umm... no that won't work.

So in the end we can't upgrade to VB gold?

I upgraded by vB 3 RC 4 to gold with absolutely no problems at all. Check it out at http://www.daniweb.com

Which steps (in which order) did u follow to not overwrite vbadvanced?

Thanks!

Here's what I did;

1) Upgrade to Vb-3 Gold (upload all files and run upgrade script, as per instructions).

2) Depending on which templates that you revert when upgrading to Gold (you have a choice) you may have to make all the edit changes as per the Vbandvanced instuctions (calendar templates, some files in the 'includes folder etc). Check those now and edit as needed.

3) Important! Re-upload the 'advindex_install.php' to the admincp folder and run that script again (http://yoursite.com/forum/admincp/advindex_install.php) but after you give the admin login CHOOSE THE THIRD OPTION , it;s something like;
Click here to install ONLY the templates (useful after upgrading vBulletin) -->
This will make the necesary updates to the new VB-3 files and you shouldn't lose any of your VBadvanced hacks, because those are left untouched, they don't get overwritten by VB-3 files with a couple of exceptions like the Navbar template etc.

Pretty much just following the original instructions except not uploading the index.php file and choosing the third option when runniing that script.

Chas.

P.s. To answer Powerpig's question, if you run the script to re-install the tempaltes you will probably have to go back into the Vbadvanced options section of the admincp and enter your news forum ID number etc to get that to show up again on the index page. This is all in the instructions for a 'new' install, you can download the zip again if you don't have those instructions.

chas above is correct... Follow that and you won't go wrong..

However, when you are doing the file edits you will notice one change from RC4 to GOLD:

Instead of looking for:

In your includes/adminfunctions_template.php file, you'll want to search for this instead:

That's it, you should be good to go!

This hack works 100% fine with the one listed change by snowy and Alien above.

:) im about as offical as Tigga on the subject for vBa

You can take that to the bank! :D

Oops, you're right, I forgot to add that part. I was able to find it without that but it was a pain. Thanks for pointing that out.

Chas.

so is vbadvanced ready for vb 3 gold?