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Recaptcha

With the introduction of the ReCaptcha plugin in Phpbb 3.0.6, you not only have the ability to use this outstanding captcha service to stop spam, but you can also adjust some parameters, to change how it’s looks.

Let’s get started.

First, let’s assume you’re using the Prosilver template with Phpbb 3.0.6. First, you wan’t to open up the following file in your favorite text editor. This file is in /prosilver/template

captcha_recaptcha.html [Read More]

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Phpbb 3.0.6 released

November 17, 2009 · 0 comments

For all you Phpbb3 fans out there, the forum has just released the next major version of the popular open source forum Phpbb 3.0.6. So it’s time to start updating folks. And if you’re like me, and have a forum that has a ton of mods, all I can say, it’s going to be fun.

Download the update only from Phpbb.com [Read More]

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In some very exciting news, Rockettheme.com has started to release WordPress themes based on their existing Joomla! themes. As of launch, their as 6 WordPress themes that you can incorporate into your Joomla! site, or, just use it for a WordPress install only.

The six themes are

If you’re looking for a free theme provided by Rockettheme.com, you can download Afterburner. Afterburner is a free WordPress theme developed by Rockettheme.

These themes are just the beginning for the WordPress themes. Expect more themes as they continue to port over the existing Joomla! themes to WordPress. Bundled-ed with Joomla!, Phpbb3, and now WordPress, you now have the tools in creating a vibrant online community.

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As Joomla! continues to grow in popularity, so has the need for a reliable and easy to use forum bridge. As of now, I’d say there are two Joomla! forum bridges out there worth looking into, an discovering for yourself, which package will better suite your needs. So let’s get started and take a look at RokBridge and Jfusion.

Rokbridge is a native Joomla! 1.5 component that will bridge Joomla! with Phpbb3. In the latest release, it’s now possible to setup everything up via the component installer, which makes the task of configuring the bridge, all in one easy place. After installing, all you have to do, is set the actual forum path, and enable the phpbb3 authentication plugin, which will be automatically copied to the forum.

RokBridge Control Panel

As seen from the image, the control panel of RokBridge is clean, simple, and easy to navigate. All is required, is to log into the forum ACP link, and set the auth method from “db” to “joomla”. [Read More]

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