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That's a very tricky question. You will of course need FTP access to get the actual modifications onto the server, but assuming something like EasyMOD is built in, the actual installation will be done for you.

If you are asking because you are on a free host, they will likely disable any feature ...

It may be possible to use something like SMF's package manager (which isn't all that special BTW), but it is not possible to do a Firefox like update because phpBB runs on a server and not your local machine. That is not to say that a server can't automatically download and install an update (again ...

My guess is close to what Lastof posted above. It is impossible to provide upgrade paths for all MODs because there are simply too many. In fact, there are at least 3 birthday MODs that I am aware of.

There should be an update path provided for the attachment MOD (as stated in the in the FAQ topic ...

p3980 wrote: Problem is, the change doesn't seem to stick, Acyd.

As is always said here, "this is a dev board".

As stated in the announcement over on phpBB.com, there will be a server move sometime tomorrow. My guess would be that we are seeing the beginning of that move

Just wondering, how is migrating from 2.X to 3.0 going to work? Will I be able to keep my current data (posts, users, etc)?

From what I know, there will be a convertor very similar to the one from 1.x to 2.x. You will upload the install folder, run the upgrade.php file and the database schema ...

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