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vse/browsehappy
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Displays an Outdated Browser Banner on your phpBB forum's index page, visible only to Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9 users, to encourage them to upgrade to a modern browser.

2.0.1(9y ago)4263GPL-2.0PHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since Jun 6Pushed 5y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/iMattPro/browsehappy)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/vse/browsehappy)[ Docs](https://github.com/VSEphpbb/browsehappy)[ RSS](/packages/vse-browsehappy/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 6d ago

READMEChangelog (4)Dependencies (1)Versions (5)Used By (0)

Browse Happy - A phpBB extension
================================

[](#browse-happy---a-phpbb-extension)

[![Browse Happy](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6cac65eca9b5fdd6a4a4c174adba3f0ccfb964fe28367ae56423863804529293/687474703a2f2f696d61747470726f2e6769746875622e696f2f6c6f676f2f62726f77736568617070792d69636f6e2d6c672e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6cac65eca9b5fdd6a4a4c174adba3f0ccfb964fe28367ae56423863804529293/687474703a2f2f696d61747470726f2e6769746875622e696f2f6c6f676f2f62726f77736568617070792d69636f6e2d6c672e706e67)

> It's time to say goodbye to Internet Explorer.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d5e92974cb342d745552af4798e881aa467a723026b4e70bf0ec3a526301e5f2/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f694d61747450726f2f62726f77736568617070792e737667)](https://travis-ci.org/iMattPro/browsehappy)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c1346242651bde7587ecce61e0e71106bcbaca7120501dcf72e957e26be46d44/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f7673652f62726f77736568617070792f762f737461626c65)](https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/extension/browse_happy/)

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The Browse Happy extension helps make your phpBB forum a better place for all your visitors. It displays an Outdated Browser Banner on the forum's index page, visible only to Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9 users, to encourage them to upgrade to a modern browser by visiting [browsehappy.com](http://browsehappy.com).

Minimum Requirements
--------------------

[](#minimum-requirements)

- phpBB 3.1.2 or phpbb 3.2.0
- PHP 5.3.3

Install
-------

[](#install)

1. [Download the latest validated release](https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/extension/browse_happy/).
2. Unzip the downloaded release and copy it to the `ext` directory of your phpBB board.
3. Navigate in the ACP to `Customise -> Manage extensions`.
4. Look for `Browse Happy` under the Disabled Extensions list and click its `Enable` link.

Uninstall
---------

[](#uninstall)

1. Navigate in the ACP to `Customise -> Manage extensions`.
2. Click the `Disable` link for Browse Happy.
3. To permanently uninstall, click `Delete Data`, then delete the `browsehappy` folder from `phpBB/ext/vse/`.

License
-------

[](#license)

[GNU General Public License v2](http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0)

© 2013 - Matt Friedman

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.5% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~316 days

Total

4

Last Release

3413d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f27058bb08dbf78f4871638ee8b4a7367938147dc0ee2f6fe9fbc7f9fa945759?d=identicon)[MattF](/maintainers/MattF)

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Top Contributors

[![iMattPro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/303711?v=4)](https://github.com/iMattPro "iMattPro (153 commits)")[![alhitary](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9897472?v=4)](https://github.com/alhitary "alhitary (1 commits)")[![Galixte](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7478287?v=4)](https://github.com/Galixte "Galixte (1 commits)")[![phpbb-es](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/516656?v=4)](https://github.com/phpbb-es "phpbb-es (1 commits)")[![pmezhuev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10465417?v=4)](https://github.com/pmezhuev "pmezhuev (1 commits)")

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Tags

phpbb-extensionbrowserphpbbextensionexplorermoderninternetbrowsehappy

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/vse-browsehappy/health.svg)

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