Some exciting work going on at http://www.mpsmod.com/viewtopic.php?t=8 ... c&start=30
They have an "MPS MOD" for phpbb2 which they (or "Jadestone" in person) are developing for phpBB3, with the expected release date in December. When it's done the intention is to convert the "plain vanilla" Profiles in phpbb into someting more resembling a MySpace page. An idea of how it will look can be seen here - http://www.morrisania.com/forum2/profil ... rofile&u=3
OK, this page is not to everyone's tastes but at least it shows the potential.
This MOD it seems, will have built-in Blogging, Birthdays, [url=http]Profile Albums[/url] and Online / Offline / Hidden MODs built in.
OK, so it's a bit radical, but we are getting older and users are getting younger, so something like this can't be dismissed. It would be interesting to see if, when Jadestone at MPSMOD gets his MOD released, it could be integrated into a Stargate release.