Best Mods for PHPBB3

Hi,

Currently working on a phpbb3 chit-chat forum, for a large community.

Can you tell me the best/must needed mods for PHPBB3 ?

Efficients

 

Well the first thing that I install is the instant post redirect you can find it at phpbb.com it stops that annoying page after you post. I also install 109 more bots using a script that you can find at phpbb.com I am to lazy to link to it but you will be able to find them. You may also wish to look up a quick reply

 

Just curious, any other good "must-have" mods for phpbb3?

Right now I have instant redirect after post, instant redirect after login, quick reply, multiquote and that's about it.

 

I have around 48 mods installed. took me around 2 months to get all them working in out any errors :0

 

Oh my.
Poster above me inspired me to join the forums lol.

I've been working with phpbb3 for awhile now. While it definitely improved verses phpBB2, many complain that it's 'bloated'. Ever heard the phrase, 'One mans feature is another mans bloat'? That's phpBB3 lol. This tends to only be an issue for large, high traffic forums though.

Still, you can improve performance by simply turning off features/options you don't necessarily need. When it comes to installing mods, only install the mods you truely need. Too many admins add on every mods they come across that 'sounded cool', not realizing that the mods may be poorly scripted. Even if properly scripted, too many mods can just add excessive additional processing time... which becomes a huge problem if your boards do start to gain traffic.

What inevitably happens is that these over modded phpbbs never get patched as updates are released. Why? Because they often would have to reinstall all of their mods, which may or may not be compatible. So, they run old versions and wonder why they can't stop bots, spam, attacks, etc. Previous poster claims it took him 2 months to get all his mods working as he wished: certain this is quite an exaggeration, but do you think he replays that entire experience every time an update is released?

So, the answer here is that there really are no 'must have' mods. If there's a specific functionality desired, google for it (there are more mods than those in phpbb mod database and forums) and see what others have said about it.

Don't mistake my 'bloat' remarks above as any ill feeling towards phpbb3: I love it. A properly managed phpbb3 can be a beautiful and powerful thing.

 

phpbbseo is also a good mod to take into consideration

 

phpbbseo seems to be the best imho

 

PHPBB-SEO mod rewrite since it help your site become popular

 

These are some must have MOD and tools for your PHPBB Forums.


SEO Tools

phpBB SEO Ultimate SEO URL - Turns your topics names into URL links using the subject instead of just "topic21" etc.

phpBB SEO Dynamic Meta tags - Plugin to help manage your meta tag.

phpBB SEO Related Topics - Shows related topics under the topic being viewed.

phpBB SEO No Duplicate - Removes any topics from the SEO fuctions.

Webmasters Google Tools

Sitemap FX - Generate XML Sitemap file to upload to your Google Webmaster Tools.

Adsence

Advertisement Management - Tool to easily put ads on your forum.

Other

AutoMod - Easy Install tool to help install MODS.

Disallow links before x posts - Prevent spammers posting links on your forum by requiring a number of posts first.

Anti-Spam ACP - Prevent spammers posting links on profiles and signatures until X amount of posts first.


Share topic - Plugin to share topics links on Facebook, Twitter, etc

Craig

 

Only "must-have" is phpBB SEO, everything else comes down on your personal opinions.

 

many mods that very good
but i think the most needed is Mchat