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Well, we have come to the end of another year and just about closed out our second season of phpBB Weekly, and on this episode, we take a look back at how the phpBB project, teams, and community have evolved in the past year. We discuss all of the major announcements of the year and their lasting impact, as well as mention some of the best times we’ve had on this podcast over the past year, make some predictions for 2009, and we discuss what we think the accomplishments of this year have meant for phpBB overall. All of the announcements mentioned can be found in the phpBB.com Announcements forum.

David did also give us the scoop on the announcement that AutoMOD 1.0.0 beta 1 was released. We discussed how AutoMOD actually works and how to use it (which I don’t think we’ve actually covered before), and Douglas compares AutoMOD to EasyMOD for phpBB2 to look at their similarities and differences.

Additional AutoMOD Links Mentioned in this Episode:
AutoMOD
AutoMOD Support Forum
Installing AutoMOD
Installing MODs with AutoMOD
Known Issues with AutoMOD 1.0.0 beta1

Finally, Douglas closes out the show by thanking everyone who contributed to phpBB Weekly in the past year and helped make this show possible. Be sure to check back here on Wednesday, December 31st, when we will release a phpBB Weekly’s Best of 2008 clipshow episode featuring our best moments from this past year. Then, check back on Thursday, January 1st, when we will launch our brand new (and totally gorgeous) website and album artwork! You won’t want to miss it.

The MOD of the Week is Skype Mod by RMcGirr83 and the Style of the Week is Maxthon by Culprit.

Here’s wishing everyone a happy and healthy new year!

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David is away on this episode (and will probably be away on episode #046 as well) as he goes through the necessary steps of his move to Spokane, Washington. However, on this Year in Review episode, Douglas walks through all of the major announcements and events that took place for phpBB during the year 2007, including all of the beta and RC releases, the website outages, prosilver, the Community Choice Awards, MOD Team announcements, and of course, the 3.0.0 release. He also looks ahead into the year 2008 and pinpoints some of the things that we can expect to come down the road in the next few months.

In addition, the latest update on what has been going on with Douglas’ whole webhost fiasco and a final recap of the year 2007 for phpBB Weekly are also provided.

All of the major announcements covered in this episode can be found in the phpBB Announcements forum. Some of the links that were mentioned in particular on the episode included the designing prosilver feature, Bertie Conquers Olympus on Mars, and the information page for the RokBridge extension.

The MOD of the Week is Prime Notify PM for phpBB3 by primehalo, and the Style of the Week is Flash Web for phpBB3 by digitalnerd.

Have a very happy new year (and don’t party too hard)! See you all in the year 2008!

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