• Download the zip file (http://code.google.com/p/recaptcha/downloads/list?q=PB2-Latest) and extract.
• Move the file recaptchalib.php to your phpBB includes directory.
• Apply the first patch by running the following command from your phpBB includes directory:
  • patch -b usercp_register.php < /path/to/usercp_register.patch
• Move the profile_add_body.tpl.patch file to the phpBB templates/<your_theme> directory (by default <your_theme> is ’subSilver’)
• Apply the second patch by running the following command from the phpBB templates/<your_theme> directory:
  • patch -b profile_add_body.tpl < /path/to/profile_add_body.tpl.patch
• Sign up for reCAPTCHA keys (http://admin.recaptcha.net/). reCAPTCHA will issue you a public and private key. Open usercp_register.php in your includes directory and update
• the $recaptcha_public_key and $recaptcha_private_key with the values you were issued.
• Your ReCAPTCHA widget should now appear on the user registration page.

Among the most famous phpBB SEO mods you will find :

• The Ultimate SEO URL, which hanldes three modes :
  • Advanced Mode
  • Mixed Mode
  • Simple Mode
• The official phpBB SEO premod, including all phpBB SEO mods. It is installed as fast and easy as phpBB3 and comes with the same automatic update packages as phpBB.
• A complete xml and html sitemap solution as well generating RSS feeds with GYM Sitemaps & RSS, compatible with all phpBB SEO mods.
• Many more mods to best otptimize phpBB for search engines, such as the must have Zero duplicate, the Dynamic Meta tag mod, the Optimal title mod, the No duplicate and many more to be found in our phpBB SEO Toolkit forum.

URL rewriting solution are fully configurable in ACP. You can customize each forum and topic url and set up many more option to make your URL standard unique and best optimize your forum indexing and SERP Ranking.

You can download phpBB Seo Url Mods at http://www.phpbb-seo.com

phpBB 3.0.6 fixes bugs actuality absolutely important for a bland operation of your forums.

A account of above new appearance implemented in phpBB 3.0.6.

• Better captcha options and backported 3.2 captcha plugins:
  • Classic and GD CAPTCHA
  • reCaptcha (based on API from recaptcha.net by Mike Crawford and Ben Maurer)
  • Q&A CAPTCHA
  • 3D Wave (by Robert “Xore” Hetzler)
• Introduced new ACM (Cache) plugins. (Please consult our support forums for help if you need to use one of the new ACM plugins)
  • null (to disable caching completely)
  • memcache
  • APC
  • XCache
  • eAccelerator
• ATOM Feeds
• Bare-bones Quick Reply editor in viewtopic
• Users can report PMs to moderators which are then visible in a new MCP module
• Ability to copy permissions from one forum to several other forums.
• Send anonymous statistical information to phpBB on installation and update (optional)

• Change the data format of the default file ACM to be more secure from tampering and have better performance.
• Template engine now permits variable includes to a limited extent.
• Quote BBCode no longer requires the f_reply permission.
• Banning/unbanning users now generates an entry in their user notes.
• Smilies no longer require the f_bbcode permission.
• Hide avatar when avatar-type is not allowed.
• INCLUDEPHP paths are now relative to $phpbb_root_path.
• “Post details” links with image in MCP.
• PM history now only shows PMs of users you currently reply to.
• Show quote button for own PMs in PM history.
• Add pagination for icons and smilies in the ACP and smilies in the smiley popup.
• Changed minimum requirement for Firebird DBMS from 2.0+ to 2.1+.
• Unapproved topics can no longer be replied to.
• Allow three-digit hex notation in Color BBcode.
• Simplified login_box() and redirection after login. S_LOGIN_ACTION can now be used on every page.
• Resize oversized topic icons.
• Banned IPs are now sorted.
• phpBB updater now skips sole whitespace/tab changes while computing differences. This reduces the chance of conflicts tremendously.
• phpBB updater now solves common conflicts on its own. This further reduces the chance of conflicts.
• Database updater now supports checking for existing/missing indexes.