Hello,br /br /We are very pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB Fast and Furrious 3.0.6 package. This release fixes numerous bugs, introduces some major features, as well as improves stability and performance. Furthermore, the internal updater has been updated to detect and solve most conflicts, resulting in a reduction of necessary manual interaction by administrators.br /br /Please note that we urge you to update. phpBB 3.0.6 fixes bugs being quite important for a smooth operation of your forums. With this release our support team will only give support for phpBB 3.0.6, updates to phpBB 3.0.6 and conversions to phpBB 3.0.6. Submissions to our trackers for older versions will not be accepted, please make sure you update/upgrade before you submit a bug report.br /br /If you use a different language pack than the one provided with the download packages you may find already updated language packs for your language within our downloads section.br /br /For a complete list of changes with attributed ticket numbers, please consult our a href="http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelogversion=3#v305" class="postlink"comprehensive changelog/a. The list below is only a selection of the most important changes in phpBB 3.0.6.br /br /span style="font-size: 117%; line-height: 116%;"span style="font-weight: bold"A list of major new features implemented in phpBB 3.0.6/span/spanbr /br /ulliBetter captcha options and backported 3.2 captcha plugins:br /ulliClassic and GD CAPTCHA/lilireCaptcha (based on API from recaptcha.net by Mike Crawford and Ben Maurer)/liliQA CAPTCHA/lili3D Wave (by Robert Xore Hetzler)/li/ul/li/ulbr /ulliIntroduced new ACM (Cache) plugins. (Please consult our support forums for help if you need to use one of the new ACM plugins)br /ullinull (to disable caching completely)/lilia href="http://pecl.php.net/package/memcache" class="postlink"memcache/a/lilia href="http://pecl.php.net/package/APC" class="postlink"APC/a/lilia href="http://xcache.lighttpd.net/" class="postlink"XCache/a/lilia href="http://eaccelerator.net/" class="postlink"eAccelerator/a/li/ul/liliATOM Feeds/liliBare-bones Quick Reply editor in viewtopic/liliUsers can report PMs to moderators which are then visible in a new MCP module/liliAbility to copy permissions from one forum to several other forums./liliSend span style="font-style: italic"anonymous/span statistical information to phpBB on installation and update (optional)/li/ulbr /span style="font-size: 117%; line-height: 116%;"span style="font-weight: bold"A non-comprehensive list of minor feature additions to phpBB 3.0.6/span/spanbr /br /ulliAdd language selection to the registration terms page. (Patch by leviatan21)/liliNew groups option to excempt group leaders from group permissions (allows leading groups having NEVER permissions)./liliNew Newly Registered Users group for assigning permissions to newly registered users. They will be removed from this group once they reach a defineable amount of posts./liliAbility to define if the Newly Registered Users group will be assigned as the default group to newly registered users./liliAdd new option to disable avatars board-wide. (Patch by cYbercOsmOnauT and nickvergessen)/liliAdd unapproved topic icon for moderators on forum list./liliAbility to define minimum number of characters for posts/pms./liliDetect if a post has been altered by someone else while editing./liliAdd unread posts quick search option./liliAdd option to disable avatar uploads from remote locations./liliAbility to delete warnings and keep warnings permanently./liliAbility to empty a user's outbox from the user ACP quick tools./liliAbility to search ACP/MCP logs./liliParse email text files with the template engine./liliAdded new functionality to inactive users module:br /ulliAbility to set users per page./liliAbility to sort by posts/number of reminders/last reminded date./liliShow number of posts and ability to search posts./liliShow number of reminders sent to user./liliShow date of last reminder sent to user./li/ul/liliDisplay version check on ACP main page./liliAbility to control the display of custom profile fields on viewtopic./liliFallback options for missing language files. (Patch by EXreaction)/liliSeparate PM Reply and PM Reply to all in prosilver./liliPlace debug notices during captcha rendering in the error log - useful for debugging output already started errors./liliAbility to define constant PHPBB_USE_BOARD_URL_PATH to use board url for images/avatars/ranks/imageset (useful for bridges and applications using phpBB)./liliStyle authors are now able to define the default submit button used for form submission on ENTER keypress on forms using more than one submit button. Prosilver uses this for the posting page(s) and registration screen./liliAbility to specify amount of time user is able to delete his last post in topic./li/ulbr /span style="font-size: 117%; line-height: 116%;"span style="font-weight: bold"A non-comprehensive list of smaller changes implemented in phpBB 3.0.6/span/spanbr /br /ulliChange the data format of the default file ACM to be more secure from tampering and have better performance./liliTemplate engine now permits variable includes to a limited extent./liliQuote BBCode no longer requires the f_reply permission./liliBanning/unbanning users now generates an entry in their user notes./liliSmilies no longer require the f_bbcode permission./liliHide avatar when avatar-type is not allowed./liliINCLUDEPHP paths are now relative to $phpbb_root_path./liliPost details links with image in MCP./liliPM history now only shows PMs of users you currently reply to./liliShow quote button for own PMs in PM history./liliAdd pagination for icons and smilies in the ACP and smilies in the smiley popup./liliChanged minimum requirement for Firebird DBMS from 2.0+ to 2.1+./liliUnapproved topics can no longer be replied to./liliAllow three-digit hex notation in Color BBcode./liliSimplified login_box() and redirection after login. S_LOGIN_ACTION can now be used on every page./liliResize oversized topic icons./liliBanned IPs are now sorted./liliphpBB updater now skips sole whitespace/tab changes while computing differences. This reduces the chance of conflicts tremendously./liliphpBB updater now solves common conflicts on its own. This further reduces the chance of conflicts./liliDatabase updater now supports checking for existing/missing indexes./li/ulbr /span style="font-size: 117%; line-height: 116%;"span style="font-weight: bold"A list of important bugfixes since phpBB 3.0.5/span/spanbr /br /ulliShow error in the ACP when template folder is not readable./liliCorrectly apply the can change vote permission again. Regression introduced in r9470./liliRemove data from friend/foe table when deleting user./liliFix dynamic config update routine error if firebird is used/liliFix saving custom profile fields in ACP if Oracle is used./liliMake view_log() more resilient to corrupt serialized data./liliFix Oracle database backup and restore./liliUpdate attachments table when deleting user and retaining his posts./liliCorrectly detect files in subfolders when viewing cached template files./liliDo not throw an error when PDO is a shared module and not loaded preventing SQLite from being loaded./liliFix censoring of unicode words./liliDo not remove recipients when loading private message draft./liliFix database updater and db tools to support multiple column changes/additions/removals with SQLite./liliPosting smilies in view more smilies screen now works again in IE. (Patch by leviatan21)/liliAdd ability to prune users who never logged in./liliFail gracefully if store folder is not writable during update./liliFix error with disapproval of topics having several queued posts only./liliPreserve newlines in template files./liliBe less strict with FTP daemons when getting directory filelists./liliFix set_custom_template for database-stored styles./liliDo not send private message back to sender if sender is in the same group the private message was sent to./liliMin/max characters per posts no longer affects poll options./liliDo not try to create thumbnails for images we cannot open properly./liliApply locale-independent basename() to attachment filenames. New function added: utf8_basename(). (Patch by ocean=Yohsuke)/liliAdjust build_url() to not prepend $phpbb_root_path if path returned from redirect() is an URL. This fixes redirect issues with some installations and bridges./liliFix general error in registration, caused by an undefined $config variable in validate_referer(). (Patch by wjvriend)/liliCorrectly extract column default value when exporting PostgreSQL tables../liliAllow updater to work correctly with PHP filename extensions other than .php./liliUpdate search index if only post subject changed./liliPrevent style switcher from blocking the tab key./liliFix email problems on servers with PHP installations not accepting RFC-compliant subject string passed to the mail()-function./liliOnly embed cron.php if there is no cron lock present to reduce overhead. (Patch by TerryE)/liliSend activation email when activating user from user settings./liliCorrectly display underlined links placed in last line in viewtopic. (Patch by primehalo)/liliOnly check whether forum image exists if forum image is specified./liliFixed database updater for changes to columns having default value in MSSQL (adding/dropping constraints)./li/ulbr /A short explanation of how to do a conversion, installation or update is included within the provided INSTALL.html file, please be sure to read it.br /br /span style="font-size: 117%; line-height: 116%;"span style="font-weight: bold"Minimum Requirements/span/spanbr /br /phpBB3 has a few requirements which must be met before you are able to install and use it.br /br /ulliA webserver or web hosting account running on any major Operating System with support for PHP/liliA SQL database system, one of:br /ulliMySQL 3.23 or above (MySQLi supported)/liliPostgreSQL 7.3+/liliSQLite 2.8.2+/liliFirebird 2.1+/liliMS SQL Server 2000 or above (directly or via ODBC)/liliOracle/li/ul/lilispan style="font-weight: bold"PHP 4.3.3+ (=4.3.3, 4.4.x, 5.x.x, 6.0-dev (compatible))/span with support for the database you intend to use./liligetimagesize() function need to be enabled/liliThe optional presence of the following modules within PHP will provide access to additional features, but they are not required.br /ullizlib Compression support/liliRemote FTP support/liliXML support/liliImagemagick support/liliGD Support/li/ul/li/ulbr /The presence of each of these optional modules will be checked during the installation process.br /br /span style="font-size: 117%; line-height: 116%;"span style="font-weight: bold"Security/span/spanbr /br /Security issues found should be reported to our a href="http://www.phpbb.com/security/" class="postlink"security tracker/a in the usual way.br /br /span style="font-size: 117%; line-height: 116%;"span style="font-weight: bold"Available packages/span/spanbr /br /If you experience problems with the automatic update (white screens, timeouts, etc.) we recommend using the changed files only or patch method for updating.br /br /With this release, there are five packages available.br /br /ullispan style="font-weight: bold"Full Package:/spanbr /Contains entire phpBB3 source and english language files./lilispan style="font-weight: bold"Automatic Update Package:/spanbr /Update package for the automatic updater, containing the changes from previous release to this release./lilispan style="font-weight: bold"Changed Files Only:/spanbr /Contains only those files changed from previous versions of phpBB3. Please note this archive contains changed files for each previous release./lilispan style="font-weight: bold"Patch Files:/spanbr /Contains patch compatible patches from previous versions of phpBB3./lilispan style="font-weight: bold"Code Changes Package:/spanbr /Package contains changes to the following sections: Language changes, prosilver style changes and subsilver2 style changes./li/ulbr /Select whichever package is most suitable for you. As a tiny guide we recommend the following methods based on the requirements:br /br /ulliFor a new installation you should use the Full Package/liliFor updates of boards without modifications you can basically use the Automatic Update Package (guided update) or the Changed Files Only package (manual update)./liliFor updates of boards with modifications you should use the Automatic Update Package. If you are confident with patch files and patching you can use the Patch Files Package./liliStyle Authors and Translators may use the Code Changes Package to update their styles or language packs directly./liliInternational Support Teams may use the Patch Package in conjunction with the Code Changes to better support users having problems with conflicts or specific code sections./liliIf you are a hoster/provider, you may want to use the Patch Files Package to update all of your client installations./li/ulbr /span style="font-size: 110%; line-height: 116%;"span style="font-weight: bold"span style="text-decoration: underline"Please ensure you read the INSTALL and README documents in docs/ before proceeding with installation, updates or conversions!/span/span/span.br /br /span style="font-size: 117%; line-height: 116%;"span style="font-weight: bold"Download Locations/span/spanbr /br /You can of course find this download available on our a href="http://www.phpbb.com/downloads/" class="postlink"downloads page/a.br /Our a href="http://www.phpbb.com/files/archive/" class="postlink"release archive/a provides all packages we build. If you do not find the desired package you may want to have a look at the release archive.br /br /span style="font-size: 117%; line-height: 116%;"span style="font-weight: bold"Download/Documentation/span/spanbr /br /ullia href="http://www.phpbb.com/downloads/" class="postlink"phpBB Downloads/a/lilia href="http://www.ohloh.net/projects/phpbb" class="postlink"phpBB Projects page @ ohloh/a/lilia href="http://www.phpbb.com/support/documentation/3.0/" class="postlink"phpBB3 Documentation/a/lilia href="http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=46" class="postlink"phpBB3 support forum/a/lilia href="http://www.phpbb.com/bugs/phpbb3/" class="postlink"phpBB3 bug tracker/a/lilia href="http://code.phpbb.com/" class="postlink"phpBB Code Forge/a/lilia href="http://wiki.phpbb.com/" class="postlink"phpBB Code Wiki/a/li/ulbr /Have fun with the release,br /the phpBB Team

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