phpBB Weekly

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Episode Duration: 49:44
On This Episode: Douglas Bell (Fountain of Apples) and David Lewis (Highway of Life)

In this episode, Highway of Life joins us to talk about his experience with phpBB3. He talks about how he built his Star Trek Guide Forums off of phpBB3 CVS (which is not recommended, by the way) , the differences between MODding for phpBB2 and phpBB3, and much more. We had an excellent interview on this episode which is highly recommended for anyone who is interested in learning more about what’s new in phpBB3, including MOD authors and people who are interested in building a real online community with phpBB3.

In addition, next week is the 2007 MOD Authors Convention in the #phpbb-mod IRC room on freenode.net. Douglas covers what the event will be like, how to participate, and we even come up with some questions to ask there. We will be covering the MOD Authors Convention next weekend on episode #022.

The MOD of the Week is Delete User MOD by ycl6, and the Style of the Week is ExtremeDark Red by GHS (view demo).

MOD Team leader wGEric announced today that the MOD Team will be holding an all-day, IRC MOD Authors Convention from 0000 UTC on June 30th till 0000 UTC on July 1st. They did something similar a year ago, except that this year, they actually are dividing the day into 2 hour blocks to talk about various subjects. A number of MOD Team members will be available at any moment of the day to discuss MODding with members of the community in IRC.

That day, as you know, is also going to be phpBB Weekly #022, starting at 1600 UTC, so what I want to know is should I do anything special in terms of covering the MOD Authors Convention on the podcast? Leave any suggestions or comments on this entry. (If the MOD team has any suggestions in terms of covering the Convention, they can also feel free to comment! I know that you listen to the show, guys.)

See you next Saturday in #phpbb-mod!