Upgrade to vBulletin 3.5.4

[Brad]

As posted by Stefan on the portal



Yeah,

we did the big upgrade now. Let's say it was a hard work and we are still not yet finished. Those of you waiting for the new Hack DB still have to wait. As the DB is still not finished, we decided to upgrade now, and add the DB later.

I know that most of you can hardly wait for the DB, but we think it's better to do the upgrade now, so we can faster implement new suggestions and everything else.

And lately i want to excuse to those beeing surprised about the htaccess protection, without a notice before, but actually I was surprised myself about getting time today to do it, so I said: let's just do it.

Finally i want to say, that we have tested and ported nearly everything, but of course something could have happened, so if you miss something or find a bug, don't hesitat to post it into site feedback forum!

And now enjoy the new features of vBulletin 3.5 on vB.org!

[Nutz]

Looking Good!

Thanks,
Mat

[john1744]

Awesome. So far so good.

I guess AJAX isn't enabled? :(

[theArchitect]

Fantastic! :D

AJAX for teh Win!

[the Sandman]

Hats off to the vBulletin.org team! http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/images/smilies/tiphat.gif

[Daniel]

Hope it went smoothly!

[adb22791]

Wonderful! Finally, I can switch between WYSIWYG and Standard editing on the go! :banana:

[john1744]

I don't think the site is using AJAX, my page keeps loading up the standard editors when using it for quick reply and editing.

Either that or I'm having issues with Firefox...

[Brandon Sheley]

good job,, now I can use the spell checker :D

[Ignignokt]

Did we always need to click the quick reply button? I thought that requisite was disabled but I could be wrong :)

[Cole2026]

Finally, we're upgraded. :p

Now we just gotta wait for the hack database. ^_^

[Treak]

ahaha it loads pretty slow tho

[Brad]

Quick edit is turned off because of some custom code, it will hopefully be enabled at some point.

Also make sure to do a hard refresh (ctrl + f5) before reporting bugs, that makes sure you're using the latest javascript. :)

[Floris]

Clicking quick reply is no longer required anymore :)

Good job staff! :)

[Xenon]

yep, that was a little problem that one setting wasn't stored ^^

[Borgs8472]

good job, we're still here :)

[Paul M]

Well despite the suddeness, well done. :)

Now, how about using the new database marking instead of the cookie system. :)

[Tefra]

nice to see this site running finally under vb 3.5x
Good luck with the rest of the upgrade processes.

[Brad]

Quick edit is turned off because of some custom code, it will hopefully be enabled at some point.

Also make sure to do a hard refresh (ctrl + f5) before reporting bugs, that makes sure you're using the latest javascript. :)
Quick edit is working now also. :)

[Xenon]

Well despite the suddeness, well done. :)

Now, how about using the new database marking instead of the cookie system. :)
hmm, if you think?

i have not enabled it because i was fine with the old right now ^^

[tnguy3n]

hehe... I thought this upgrade would install new hack DB, but it's not just yet. :D

[BamaStangGuy]

I prefer the new database thread marking system as well.

[Paul M]

hmm, if you think?

i have not enabled it because i was fine with the old right now ^^Yes, I much prefer a system that actually works as it should, and in my experience, most people prefer it as well.

[Corriewf]

OPPS THEY JUST RELEASED VB 4.0!!!!!




























Just kidding.... :D

[Xenon]

Yes, I much prefer a system that actually works as it should, and in my experience, most people prefer it as well.
hmm kay...

time to get used to the new way then ^^

[BamaStangGuy]

I do not like the thread start in its own colum on forumdisplay :(

[Paul M]

time to get used to the new way then ^^Yep, out with the old, in with the new. :up:

[Brad]

I do not like the thread start in its own colum on forumdisplay :(
You're just going to have to get used to that. ;)

Note to all: Make sure to mark all forums as read else all posts will show up as new.

[Paul M]

Note to all: Make sure to mark all forums as read else all posts will show up as new.It should only be the last x days, depending on what you have it set to (10 days is the default ?)

[BamaStangGuy]

You're just going to have to get used to that. ;)

Note to all: Make sure to mark all forums as read else all posts will show up as new.

:( Why the change? It is making all of us who use the default way crazy.

[Developer]

nice and waiting for the new hack DB

[Xenon]

:( Why the change? It is making all of us who use the default way crazy.

actually not every change will stay

i'd suggest to start a poll to find out which way users like more....

[Paul M]

actually not every change will stay

i'd suggest to start a poll to find out which way users like more....Just to be clear - he's referring to the forums display, not the marking. :)

[BamaStangGuy]

Just to be clear - he's referring to the forums display, not the marking. :)

lol yea....

[Xenon]

hmm, you have to argue with brad, it was his idea ^^

[Razasharp]

hmm, you have to argue with brad, it was his idea ^^

Sorry Brad! I don't like it either - makes the page look clogged up...

Well done on a quick upgrade tho (could've let us kno tho :p )

[Zachariah]

15 queries (1 queries for uncached templates)
- member.php

[Developer]

hmm, you have to argue with brad, it was his idea ^^
and i like it

[sabret00the]

nice, is there gonna be a list of all the hacks installed :p

[Xenon]

nope, as most hacks are not yet released ^^

to name a few:
Forum as Trashbin 1.2
Post Hidden Posts 0.8
Prevent Doubleposts 1.0 Beta 4
vBulletin.org Hack Presentation 1.0
Intuitive automated reply system 2.4

[Quillz]

Good job with the update.

[Erwin]

Looks fantastically awesome!!! :D

[nitro]

Nice job :)

Hack update emails are looking somewhat funny right now tho :p


Array[username] has updated his hack:

PhotoPlog: The Lite Gallery (v.2.0.1)
Array[bburl]/showthread.php?threadid=101368

This is the update that the user gave:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the PhotoPlog delete.php file find:

$db->query_write("DELETE FROM photoplog_ratecomment
WHERE fileid = ".intval($photoplog_file_id)."
$photoplog_admin_sql1
");

And delete $photoplog_admin_sql1 from the query.

The ZIP has now been updated with this change.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Yours,
Array[bbtitle] team

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Un-installation information:

To un-install this hack, and by that not recieving any more updates to it,
please visit this page:
Array[bburl]/vborg_miscations.php?do=uninstallhack&threadid=101368

[rossco_2005]

I dunno if you guys know this or not but on forumdisplay the sticky threads don't have green 'Sticky:' text anymore, it's just black (makes it hard to tell diff between stickys and non-sticky):D

[Corriewf]

So how did the upgrade go?

[Brad]

Nice job :)

Hack update emails are looking somewhat funny right now tho :p
Fixed.

[Brad]

I dunno if you guys know this or not but on forumdisplay the sticky threads don't have green 'Sticky:' text anymore, it's just black (makes it hard to tell diff between stickys and non-sticky):D
Fixed

[sidekick]

sweet

[Zachery]

Yes, I much prefer a system that actually works as it should, and in my experience, most people prefer it as well.

The old system does work, just because it doesn't do what you want it too doesn't mean it isn't working as it was designed. I prefer the old system personally.

[Razasharp]

The old system was almost right.

If it would automatically mark read threads you have just posted in or threads you have just created it would be perfect!

If it was designed not to do that then it is a design flaw imo. It was the first thing that bugged me (and my users) when we moved over from phpbb (which did mark threads correctly).

It makes sense to mark a thread you have just posted as 'read' (as you get directed back to it after posting anway - so have actually read it) same as with creating a new thread.

jmo.

[Adrian Schneider]

It's about bloody time.

Just kidding. :) I'm glad to see everything is upgraded and still running, and I look forward to the new hacks database as well!

[Lea Verou]

Whoa! What a surprise! Thank you all! :D

[Erwin]

I'm using the cookie system on my forums too - I assume that it would not be as server intensive as it's on the client side.

[Logician]

Big thanks to everybody who took part in this upgrade work! I can imagine how hard and labour intensive it was with all the large and sensitive modifications the site has.

[Brad]

Thanks Logician, good to see you around. :)

[Quillz]

So how did the upgrade go?
It seems to me it went pretty smoothly.

[Adrian Schneider]

It seems to me it went pretty smoothly.
It seems so... but getting there is half the fun! I'm also curious how fun it was!

[007]

I'm missing the top search box already. :-(

Other than that it looks great! I was wondering why it was locked by a login prompt earlier today. :-)

[projectego]

Nice work vB.org team. :)

[Oblivion Knight]

The forums seem to be loading much quicker now that we're on vBulletin 3.5.x too.. :)

[Marky]

And about time too lol :p
Good job - love the new changes :)

[lazytown]

Finally! Great Job, must have been a lot of work with with all the customizations and template edits.

I agree that database marking for posts is a must -- and easily the best feature of 3.5. My users complained for a while but now they don't notice it. I believe with the old way when I clicked "go to first unread post" in a thread it would usually take me to the wrong spot. With database marking it is always correct. Plus, anyone who prefers the old way can just "mark all forums read" before they leave for the day.

-vissa

[bigcurt]

Wow marco..quit slacking on the hack DB please :) ( just kidding ;) )


~curt

[Paul M]

Okay, two gripes (sorry).

1. I'm starting to dislike the seperate column for the thread starter - because I keep mistaking it for being the last poster.

2. I really hate the way doublepost works with quick reply - two versions of the same post is just damn confusing. I know you are using the latest Xenon (plugin) version, but in this case I think the fixed file edit version was better, as this confusion does not happen (I use that version on).

Other than that, looking good so far. :)

[lazytown]

1. I'm starting to dislike the seperate column for the thread started - because I keep mistaking it for being the last poster.
Where do you see a column for Thread Started? I've been wanting that at vb.org forever -- is it in another skin (I use deep blue)? If we had a sortable column for "thread started" we could quickly see when new mods have been added (for which I know no way to easily do).

-vissa

[Paul M]

Sorry, Thread Starter, it's just a typo.

[RS_Jelle]

One word: finally :)

Great job :up:

[Cromulent]

Nice work guys, feels a bit faster too. Could be my imagination though :).

[Trigunflame]

Personally I think its a placebo ;) Nifty having 3.5 features though.. inline editing be one of them.

[Tony G]

Yay finally. :D

Is it me or is the board loading slower on 3.5? =/

[Jeminemt]

hmmm, since upgrading, my members cant change their password in UserCP... it says "Required Field 'Email'" wasnt complete or something like that. Anyone else have this trouble or did i just forget to upload something in the upgrade lol?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

This thread is about vbulletin.org upgrading.

Is your problem with vb.org or your own board?

[Xenon]

Yay finally. :D

Is it me or is the board loading slower on 3.5? =/
that's because today the server is a bit slow

it was way faster yesterday after the upgrade ;)

[Jeminemt]

This thread is about vbulletin.org upgrading.

Is your problem with vb.org or your own board?

wow i apologize... i was thinking this was some sort of support forum for the new upgrade. sorry bout that guys

[Mattikana]

sort by installs is broken on forumdisplay

[Regs]

Good job, well done.

[Xenon]

sort by installs is broken on forumdisplay

fixed

[Developer]

that's because today the server is a bit slow

it was way faster yesterday after the upgrade ;)
yeah today people want to see vb.org after upgrading :banana: :banana:

[bigcurt]

Yea, it is a very good upgrade. I do notice that it is going a little slower today, but that is because you said the server is slower today.

~Curt

[Xenon]

and now, go on finding those little new features i added and ad from time to time :D

[Impreza04]

There seems to be a few problems, the Latest Hack releases on the portal doesn't seem to update and uninstall hack just brings up a blank page when using it on search and viewforum..

[Xenon]

Works for me

there just wasn't a new hack to be there ^^

[Brad]

Fixed the uninstall link, was an extra ? in there. :)

[DrewM]

Could u put the reply and pages above the hack thread.

[zappsan]

Finally!
Thanks for the upgrade :)

[David_R]

wow thats cool i was not aware we are already migrated to 3.5.4 :)

[soniceffect]

Nice smooth upgrade guys .. good job :)

[Snake]

Well done on the upgrade. Now the new database system is left to do! :D

[GoTTi]

just saw this. good news.

[yayvb]

Sounds good. One of my boards is running 3.5.2 which isn't ancient yet but I'd like to upgrade. The site has about 10 or so hacks installed. I actually installed all the same hacks on another test board and when I copied and overwrote all the files and tried to run the upgrade of course the site crashed and basically I wiped everything out and started all over.

I opened a thread asking the best way to upgrade a hacked site but the only response I got was someone saying I shouldn't have any problems. Well I did have problems which is why I asked the questions. :)

Is there an easy way to compare ALL of the files to see which ones have extra code added (hacked) and is there a way to compare the new database with the old database or something?

Like I said my live site with 300+ members needs to go from 3.5.2 to 3.5.4 but I don't want to kill the site. I can back it up which I do every day butam just looking for tips and or tricks to make this whole thing easier! :) For instance would it help me if after backing it up I setup the backup in a test environment and try to upgrade that one first and if I succeed move to the live or copy the test over to the live or something?

[Tony G]

Sounds good. One of my boards is running 3.5.2 which isn't ancient yet but I'd like to upgrade. The site has about 10 or so hacks installed. I actually installed all the same hacks on another test board and when I copied and overwrote all the files and tried to run the upgrade of course the site crashed and basically I wiped everything out and started all over.

I opened a thread asking the best way to upgrade a hacked site but the only response I got was someone saying I shouldn't have any problems. Well I did have problems which is why I asked the questions. :)

Is there an easy way to compare ALL of the files to see which ones have extra code added (hacked) and is there a way to compare the new database with the old database or something?

Like I said my live site with 300+ members needs to go from 3.5.2 to 3.5.4 but I don't want to kill the site. I can back it up which I do every day butam just looking for tips and or tricks to make this whole thing easier! :) For instance would it help me if after backing it up I setup the backup in a test environment and try to upgrade that one first and if I succeed move to the live or copy the test over to the live or something?
There are programs that can compare files for you - only one I know of is called 'Beyond Compare' but there are more out there.

[Stone Cold 3:16]

I knew it! The forum looked different in SOME way.

[soniceffect]

Another program I use for comparing files is ultraedit32 but then I can`t compare it to beyond compare as I`ve never tried it

(bet thats hard to say fast LOL)

[Stop]

Successfully upgraded with no troubles at all.

[yayvb]

Show off ;)

[cruelio]

Sounds good. One of my boards is running 3.5.2 which isn't ancient yet but I'd like to upgrade. The site has about 10 or so hacks installed. I actually installed all the same hacks on another test board and when I copied and overwrote all the files and tried to run the upgrade of course the site crashed and basically I wiped everything out and started all over.

I opened a thread asking the best way to upgrade a hacked site but the only response I got was someone saying I shouldn't have any problems. Well I did have problems which is why I asked the questions. :)

Is there an easy way to compare ALL of the files to see which ones have extra code added (hacked) and is there a way to compare the new database with the old database or something?

Like I said my live site with 300+ members needs to go from 3.5.2 to 3.5.4 but I don't want to kill the site. I can back it up which I do every day butam just looking for tips and or tricks to make this whole thing easier! :) For instance would it help me if after backing it up I setup the backup in a test environment and try to upgrade that one first and if I succeed move to the live or copy the test over to the live or something?

What I have done is to run a diff between the hacked forum files and the original 3.5.2 files, which generates a patch file, which can then be reapplied to 3.5.4 after overwriting the files. make sure to keep backups! (of files and DBs)

[yayvb]

Yeah wow this sounds like a huge project. :) I also want to compare the database or something. I feel like the best way is to install the newest version somewhere, fill the database with old db information, install appropriate hacks, see if any custom database fields are required, compare all files and redo any necessary change.

Yikes and when I'm done weeks later ;) that's when the real fun begins when you get to pinpoint the bugs and errors. haha oh well, guess it can't be too easy.