (BCC)
· Forward messages
· Friends list works as address book
· Attach files to PMs
· PM Drafts
· Conversation view
· PM folders
· PM filters
· Export Messages

Registration:
· Enable/disable COPPA
· Limit registration attempts
· Set min/max username length
· Set min/max password length
· Limit username chars
· Set password complexity requirements
· Force password change
· Allow/disallow e-mail address re-usage

Search:
· Search inside topics
· Select multiple forums and categories to search
· Search within topic titles only
· Search within first post of a topic only
· Set search flood interval to limit server load
· Select search backend (MySQL/phpBB)

Admin Control Panel:
· More flexible and accessible tab layout
· Modular system allows for easy extensions
· Allow/disallow access to different functions
· New founder status for the board creator
· Completely re-structured for better handling

Moderator Control Panel:
· Manage the moderation queue
· List of warnings and reports
· Forum, topic, and post detail views

Polls:
· Multiple options per user
· Allow/disallow vote change

Usergroups:
· Multiple group leaders
· Set display colour for group members
· Set group rank
· Set group avatar

Profile View:
· More user statistics on profile view
· Signature on profile view
· Usergroups on profile view

Permissions:
· More powerful and flexible permission system
· Simple permissions through roles
· Fine-tune admin and moderator access
· Global moderators

User Management:
· Advanced user editing interface
· Edit user preferences
· Edit group memberships
· Show and edit all attachments of a user
· View permissions directly

Attachments:
· Attachments in posts and PMs
· Automatic image thumbnails
· Attach images, documents, video streams, archives
· Multiple attachments allowed
· Display attachments inline

Unlimited Subforums:
· Create unlimited subforums
· Display active topics of all subforums

Custom BBCodes:
· Create your own BBCodes
· Add buttons to posting screen

Custom Profile Fields:
· Add new fields on user profiles
· Display them at registration
· Display them on the profile view
· Hide new profile fields
· Support different data types

User Control Panel:
· Manage subscribed topics & forums
· Manage bookmarked topics
· Manage saved drafts
· Manage private messages
· Manage usergroups
· Manage friends and foes
· Manage attachments

New Moderating Tools:
· Moderation queue
· Topic merging
· Topic copying
· Locking of single posts
· Topic history

Caching and performance:
· Templates are cached
· Permissions are cached
· Forum config is cached
· Database queries are cached

Friends and Foes:
· Add other members as friends or foes
· Posts by foes are hidden
· Friends are shown in friends list

Warnings and Reports:
· Users can report topics and posts
· Moderators can warn users

More Improvements For Users:
· Bookmark topics
· Subscribe to forums
· Jabber/XMPP support for notifications
· Mail or print topics
· "You were beaten at posting" notification

More Improvements For Admins:
· Global announcements
· Display forum rules on forum page
· Prune inactive users
· User, moderator, admin and error logs
· Language pack editing
· User notes
· Detect search spiders

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Fixed a number of moderator controls are now more precisely controlled by specific permissions instead of being available to all moderators.
· The display of the index page birthday list now also depends on the view profile permission.
· Tested phpBB 3.0.10 with the upcoming PHP 5.4 release and made the necessary changes to ensure a smooth upgrade.