I've updated the forum to the latest version of phpBB. We are also now running the latest version of PHP. I did this in part to improve the antispam measures. Looks like the design has broken a bit, but I guess it hasn't broken enough for me to bother to fix it, we are at zero content posts in the ...

Account registration now requires activation by administrator.

So if you register here and I don't notice, throw me a message at

No problem Gotta try to keep the minimum standards at least!

Noticed that a few more bots got through, but I changed the registration question now so it requires a human to get through again.

After updating phpBB I didn't notice that a setting was reset: there was no longer any account activation requirement. This led to some spambotter noticing this on July 25th and starting an attack on the forum. I've now fixed this issue, removed and banned all the newly created spam accounts and all ...

Yup. Still here. Ran updates. Back to default phpBB3 style though as the old design broke after the updates.

So we now have secure certificate, so we now have a slightly improved security

Well. I changed the logo.

You may also be able to tell that I'm on a vacation. Yaaaay, things happen!

Also made an order on these while patching on all the releases from past few years that I should already have

Also, I got a bit carried away a few hours ago...
I got some surprise money and now it's gone.

Added

Oh wait, wow, did I manage to react "fast" into something?

I'll try to look into these smaller issues soon; right now I'm actually quite busy as I'm moving to a new apartment in two days

But I think I solved the fan club text requirement in a clever way.

What do you think about this mockup?

Installed a style called Latte. Now only thing missing is picture of Maaya offering a musical cup of coffee.

Leaving myself a reference to the download page:
http://www.artodia.com/phpbb-styles/latte/downloads

And now I removed the latest horde of spambot accounts. Some 250 had managed to register within the past six months.

Didn't want to continue using MyBB's 1.8 branch. So now we're back on phpBB. This time with phpBB3. Looks like they have a responsive design so now things work on mobile phones more or less poorly. I didn't plan this move ahead of time. I just did it now that I remembered that this had to be done ...