Bên cạnh đó diễn đàn cũng vừa được nâng cấp hàng lạt lên phiên bản stable 3.0. Dướ đây là các yếu tố đã được nâng cấp, thay đổi:
1.i. Changes since 3.0.0
[Change] Validate birthdays (Bug #15004)
[Fix] Allow correct avatar caching for CGI installations. (thanks wildbill)
[Fix] Fix disabling of word censor, now possible again
[Fix] Allow single quotes in db password to be stored within config.php in installer
[Fix] Correctly quote db password for re-display in installer (Bug #16695 / thanks to m313 for reporting too - #s17235)
[Fix] Correctly handle empty imageset entries (Bug #16865)
[Fix] Correctly check empty subjects/messages (Bug #17915)
[Change] Do not check usernames against word censor list. Disallowed usernames is already checked and word censor belong to posts. (Bug #17745)
[Fix] Additionally include non-postable forums for moderators forums shown within the teams list. (Bug #17265)
[Change] Sped up viewforum considerably (also goes towards mcp_forum)
[Fix] Do not split topic list for topics being promoted to announcements after been moved to another forum (Bug #18635)
[Fix] Allow editing usernames within database_update on username cleanup (Bug #18415)
[Fix] Fixing wrong sync() calls if moving all posts by a member in ACP (Bug #18385)
[Fix] Check entered imagemagick path for trailing slash (Bug #18205)
[Fix] Use proper title on index for new/unread posts (Bug #13101) - patch provided by Pyramide
[Fix] Allow calls to $user->set_cookie() define no cookie time for setting session cookies (Bug #18025)
1.i. Changes since 3.0.RC8
[Fix] Cleaned usernames contain only single spaces, so "a_name" and "a__name" are treated as the same name (Bug #15634)
[Fix] Check "able to disable word censor" option while applying word censor on text (Bug #15974)
[Fix] Rollback changes on failed transaction if returning on sql error is set
[Fix] Call garbage_collection() within database updater to correctly close connections (affects Oracle for example)
1.ii. Changes since 3.0.RC7
[Fix] Fixed MSSQL related bug in the update system
[Fix] Display "Return to" links on unwritable forums (Bug #14824)
[Fix] Mitigating different realpath() handling between PHP versions (fixing confirm box redirects)
[Fix] Fix signature editing - ability to remove signature (Bug #14820)
[Fix] Send correct activation key by forcing reactivation for inactive user (Bug #14819)
[Fix] Adding correct IP for private messages sent by issuing warnings (Bug #14781)
[Fix] Open private message notification (Bug #14773)
[Fix] Fixing false new private message indicator (Bug #14627)
[Fix] Let newly activated passwords work if users were converted (Bug #14787)
[Fix] Quote bbcode fixes. Letting parse quote="[" and re-allowing whitelisted bbcodes within username portion (Bug #14770)
[Fix] Allow alternative text for styled buttons if images turned off, but CSS staying on
[Sec] Fix bbcode helpline display for custom bbcodes - this requires style changes for any custom style (Bug #14850)
[Fix] Correctly count announcements when filtering forums by date (Bug #14877)
[Fix] Allow charset names containing underscores or spaces
[Fix] Don't allow previous/next links for non-existing topics (Bug #15039)
[Change] Do not assign converted votes to the first option in a vote.
[Fix] Use correct RFC 2822 date format in emails (Bug #15042)
[Fix] Require founder status for some actions on founder-only groups (Bug #15119)
[Fix] Allow changing the "now" option of date CPFs (Bug #15111)
[Change] Some improvements to the caching of avatars
[Change] Set template recompilation to be disabled by default. All mod and style authors and all those who want to modify their styles should enabled it after installation.
[Change] Disable debug mode. All mod and style authors should enable DEBUG and DEBUG_EXTRA.
[Fix] Check error reporting level for all error level. This fixes a problem for hosts having manipulated the error handler. (Bug #14831)
[Feature] Constant PHPBB_DB_NEW_LINK introduced which can be used to force phpBB to create a new database connection instead of reusing an existing one if the dbms supports it (Bug #14927)
[Fix] Automatic URL parsing no longer allows dots in the schema but can parse URLs starting after a dot (Bug #15110)
[Fix] Dynamic width for birthday select boxes (Bug #15149)
[Fix] Recache Moderators when copying permissions. (Bug #15384)
[Fix] Propagate sort options in mcp_forums (Bug #15464)
[Change] Do not allow [size=0] bbcodes (font-size of 0)
[Fix] No duplication of active topics (Bug #15474)
1.iii. Changes since 3.0.RC6
[Fix] Submitting language changes using acp_language (Bug #14736)
[Fix] Fixed wrong bbcode handling for forum rules, forum descriptions and group descriptions
[Fix] Fixed faulty form tokens (Bug #14725, #14762 and #14755)
[Fix] Fixed bbcode uid generation in the phpBB2 converter (Bug #14722)
[Fix] Able to request new password (Bug #14743)