web design help

[ntcmpjg]

has anyone ever built a web site in phpBB? Im having a very difficult time learning how things go how to upload a new theme or the forum header.
Thank you
Jeff
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[DrGonzo]

First off stay away from phpBB. It is too easily hacked and is the most targeted Forum softwares for spammers/hackers due to it's many security holes. If your looking for a decent forum software look into Simple Machines Forum. Simple Machines Forum - Free & open source community software

That is what I used on the Carolinas3s.org and Colorado3s.org forums. When Colorado3s got large enough I moved up to vbulletin which will cost about $100+ for a license.

[ntcmpjg]

thank you greg I will look into switching it tonight after work they had a Simple Machine one but I went with phpBB because thats what most sites I used had

First off stay away from phpBB. It is too easily hacked and is the most targeted Forum softwares for spammers/hackers due to it's many security holes. If your looking for a decent forum software look into Simple Machines Forum. Simple Machines Forum - Free & open source community software

That is what I used on the Carolinas3s.org and Colorado3s.org forums. When Colorado3s got large enough I moved up to vbulletin which will cost about $100+ for a license.

[Alan92RTTT]

I'll second that. Keeping phpBB secure is a pain. I have on and its getting converted to VB as soon as I have the time.

[ntcmpjg]

Well it's staying on phpBB for now but Tapatalk is now live thanks to stealthfiy


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[DrGonzo]

PHPBB can be made secure, just takes a lot of plugins, correct settings and knowing what your doing. Search on the PHPBB forum and look at how others are securing their forums.

One thing I know that really secured mine when I used it was removing the PHPBB version and footer info. Bots scan for that info and that is what tells them you are a prime candidate for hacking attempts as those items right there tell the world what software the forum is running.

[ntcmpjg]

ok the whole thing just went to shit
General Error
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An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.

[stealthify]

Jeff: just fixed it for you. The test forum is back up and running if you want to keep playing with it.

[ntcmpjg]

Thank you for all your help Shaun can you show me how to change the Header to a photo?


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[stealthify]

Thank you for all your help Shaun can you show me how to change the Header to a photo?

Done! Let me know what you think of that.