Customizing templates safely, speeding up and securing your forum, and moving it to a new server. · 4 articles
Moving is copying the database and files, then updating a handful of settings. The order that avoids downtime, and what to do about your licenses.
Edits made the right way survive every upgrade. Use a child style, prefer extra.less and template modifications, and keep add-on templates untouched.
The changes that make the biggest difference to a slow forum, from PHP OPcache and a cache server to cron and keeping add-ons lean.
Ten checks that protect your forum: two-step verification for staff, fewer administrators, updates, backups and trusted add-ons only.
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