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11-28-2004, 04:46 PM
<div style="color: #000080; padding: 2px;">phpBB 2.0.11 Update</div><div style="font-size: .9em; margin-bottom: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #000080; padding: 2px; border-top: 1px solid #000080;">Sunday, November 28, 2004 by Kevin Stange (kevin [at] simgames [dot] net)</div><div style="font-size: 1em;">It has come to my attention that a number of sites using phpBB2 are being exploited due to various bugs in older versions of the forum software.
At this time, I highly recommend you update your forum software to version 2.0.11. This can be accomplished as follows:
1) Find out what version of phpBB you have. You can find this information somewhere on your forum index page.
2) Download the update package (http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/phpbb/phpBB-2.0.11-files.zip).
3) Unzip all four directories and unzip the zip file version_to_2.0.11.zip where version is the version of phpBB you have now. Put all these files in a folder on your computer, preserving the directory tree.
4) Upload all the files to the /phpBB2/ directory, or whatever directory your forum software is in. Overwrite any files that need to be replaced.
5) Go to your forum and run the installation as in this example: http://simgames.net/phpBB2/install/update_to_2011.php
6) Now delete the install and contrib directories you uploaded to your forum directory.
If you need any assistance with this update, please don't hesistate to contact support (/contact.shtml).
You will need to update your phpBB2 installation even if you install a new copy via your control panel. The current release of H-Sphere does not include version 2.0.11. phpBB 2.0.11 will be provided by H-Sphere once we upgrade to the final release of H-Sphere 2.4.2, which is due sometime in the near future.</div>
At this time, I highly recommend you update your forum software to version 2.0.11. This can be accomplished as follows:
1) Find out what version of phpBB you have. You can find this information somewhere on your forum index page.
2) Download the update package (http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/phpbb/phpBB-2.0.11-files.zip).
3) Unzip all four directories and unzip the zip file version_to_2.0.11.zip where version is the version of phpBB you have now. Put all these files in a folder on your computer, preserving the directory tree.
4) Upload all the files to the /phpBB2/ directory, or whatever directory your forum software is in. Overwrite any files that need to be replaced.
5) Go to your forum and run the installation as in this example: http://simgames.net/phpBB2/install/update_to_2011.php
6) Now delete the install and contrib directories you uploaded to your forum directory.
If you need any assistance with this update, please don't hesistate to contact support (/contact.shtml).
You will need to update your phpBB2 installation even if you install a new copy via your control panel. The current release of H-Sphere does not include version 2.0.11. phpBB 2.0.11 will be provided by H-Sphere once we upgrade to the final release of H-Sphere 2.4.2, which is due sometime in the near future.</div>