MOD Team Timeline

As we enter a new year it seems like an appropriate time to look back at the history of the MOD Team. This time line focuses on how the team has evolved with regards to community projects, MOD Team sanctioned tools, meetings and more.
MOD Team Timeline
April 2002:
- phpBB2 released
- MOD Team is founded under AbelaJohnB
- Initial release of EasyMOD, the automatic MOD installer
September 2002:
- Second alpha release of EasyMOD
January 2003:
- phpBB2 MOD Database officially opened
May 2003:
- Third alpha release of EasyMOD
October 2003:
- Nuttzy99 becomes MOD Team Leader
August 2004:
- First beta release of EasyMOD
February 2005:
- wGEric becomes MOD Team Leader
August 2005:
- Community coding projects announced
December 2005:
- MODding’s Most Wanted announced
April 2006:
- MODX is announced, the XML version of the MOD Template
July 2006:
- The second edition of MODding’s Most Wanted occurs
March 2007:
- phpBB.com updated to phpBB3
- phpBB.com’s new website is unveiled
May 2007:
- phpBB3 MOD Database (Ariel) is opened for viewing
June 2007:
- First annual MOD Authors Convention takes place on IRC
- phpBB3 MOD Database (Ariel) now allows for MOD submissions and validations
December 2007:
- phpBB 3.0.0 is officially released
July 2008:
- phpBB2 MODs are no longer accepted in the MOD Database
- Londonvasion, the first phpBB meet
August 2008:
- Second annual MOD Authors Convention takes place on IRC
- MPV, the MOD Pre-Validator, is open for public use
October 2008:
- The Junior Validators team is created for the MOD Team
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