The new update script

As some of you might have noticed, I committed a revised update script the other day. The big change this time is that the update script contains code that runs through all the text in your database and encodes it into UTF-8.

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Auto subscription

Hello

My first entry on the blog will be a rather short one, but at least you see that I’m alive. ;)

I’ve comitted changeset 908 which adds the possibility to auto subscribe to topics you post in.
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Hashing passwords

Hey everyone,

In keeping with the current stream of entries, this one is also about a new feature in PunBB 1.3: the improved password hashing implementation. Continue Reading »

Building extensions

Hi,

I hope my last post shone some light upon the upcoming extension system. I told you there where two major problems with today’s mods, and I addressed the first one. Now, it’s time for the second one.

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Mods & extensions

Hi there,

Kristoffer here, or Jansson as I’m also called. If you haven’t heard of me, I’m the guy behind PunRes. I’ve been a user of PunBB since sometime in beta, and a developer since November. What’s always been fascinating to me about PunBB is that the code is so simple and structured that anyone with even the smallest PHP knowledge are able to modify it to their own needs. This is very important to PunBB as it ships with a rather slim set of features.

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