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A few website questions related to blogs, forms, wikis, and hosting? [closed]

I got my domain from enom.com because at the time I was told that they are the most popular besides Go-Daddy. I did not go with Go-Daddy because I have heard too many horror stories about them. I'm ...
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Prevent hotlinking or leeching bandwidth on PHPBB

My site uses PHPBB as a forum, and we would like to use it as a place to store and share large files up to 1gb. I'm afraid that if one of our hotlinks is overly shared, it will cause problems with ...
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Upgrading phpBB2 to phpBB3: easy or difficult? [closed]

I recently took over a site which is mostly a phpBB version 2 forum for a niche audience, surrounded by a few fairly static pages written in PHP. Our forum user base is about 3000 users, with a ...
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phpBB - display a public message when the whole board is private

In my installation all discussion forums/boards are private and can only be seen after a user registers and admin approves their membership. This is working. When a user first comes to the main ...
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500 error on Joomla website

PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function setQuery() on a non-object in /home/josh/public_html/administrator/components/com_jfusion/plugins/phpbb3/forum.php on line 226 Just moved over to a new ...
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Is it possible to hide some topics in phpBB forum?

I would like to be able to hide some of the topics in a phpBB-based forum temporarily from the users - perhaps with the exception of administrators and moderators. I am using the forum for my ...
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Bridge between phpbb and wordpress

I want to create an authentication bridge between phpbb and wordpress. I know they cant share the same database but is there a way to make a single sign-on for them?
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Auto-apply a role to new phpBB user with password or code

Is there a way, with phpBB to have a new user enter a password which would automatically move them into a specific role? I'd like to be able to allow certain people to sign up and automatically have ...
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phpbb banning multiple users by username/email

On phpbb, we usually select many user names and put it in the ban list. This is fine. but here's my key question: Are these banned users banned by their user names only OR emails OR both? If they're ...
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Is it possible to post system-wide messages in PHPBB3?

Is it possible to post system-wide messages in PHPBB3? I'm performing a server move today. The server has a pretty busy PHPBB3 forum on it. I'm going to lock all forums during the DNS update. I'd ...
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Does the “Bad Behavior” anti-spam tool exist for phpBB?

I've come across the highly praised anti-spam tool "Bad Behavior". There is a dead-simple WordPress plugin, but I also want to use Bad Behavior with a forum powered by phpBB. The Bad Behavior ...
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Authenticate phpBB using custom MS-SQL database

How can I let my users to log into a phpBB forum by entering their user credentials while these credentials are stored in a separate MS SQL database? I mean I need to customize the authentication ...
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Fix Login issues tapatalk with joomla 1.5 to phpbb3 bridge [closed]

I have a forum that I want to integrate tapatalk into. Everything works except when I login I get the following error message: http://vps.Midnightfox.be/imagehost/issue_phpbb3bridge.jpg Does anybody ...
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Moderator with no power to fix spam bot issue [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I prevent spam on sites which I control? I think this is the correct site to post this. So I'm a moderator (not administrator) on anddev.org and it's completely ...
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phpBB: Is there any mod for voting up Threads?

I'm looking for a mod that enables users to vote up threads. I.e. not replies within threads, but threads themselves. Ideally, I'd prefer to have only up-voting; no 1–5 stars, up/down-votes, ...
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phpbb when changing the overall style of the style what are all the files that should be altered

I have installed phpbb board in my site. I want to change the total style and color of the board. I just want to know what are all the files that I should concentrate on so that finally the total ...
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How can I migrate from phpBB 3.x to SMF?

I have a phpBB 3.x-based site which I would like to migrate to SMF - basically, all threads, posts, user accounts and possibly PMs. This seems to be possible, but I haven't been able to find a solid ...
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How can I reduce the number of spammers registering with my phpBB site?

I have a site which runs phpBB, on this site I have enabled user authentication through email when registering enabled captcha However I still get spam users every 20 to 30 minutes. Is there ...
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How can I secretly ban someone (hellban) in phpbb?

The trolls are driving me crazy; I'd like to experiment with a secret ban. A hellbanned user is invisible to all other users, but crucially, not himself. From their perspective, they are ...
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Can I tell which users are downloading files with SMF or PHPBB forum software?

I want to create a forum where I will have attachments available for download to registered users. I'd like to be able to see which registered users have downloaded which files. Is there a way to do ...
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phpBB3 antispam: mod for “patrolling” the forum? [closed]

I've been working on various antispam measure in a phpBB3-based forum I host. Now I was thinking of an extension/mod that ties in with editing of posts (and later perhaps signatures/profiles) in that ...
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What are my (least invasive) options to create advanced BB codes in phpBB3? [closed]

Migrating to phpBB3, I want to extend it as I used to do with phpBB2. That said, you can assume that I am a little bit familiar with the code base of both and that I "speak" PHP fairly fluent to get ...
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phpbb 3 full site integration [closed]

How do I integrate phpbb3 (but not the database), so it fits in with the the site template?
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phpBB permissions issue

Im in the process of installing phpBB, it says I need certain permissions for a few directories (image). I tried changing the permissions via FTP clients but it won't change. FileZilla even gave me ...
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Google doesn't index a subdomain. What can be the problem and what can be done?

I have a domain, let's call it example.com, which has a subdomain, games.example.com. I maintain a games forum using phpbbseo which is located at games.example.com/forum. The problem is that the forum ...
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Per-Thread Visibility PHPBB

I'm trying to implement a registration system for a board I'm running, and I want a forum where every thread is invisible to everyone but the person who started it and the moderator staff. I want ...
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phpbb and filesystem storage

Can I save the images file on filesystem (no db) in phpbb?
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Which forum software has the most advanced community/GetSatisfaction type features? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What Forum Software should I use? I need to assemble a GetSatisfaction/Lithium/Jive type support forum/community. The first is not available in the desired language and ...