Welcome to my personal website!

   John B. Abela is my name! I am the owner of 4CM Network a social and security software company, a long distance hiker, and I presently reside in the beautiful and majestic Redwood forests of Northern California.

   My online profiles:    If you are here for any of the websites I operate I am excited you have found your way to my personal website. However, please be aware that using my personal website in an attempt to contact "technical support"... well, that is not the purpose of this website. Quite simply, every website I own has a dedicated technical support feature if you need any assistance!

   If you are here for phpBB related issues: please know that while I am a co-founder of phpBB, I am no longer involved in that Open Source project. I gave an amazing number of years of supporting, administrating, moderating, and creating and supporting modifications/hacks to this project. I, like many others, just got burned out. My shoutouts to James, Paul, Frank, Patrick, and the many others who've helped me make phpBB the #1 php-based open source discussion forum in the world!

   If you are interested in having me speak at any events or meetings you are planning please contact me with the details of the event, the date and location of the event, the payment and accommodations you give to your speakers, and lastly... I need at least 60-days notice as my schedule stays pretty packed these days.

   Oh, for those of you wondering... the picture at the top of the website was taken near my house ;)

   If you would like to see my sisters website, you can go to www.AmyAbela.Com!

   My two favorite quotes at the moment:
In God's wildness lies the hope of the world - the great fresh unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware. ~ John Muir
Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. ~ Proverbs 4:26