Updated Support Forum
We have recently updated our support and discussion forum to phpBB3. Because of all the forum spam I was getting with the previous version of phpBB, my original intention was to move to a different, less widely know/exploited forum package, like the Simple Machines Forum, which I’ve heard good things about.
After reviewing phpBB3, I was impressed with the CSS-based, XHTML strict validating layout so thought I’d give it a try before moving on. So far, spam has dropped off considerably. It’s not entirely gone, but it’s now easily maintainable. I don’t know how much of that is due to improved security features or just the fact that it’s not yet as widely known and aggressively attacked, but I suppose that should become clear soon enough.
it took me a while to get to customizing the appearance, but did the bulk of that today and am getting used to the new styling system.
I wish there was a more direct method for integrating Askimet, but so far it hasn’t proven necessary. If you’re already running phpBB2, then it’s probably worth the effort to upgrade.