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Calling all geeks: phpBB maintenance
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:09 am
by RetireJapan
Does anyone know if this is a problem or can we just ignore it for now?
Re: Calling all geeks: phpBB maintenance
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:02 am
by mikele3
Ignore. ... but plan for a time to do the update.
I am a bit on the reckless side, I would have updated already ... it mentions new feature!
Re: Calling all geeks: phpBB maintenance
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:12 am
by RetireJapan
mikele3 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:02 am
Ignore. ... but plan for a time to do the update.
I am a bit on the reckless side, I would have updated already ... it mentions new feature!
Thank you! Not comfortable messing around with the forum, so will ignore until not possible any more
Re: Calling all geeks: phpBB maintenance
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:32 am
by northSaver
Needless to say, make regular backups. And
especially make a backup just before you do the upgrade
Re: Calling all geeks: phpBB maintenance
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 6:24 am
by adamu
I don't know about phpBB but in general (and especially for PHP apps), staying up to date ensures you have the latest security patches are are less likely to get exploited by hackers/spammers. There are armies of automated bots probing every accessible website constantly for known vulnerabilities, so it's good to stay up to date.
Re: Calling all geeks: phpBB maintenance
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2023 6:45 am
by zeroshiki
I was actually curious about phpBB the other day and looked it up. Was quite surprised its still being actively supported.
We should consider a backup in case phpBB does become unusable. Maybe a discord server.
Re: Calling all geeks: phpBB maintenance
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:18 am
by Beaglehound
Not sure if this is relevant to out of date software but although I am still logged in on my phone, safari on iPad has logged me out of my account and won't let me either log in or reset my password (I requested an email link but it never arrives). I have also seen another poster on here saying they had to create a new account and another on Facebook saying they have had access issues.
Re: Calling all geeks: phpBB maintenance
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 1:08 pm
by RetireJapan
Beaglehound wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:18 am
Not sure if this is relevant to out of date software but although I am still logged in on my phone, safari on iPad has logged me out of my account and won't let me either log in or reset my password (I requested an email link but it never arrives). I have also seen another poster on here saying they had to create a new account and another on Facebook saying they have had access issues.
Just send me a DM/email/someone on social media if that happens. I can reset passwords manually.
Re: Calling all geeks: phpBB maintenance
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 1:12 pm
by Beaglehound
RetireJapan wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 1:08 pm
Beaglehound wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:18 am
Not sure if this is relevant to out of date software but although I am still logged in on my phone, safari on iPad has logged me out of my account and won't let me either log in or reset my password (I requested an email link but it never arrives). I have also seen another poster on here saying they had to create a new account and another on Facebook saying they have had access issues.
Just send me a DM/email/someone on social media if that happens. I can reset passwords manually.
I tried that through the forum (send to administrator) and it didn't work either...if we could sort it out would be good though, am more of an iPad than a phone person, being oldish and long sighted.
Re: Calling all geeks: phpBB maintenance
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:40 pm
by entdark
Software updates usually include security bug fixes, personally I wouldn't skip upgrades.