<ol>

<li><a href="#changelog">Changelog</a>

<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">

<li><a href="#v310RC4">Changes since 3.1.0-RC4</a></li>

<li><a href="#v310RC3">Changes since 3.1.0-RC3</a></li>

<li><a href="#v310RC2">Changes since 3.1.0-RC2</a></li>

<div class="content">

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

<li>[<a href="http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-13123">PHPBB3-13123</a>] - Add events to allow post blocking and post pre/past processing</li>

</ul>

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

</ul>

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

<li>[<a href="http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-12948">PHPBB3-12948</a>] - Remove Travis CI &quot;broken opcache on PHP 5.5.7 and 5.5.8&quot; workaround.</li>

</ul>

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

<li>[<a href="http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-12829">PHPBB3-12829</a>] - Remove check for pgsql 8.3/8.2</li>

</ul>

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

</ul>

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

</ul>

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

</ul>

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

<li>[<a href="http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-12302">PHPBB3-12302</a>] - Upgrade composer.phar to 1.0.0-alpha8</li>

</ul>

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

</ul>

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

<li>[<a href="http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-12147">PHPBB3-12147</a>] - Remove Travis CI notification configuration</li>

</ul>

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

<li>[<a href="http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-11998">PHPBB3-11998</a>] - Add console / command line client environment </li>

</ul>

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

<li>[<a href="http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-11913">PHPBB3-11913</a>] - Apply reorganisation of download.phpbb.com to build_announcement.php</li>

</ul>

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

<li>[<a href="http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-11753">PHPBB3-11753</a>] - Upgrade mysql_upgrader.php schema data.</li>

</ul>

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

<li>[<a href="http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-10909">PHPBB3-10909</a>] - Update Travis Test Configuration: Travis no longer supports PHP 5.3.2</li>

</ul>

<h4>Bug</h4>

<ul>

<li>[<a href="http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-10480">PHPBB3-10480</a>] - Automate changelog building</li>

</ul>

<h4> Bug

</h4>

</ul>

<h4> Security

</h4>

<ul>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Sec] Do not expose forum content of forums with ACL entries but no actual permission in ATOM Feeds. (Bug #58595)</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Fix] Allow ban reason and length to be selected and copied in ACP and subsilver2 MCP. (Bug #51095)</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Fix] Allow whitespaces in avatar gallery names. (Bug #44955)</li>

<li>[Feature] Send anonymous statistical information to phpBB on installation and update (optional).</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Fix] Delete user entry from ban list table upon user deletion (Bug #40015 - Patch by TerraFrost)</li>

<li>[Sec] Only use forum id supplied for posting if global announcement detected. (Reported by nickvergessen)</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Fix] Allow mixed-case template directories to be inherited (Bug #36725)</li>

<li>[Sec] Ask for forum password if post within passworded forum quoted in private message. (Reported by nickvergessen)</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Fix] Correctly set topic starter if first post in topic removed (Bug #30575 - Patch by blueray2048)</li>

<li>[Sec Precaution] Stricter validation of the HTTP_HOST header (Thanks to Techie-Micheal et al for pointing out possible issues in derived code)</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Fix] Ability to set permissions on non-mysql dbms (Bug #24955)</li>

<li>[Sec] Only allow urls gone through redirect() being used within login_box(). (thanks nookieman)</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Change] Validate birthdays (Bug #15004)</li>

<li>[Fix] Find and display colliding usernames correctly when converting from one database to another (Bug #23925)</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Fix] Cleaned usernames contain only single spaces, so &quot;a_name&quot; and &quot;a__name&quot; are treated as the same name (Bug #15634)</li>

<li>[Fix] Call garbage_collection() within database updater to correctly close connections (affects Oracle for example)</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Fix] Fixed MSSQL related bug in the update system</li>

<li>[Fix] No duplication of active topics (Bug #15474)</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Fix] Submitting language changes using acp_language (Bug #14736)</li>

<li>[Fix] Able to request new password (Bug #14743)</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Feature] Removing constant PHPBB_EMBEDDED in favor of using an exit_handler(); the constant was meant to achive this more or less.</li>

<li>[Sec] New password hashing mechanism for storing passwords (#i42)</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Fix] MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite related database fixes (Bug #13862)</li>

<li>[Fix] odbc_autocommit causing existing result sets to be dropped (Bug #14182)</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Fix] Fixing some subsilver2 and prosilver style issues</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Fix] Re-allow searching within the memberlist</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>[Fix] (X)HTML issues within the templates (Bug #11255, #11255)</li>

<div class="content">

</div>

<div class="content">

<p>Feel free to search our community forum for the information you require. <strong>PLEASE DO NOT</strong> post your question without having first used search, chances are someone has already asked and answered your question. You can find our board here:</p>

<p>This document will walk you through the basics on installing, updating and converting the forum software.</p>

<h1>Install</h1>

<ul>

<li>Go to the <a href="https://www.phpbb.com/downloads/">downloads page</a> and download the latest update package listed there, matching your current version.</li>

<li>After the install folder is present, phpBB will go offline automatically.</li>

<li>Point your browser to the install directory, for example <code>http://www.example.com/phpBB3/install/</code></li>

<li>Choose the "Update" Tab and follow the instructions</li>

<li>The <code>store/</code> directory</li>

</ul></li>

<li>Browse to install/database_update.php</li>

<li>Delete the <code>install/</code> directory</li>

</ol>

<hr />

<a name="anti_spam"></a><h2>8. Anti-Spam Measures</h2>

<div class="paragraph">

<div class="inner"><span class="corners-top"><span></span></span>

<p>Installation of these packages is straightforward: simply download the required language pack, uncompress (unzip) it and via FTP transfer the included <code>language</code> and <code>styles</code> folders to the root of your board installation. The language can then be installed via the Administration Control Panel of your board: <code>Customise tab -&gt; Language management -&gt; Language packs</code>. A more detailed description of the process is in the Knowledge Base article, <a href="https://www.phpbb.com/kb/article/how-to-install-a-language-pack/">How to Install a Language Pack</a>.</p>

<a name="styles"></a><h3>2.ii. Styles</h3>

<a name="extensions"></a><h3>2.iii. Extensions</h3>

<p>For more information about extensions, please see: <a href="https://www.phpbb.com/extensions">https://www.phpbb.com/extensions</a></p>

<p>Comprehensive documentation is now available on the phpBB website:</p>

<p>This covers everything from installation to setting permissions and managing users.</p>

* Since: 3.1.0-a3

* Purpose: Add settings to BBCode add/edit form

acp_forums_normal_settings_append

===

* Location: adm/style/acp_forums.html

* Since: 3.1.0-a1

acp_group_options_before

===

* Locations:

+ adm/style/acp_ranks.html

* Since: 3.1.0-RC3

in the ranks list in the ACP

acp_ranks_list_header_after

* Locations:

+ adm/style/acp_ranks.html

* Since: 3.1.0-RC3

in the ranks list in the ACP

acp_simple_footer_after

* Since: 3.1.0-b3

* Purpose: Prepend content to the statistics list on the Board index

index_body_markforums_after

===

* Locations:

* Since: 3.1.0-RC3

* Purpose: Add additional fields to the unban form in MCP

memberlist_body_username_append

===

* Locations:

* Purpose: Add information before every username in the memberlist. Works in

all display modes (leader, group and normal memberlist).

memberlist_view_contact_after

===

* Locations:

* Since: 3.1.0-a1

* Purpose: Add content at the end of the file, directly prior to the `</body>` tag

overall_footer_breadcrumb_append

===

* Locations:

* Since: 3.1.0-a3

* Purpose: Add content before the BBCode posting buttons

posting_editor_message_after

===

* Locations:

+ styles/prosilver/template/ucp_pm_viewmessage.html

+ styles/subsilver2/template/ucp_pm_viewmessage.html

* Since: 3.1.0-RC3

the end of the list.

ucp_pm_viewmessage_post_buttons_before

+ styles/prosilver/template/ucp_pm_viewmessage.html

+ styles/subsilver2/template/ucp_pm_viewmessage.html

* Since: 3.1.0-RC3

the start of the list.

ucp_pm_viewmessage_print_head_append

* Since: 3.1.0-b3

* Purpose: Add content directly before the poll question on the View topic screen

viewtopic_body_post_buttons_after

===

* Locations: