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RMcGirr83 wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2016 3:56 pm Hi Paul, how would you suggest I pass a username link using bbcode?

I would be interested to know that as well

Thanks Rich - I have exactly the same problem with one of my extensions.

I have tried manually creating it, replacing various characters - all to no avail.

3.2.0-RC1 has not been released yet, and should only be used if you know how to install a development version of phpBB. It has already been pointed out that 3.2.0-RC1 may not be complete.

I really wonder how challenging/difficult it is to add this to the core. Or write an extension. Apparantly it is quite difficult. An extension was started but was abandoned. From what I can recall of the extension the main problem was that the way the data that is needed for this is stored in phpBB...

I will give you the benefit of the doubt as you are new to this board. If the coders are not up for the task of actually developing, there is no reason for them to keep sitting around and drink coffee all day. As the developers, and everyone else connected with phpBB, are volunteers who do what they...

There is a possible complication with using the "required" attribute and that is where a field is only required in some circumstances. I am not sure how often, or if, this occurs in phpBB but say for example a field is required when creating a new forum but is not required when amending it...

juliokr wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2016 6:24 pm but phpBB3.2 ! who cares about 3.1.x ? ... people they are living in the past ...

On the basis that you have stated in another topic that you will not be using phpBB anymore then this is all irrelevant.

You could also ask the question isn't there a "general" lack of interest of developers to make extensions for phpBB ? With 160 extensions approved into the CDB and well over 400 still in development I would say that there is a considerable interest in developing extensions (and those are ...

juliokr wrote: ↑Sun May 01, 2016 9:28 pm he cannot finish because he can't get get the event he needs to finish

Has he created a Pull Request for the event he needs? If not then it will not suddenly appear by magic.

There is a valid argument that says it should be an extension then those who want it can have it and those who don't won't have it.

To put it in the core, as an option, will only serve to inflate the core.