Calling all geeks: phpBB maintenance

[RetireJapan]

Does anyone know if this is a problem or can we just ignore it for now?

[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!

[RetireJapan]

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

[northSaver]

Needless to say, make regular backups. And especially make a backup just before you do the upgrade

[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.

[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.

[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Not sure if this is relevant to out of date software but although I am still logged in on my phone, safari on iPad has logged me out of my account and won't let me either log in or reset my password (I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.

[RetireJapan]

Not sure if this is relevant to out of date software but although I am still logged in on my phone, safari on iPad has logged me out of my account and won't let me either log in or reset my password (I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.

[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Not sure if this is relevant to out of date software but although I am still logged in on my phone, safari on iPad has logged me out of my account and won't let me either log in or reset my password (I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.

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.

[entdark]

Software updates usually include security bug fixes, personally I wouldn't skip upgrades.