Sometime this week, probably tomorrow, I will be attempting to update the board software to the latest version;
It's very important to stay up to date. Not only do you get bugs fixed, but most importantly you get any necessary security fixes. Even though phpBB3 has had a proper paid security audit performed during the development, there are still possibilities that security breaches can be found and exploited. These are always fixed as quickly as possible and an update released. Furthermore, strictly speaking, we can only support the current version. This article explains the various options open to you for updating your board.
It should be noted that your users, posts, PMs etc will all be safe. They are in the database and you are primarily updating the files.
There may be some down time, (high probability of heartache and swearing too.)
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
If it makes you feel any better, last year I got so incensed with my slow and low-memory cpu tht I kicked it into my wall. The indentation is still there.
I purchased a speedier and smarter one.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
