Software update
Posted: Dec 16th, '09, 14:00
According to the copyright date at the bottom of every page, the current version of phpBB talkmagic is using is 4 years old. In web terms, 4 years is dangerously old
- Internet Explorer 6 was the most popular browser
- Firefox was in its infancy, and was far from what it is today
- We still had Windows XP. Vista was nowhere near complete
- HTML5, CSS3, or the latest accessibility guidelines (WCAG2) weren't around, whereas these are the latest cutting edge ways of making websites
- The version of php in use was php4. Anyone using php4 are nowadays considered silly, with php5.3 being the current verison. php6 is in the works
phpbb2 is extremely insecure; with there being many known security problems which could result in any message board running this software wide open to being hacked. There is no fix, and the people behind phpbb stopped releasing security fixes 10 months ago
The new features behind phpbb3 aren't insignificant. Features directly related to this board is the ability to flag threads for moderation, more control for moderators including merging topics together, more control for admins including the ability to ban a user by email address and IP address, better internal search, and plug-ins which allow you to easily extend the functionality of the board
Let's face it, talkmagic is buggy, insecure and slow, it's in a massive need for an upgrade. Isn't it time you upgraded to the latest version?