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phpBB, Open Source Forum Software Version 3.0.6 Released

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phpBB, one of the popular forum softwares which we have mentioned here has released its new version 3.0.6.  This release has some major new features, bug fixes and improvements in stability and performance.

Following are some of the major new features implemented in phpBB 3.0.6

• Better captcha options and backported 3.2 captcha plugins:
  • Classic and GD CAPTCHA
  • reCaptcha (based on API from recaptcha.net by Mike Crawford and Ben Maurer)
  • Q&A CAPTCHA
  • 3D Wave (by Robert “Xore” Hetzler)

• Introduced new ACM (Cache) plugins. (Please consult our support forums for help if you need to use one of the new ACM plugins)
  • null (to disable caching completely)
  • memcache
  • APC
  • XCache
  • eAccelerator
• ATOM Feeds
• Bare-bones Quick Reply editor in viewtopic
• Users can report PMs to moderators which are then visible in a new MCP module
• Ability to copy permissions from one forum to several other forums.
• Send anonymous statistical information to phpBB on installation and update (optional)

You might want to read more about this release here.

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