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Updating phpBB MODs can be a pain, but advancements in the phpBB code base and AutoMOD (which I highly recommend not touching until it is stable) will make it easier in due time.

It is very easy to to learn how to upgrade or install a phpBB MOD. After finding the MOD information page and downloading the compressed file, you can look at this page which will explain pretty much everything needed for installing or upgrading a MOD.

If you don't know how to use FTP, look here.

But before you do that, I highly recommend doing two things:
*Backing up all forum files. This means FTP'ing into the site, and downloading the forums/ directory to your computer. All of it, nothing more, nothing less.
*Backing up the SQL files. This can be done easily and backups all the data in the forum; without this it is useless.
*#From the cPanel page, scroll down the "Database" section and click on "phpMyAdmin"
*#On the lefthand navbar, select "_phpBB3" (as of January 2010)
*#In the right hand main frame, click on the "Export" tab.
*#*Note: There is also a "SQL" tab which is used for executing mySQL/database queries which may be need by some MODs.
*#*The default settings work fine. Make sure you select all the tables (just press "Select All").
*#*At the bottom, check "Save as File" and select "Zipped" as the method of compression.
*#Press "Go" and save the file to a safe location.

If all goes well, phpBB will work fine and not blow up. If it does throw a error back at you (which will either be just a blank page with a error or in-line with the forums), there are several forums to help you fix it (if you cannot figure out what you did wrong to begin with):
*[http://www.phpbbhacks.com phpBBHacks.com]
*[http://www.phpbb.com phpBB.com]

Several things to go through before going to a forum for help, just to prevent yourself looking like a idiot for missing something so simple, include:
*Double checking your file edits
**Check you edited the right file
**Check you modified the correct line in the correct place
**Check you modified the line in the correct way
*Make sure you copied the modified files over the server
*Check you copied over any files that were included with the MOD that needed to be copied over
**i.e. - Files that are custom created by the MOD author

Overall, you should be good with that. If in doubt, check the external links.

==External Links==
*[http://www.phpbbhacks.com phpBBHacks.com]
*[http://www.phpbb.com phpBB.com]

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 Updating phpBB MODs can be a pain, but advancements in the phpBB code base and AutoMOD (which I highly recommend not touching until it is stable) will make it easier in due time.
-It is very easy to to learn how to upgrade or install a phpBB MOD. After finding the MOD information page and downloading the compressed file, you can look at this page which will explain pretty much everything needed for installing or upgrading a MOD.
+It is very easy to to learn how to upgrade or install a phpBB MOD. After finding the MOD information page and downloading the compressed file, you can look at [http://www.phpbb.com/mods/installing/ this page] which will explain pretty much everything needed for installing or upgrading a MOD.
-If you don't know how to use FTP, look here.
+For more information on FTP, check [[FTP|here]].
-But before you do that, I highly recommend doing two things:
+==Backing Up==
 *Backing up all forum files. This means FTP'ing into the site, and downloading the forums/ directory to your computer. All of it, nothing more, nothing less.
 *Backing up the SQL files. This can be done easily and backups all the data in the forum; without this it is useless.
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 *[http://www.phpbb.com phpBB.com]
-Several things to go through before going to a forum for help, just to prevent yourself looking like a idiot for missing something so simple, include:
+==Errors==
 *Double checking your file edits
 **Check you edited the right file
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 *[http://www.phpbbhacks.com phpBBHacks.com]
 *[http://www.phpbb.com phpBB.com]