vB3 -> vB4 is quite easy.
Rule 1 - full backup
Rule 2 - disable all add-ons and ONLY put the the vB4 versions into your new site

We did is a couple of years ago, we setup a test site and played around until it worked how we wanted - then did it live

Nonsense. Says the bloke who won't upgrade this site to v4 either.

All I do is tell facts you don't happen to like. I don't hate v4, I simply refuse to just mindlessly hype it.

It loads slower out of the box, does have a bloated database and is also full of security holes.

It just is what it is.

Which has zero to do with my opinion of vB4, and everything to do with the huge amount of work it would take.
Something Im sure you know full well, so dont wast everyones time with cheap shots about specific forums.

No, you mostly post opinions, not facts.
This is almost all your opinion, nothing more. The only bit you could generally argue as a fact is that it will mostly run slightly slower, although unless you have a big forum general network speed variations are more likely to be noticeable.

Utter tripe.
At least you proved my point, you cannot post sensible information.

Thanks for the belly laugh. v4 merely represents the start of the fall down the slope, of vBulletin who with version 5 made sure it completely killed a once robust and industry leading platform.

Blinders you wear, pretending this isn't true and the problems with v4 which are multitude, don't exist. You represent this failed company, Internet Brands, very well. *slaps knee*

~Ahem~

vBulletin is what you make it. If you don't like something about it then change it. I've changed so many templates and php files that I'm not sure if the majority of the code is VB or mine.

I added a lot of jquery, flash, javascript, php, etc. and my site has a lot of images that are not optimized in any way. Yeah I'm sure my site loads slowly but I provide my users with an MP3 player packed with over 300 hits songs (all legal - I pay the licensing fees) for free as an incentive for them to visit my site. I don't think they mind if the initial page takes an extra second or 2 to load.

I consider my site a proof of concept project that I enjoy working on from time to time. I'm not sure what all these issues with 4.2 are that you keep mentioning. It works fine for me. That's why I'll never upgrade.

If you want to look at my site (and say it sucks) feel free. You will need to register to use the MP3 player or post in the forum. By the way, the forum will not have many posts in it because it is not the main focus of my site. I found that vBulletin can be used to create more than just forum sites.

www.pjksoftware.com


fyi...you will need to use Firefox or Chrome. The are incompatibilities with some of my code with IE which I am working on

At some point Vb5 will most likely be worked out as well but the latest Vb4.2.2 is very solid and secure.

Sure vulnerabilities are found every so often but usually patched very quickly just as vulnerabilities are found and patched in pretty much every software and script.

In regards to the op giving up... Sure major upgrades are difficult for someone who has not done it or does not do this type of thing all the time. I can understand that but the issue here was not the version at all.

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Nice site but yes, it does load very, very slowly which will cause a large seo impact. You could probably shave some load time off just by optimizing your images and caching.

Nice looking site though.

Thanks but I'm not concerned with SEO because most of my visitors are by word of mouth from past clients and peers. I've done a lot of work for many firms (click on the experience tab and you will see a few) so I get my share of visitors without relying too much on SEO

When I read Max's comment about the bloated db I was concerned but, it makes sense that if someone takes into the consideration the cms and blog of 4.2's suite, it only makes sense that of course the db would be larger. Bloated? ummmm, some people may describe it that way I guess.

A whole lot of negative about a product should be backed up and, fully explained. If I didn't know better and I just went with "bloated", I would form a bad opinion. It it were explained why the product were "fatter" and an explanation as to why it is fatter i.e. more features and additional stuff, then I could form a better more educated opinion of the product.

No wonder a lot of users are jumping ship, they hear such things as it's pantry is bloated!