Forums upgraded to 4.2.0...

[odingalt]

Vbulletin was upgraded to the latest version. It looks like the "What's New" got wiped out in the process. Unfortunate as that is what I use to try to find customers in need of help!

Looks like this wasn't just a routine security patch upgrade -- they've changed the functionality quite a bit. Personally I do not like Vbulletin. Constant upgrades and changes. They will probably force vb5 on us soon. :-(

Let me know if any of you run into any strangeness or problems with the forums and I will investigate to see if it's related to this latest upgrade.

 

[modded matt]

ahhem.....cough.... SMF

 

[BraveTitan]

Just a thought if your thinking on dropping Vbulletin....

http://xenforo.com

Heres a standard setup with that they look like

http://xenforo.com/community/

got a couple of cool features one being that you can see a section of the first thread in a topic by hovering over the title and adding a description to each section by doing the same thing.

 

[odingalt]

Xenforo!! Not the first time I've heard of it. If I could do it all over again I would try xenforo!

Vbulletin just keeps getting worse and worse - hard on the eyes - hard to navigate - vbulletin is pretty much early 1990's technology in terms of its capabilities and layout. And to think I paid around $400 for a license!!

 

[NYjetsNY1]

Just a quick heads up... the What's New is still there. Here is the link to it. http://www.viking360.com/forums/search.php?searchid=116016

Just bookmark that link I guess.

Or just click the "What's New" and then instead of "Activity Stream" go to "New Posts"

 

[modded matt]

SMF has recent posts and recent topics. It has all the features VB has, its free, opensource, and secure. Updates are seemless. here is an example of a custom codded theme by yours truly: http://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php?action=forum

Simple portal is a window into the forum, this is a free forum add on or modification:
http://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php