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To upgrade phpBB properly without problem, I make a detailed upgrading plan. I would like to share it with you.

1. Disable forum board.
It is important to make the board clean. And keep resource usage low.

2. Backup
The most important part is backup.

2.1. Database backup
2.1.1. phpBB own tools
Admin Control Panel > Maintenance > Backup
Complete backup with gzip, including all tables, save and download.
(if your board has a lot of posts, the index table is very big. I prefer to clean the index first. Just like me, index table is about 200MB)

2.1.2. phpMyAdmin tool
Login your own phpMyAdmin web tool for MySQL database. Select your database and click Export all tables. My exported file is about 50MB.

2.2. Backup all phpBB 3.0.4 files.
SSH your host.

tar czvf forum.tar.gz ~/your.forum/

3. Download "Automatic Update Package".
For upgrade, I like this package. It can merge your previous changes or mod on you old phpBB when doing upgrading.
cd ~/source/
wget the package.
tar xjf phpBB-3.0.4_to_3.0.5.tar.bz2
cp -r ./install/ ~/your.forum/

4. Upgrade
http://your.forum/install/
start upgrade following the upgrading wizard.
After it. Rename the install folder or delete it.
Enable the board.

Done.

I have a typo when I posted about phpBB 3 new release.

It is 3.0.5, not 3.1.5.

First of all, I need Memcache to be installed in the server.

I don't want say too much about installation of Memcache. The topic is MAKE MEMCACHE WORK ON PHPBB3.

First get acm_memcache.php from code center of phpbb.

Put this file under /root/includes/acm/
There is acm_file.php already.

Then modify config.php
Replace $acm_type = 'file'
by
$acm_type = 'memcache'

That's all.

Of course, if you do not use the default memcache installation, you need to config acm_memcache.php to let it know your IP and port.

How to change logo in phpBB 3 style?

This example shows you how to do it for subSilver 2, but it can also be applied to almost any other style, including prosilver.

1. Upload Logo file

First you should create a logo image and upload it.
If you are using subSilver 2, you should upload logo image to directory styles/subSilver/imageset/
If you are using proSilver, you should upload logo image to directory styles/prosilver/imageset/

Logo should be in gif, jpg or png format.

2. Changing Logo from Administrator Panel
Login to your forum administrator control panel. In control panel navigation click "Styles" link:

In styles management click "Imagesets" link, from available imagesets select one you are editing:

As I mentioned before, I will make a distillate mod for phpBB forum program.
It is a good time to release it.

Distillate Mod 0.1b
distillate-mod.zip

Tested with:
* phpBB 3.0.4
* ProSilver
With Chinese Language support.

It is very rough. May have some of bugs or errors.
Any questions please post here.