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I posted this on SMF as well but this is a good topic for all forum owners.

Check now your PHP version now inside SMF.
To do so go to admin -> support and credits:



For SMF 2.0.x forums You need to be at least on PHP 5.6.30. I highly suggest moving to PHP 7.1.5 your site will become faster due to massive performance changes from 5.6 to 7.0.
Some benchmark websites: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=PTS-PHP-7.1-Benchmarks  https://kinsta.com/blog/the-definitive-php-7-final-version-hhvm-benchmark/
Site speed is a ranking factor for search engines. And also for users. The slower your site is the less likely they will come back if they find a better option.

What if your PHP version is not update? Well if you have a host contact your hosting provider and see if they can update it or give you an option to run a higher PHP version. If if you have VPS or dedicated server that is not managed you would be stuck with making sure all your software is up to date. It is not hard to do and there are many guides out their for all platforms.


In the news lately there has been talks about worms/viruses occurring to computers you should make sure your hosting software for your forum the PHP version, along with the server software itself is up to date. I just saw a user mentioned they run on Windows 2003 which has been hit hard lately but has been end of life (EOL) for many years now.  You do not want to wake one day and see your forum gone.

Backup Reminder

General reminder to always make backups of your forum and database. Try to do so at least once a month. For making database backups I would use a tool such as phpmyadmin, to make the database backups since sometimes the built in backup function in SMF doesn't always create a complete backup.

Unofficial SMF 1.1.23 for PHP7



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Unofficial SMF 1.1.23 for PHP7

This mod makes some changes to SMF 1.1.x to make it function under PHP7. It takes care of mysql_ issue and preg_replace with the e modifier Install this first before you upgrade your PHP!

Recent Forum Topics Extended



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Recent Forum Topics Extended
By Pipke

For SMF 2.0.x

Tested only with the SMF default theme...but should work with other themes*
* if not you can always try to ask for support!

Uses only SMF hooks so... no file edits.
In the settings you can enable/disable the mod, change the number of Recent Forum Topics per page, subject first/lastpost, 2 random topics can be boosted on top position, hide complete boards, categories or certain topics from the list and many more...
This mod works with the Topic Solved mod v1.1.1 and can be integrated on the Simpleportal mod v2.3.* blocklist.

License

 * This SMF modification is subject to the BSD 2-Clause License
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
 * HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
 * ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
 * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
Settings

- Admin->Configuration->Modification Settings->Recent Forum Topics

Languages

- English/utf8
- Request for more languages support, who will help me...

Changelog

Version 2.0 - Mar 19, 2016
- New set max. total topics to view
- New more styling options
- New *boost topics (2) on top position per page (*with group permissions)
- New relative time format
- New avatars now show up
- New setting for hiding certain categories, boards or *topics (*with group permissions)
- New choose page area placements for the block
- New by request allow collapsible
- New group view permissions
- New integrate with Simpleportal
- Added kind of responsive for 'mobile' view
- Fixed using duplicate queries
- Fixed hardcoded textstrings
- And many more things...

Version 1.0 - May 03, 2014
- Initial Release

Invitation System



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Latest Version: 1.1.2
Created by: hadesflames
Built for: SMF 2.0
Package: Invitation System
Special Thanks to: Arantor and ccbtimewiz for helping me out with some small bits of this mod =]

What is this?

This mod adds a full invitation system to your forum. With this, you can ONLY register if you have a key from one of the members, assuming the mod is enabled. The admin can set how many keys each member gets per renewal, and how many days before a renewal occurs, if at all. If you set a member group to -1, they get unlimited invites, and there is a feature called "roll over" where if the admin turns this option on, unused invites by a member "roll over" into the next month so that you can still use them, like AT&T's minutes if you know them.

Info:
The referral part adds a field to a user's profile that shows who invited that user. For other members to see this field, they need to have permission to do so, which can be granted to different member groups in the permissions section of the admin panel. Regardless of that permission, users will be able to see who invited them.

The gift is a unique feature that allows members to send their own gifts to other members of the forum. In order for a member to be able to gift their invites to other members, they need to have the appropriate permission, same as the referral permission. If you don't want to use this feature, simply don't give anyone the permission.

License:

Version 1.1 and higher

This mod is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. If you plan on distributing this mod in any way, there must be a link back to this page unless otherwise stated by a written agreement with the author. For full license details, visit this page:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode

or for a summary, visit this page, but take note of the disclaimer:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Version 1.0 and 1.0.X

Licensed under the Simple Machines LLC license. This can be found here:

http://www.simplemachines.org/about/smf/license.php

NOTE:

THIS MOD IS SUPPORTED ONLY IN MYSQL!

Originally found at http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2567

MySQLi db support



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This modification will add MySQLi support to SMF.

It is a simple install the package and change your settings

From
Code: [Select]

$db_type = mysql';

To:
Code: [Select]

$db_type = mysqli';


Please ensure that you have mysqli installed before using this modification.  If it doesn't work then just revert your db_type to mysql.




Revision History :

1.0.0 - Initial Release
1.0.1 - Bug fix to full text search API functionality.

Quote

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    Developed by: tinoest
                  http://www.tinoest.no-ip.org

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
      1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
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    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
    FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
    WITH THE SOFTWARE.

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Multiple QA - supports multiple questions, multiple answers, multiple languages



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One of the common complaints is Q&A support in SMF doesn't support multiple answers per question or languages per question.

I added this to 2.1 back in October 2013, but there's been nothing in the meantime, so here we go, a package ported back from 2.1's support. Everything is, therefore, 3-clause BSD should you want to do anything with it.

It's not a perfect port; 2.0 doesn't have jQuery as standard so I had to rewrite the JavaScript a little, but in hindsight it sort of works better this way.

While of most use to people with multiple language sites, anyone who wants to offer multiple choices of answer for any question can use this, e.g. if you want to offer variations on spelling or both numeric and textual answer components (e.g. 12 vs twelve)


Technical notes:

It uses the same table name and structure as 2.1 and so should upgrade cleanly. It will take your existing questions and upgrade them to the new table (and if you remove it, your original questions are preserved)

Note: to use this with multiple languages, UTF-8 is STRONGLY preferred. I will not get into trying to support installations that are running multiple languages without being UTF-8, it can't end well.

Custom Action Mod



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This mod will add an unlimited number of custom actions, configurable in Features and Options. There are 3 types, HTML, BBC, and PHP. They can be accesed by going to http://www.yoursite.com/smf/index.php?action=action name. Each action has an unlimited number of sub-actions, which can be accessed by going to http://www.yoursite.com/smf/index.php?action=action name;sa=sub-action name.

Version History:
3.2:
- updated the installer and uninstaller for admins to be able to execute them manually. (thank you, xarris!)
- RC4 version.
3.1:
- updated to SMF 2.0 RC3. Many thanks goes to Mave.
- licensed the mod as BSD. (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php)
- mod takeover by Norv.