phpBB Weekly

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Episode Duration: 1:22:14
On This Episode: Douglas Bell (Fountain of Apples), David Lewis (Highway of Life), and Yuriy Rusko (Marshalrusty)

David did do one thing for this show when he joined the phpBB teams: he found a bunch of team members who were anxious to be guest hosts on phpBB Weekly. On this episode, we’re joined by guest host Yuriy Rusko, better known on phpBB.com as Marshalrusty, a member of the Support Team.

First off, David and Yuriy talk about the first episode of the new Official phpBB Podcast, which I guess is meant to differentiate it from this podcast. But then, they end up talking about the Official phpBB Podcast so much, including recapping a bit on their talk about the COPA and COPPA laws, that this show effectively is now the phpBB Podcast podcast.

However, we do have an interesting discussion with Yuriy about dealing with spam, (including CAPTCHAs and other anti-spam measures), security, and his experiences giving support for phpBB. David also takes a moment to recognize a few of the phpBB team members who have recently stepped down to return to their normal lives, and their many many contributions to the phpBB project.

The MOD of the Week is Font Type BBcode for phpBB2 by Templater, and the Style of the Week is BF Vista Style for phpBB3 by Frost.
If you want to recommend a MOD or Style for us to promote, bookmark it on del.icio.us with the tag “phpbbwmod” or “phpbbwstyle”, and we might feature it on a future episode.

Additional links mentioned during the show:
Marshalrusty’s Preventing SPAM post
Dave Rathbun’s Doctor Blog
Marshalrusty’s Registration Auth Code (RAC) MOD
Info/Application to be a MOD Team Member

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It’s last minute partially because I just found out about it. What can I say–David’s getting better at organizing this show than I am!

However, I am excited to announce that on this Saturday, September 8th, we will be joined by special guest Yuriy Rusko, better known on phpBB.com as Marshalrusty, Support Team Member and one of the administrators of the phpBBHelp Unofficial Support Forum. If you’ve ever asked a question in the phpBB Support Forums within the last 3 years, chances are that you know who Marshalrusty is. He will be joining us on phpBB Weekly #029 to talk about his experiences giving phpBB support, both before and after he came on the Support Team. And of course, if you join in on the show live, starting shortly before 12 PM Eastern (1600 UTC), he’ll be here to answer your questions!

Again, sorry for the last minute announcement, but I hope you’ll be able to join us this Saturday for this special episode of phpBB Weekly!