vBulletin 3.6.6 Released
 

vBulletin 3.6.6

It has been almost six months since our last bug-fix release (3.6.4) so the release of 3.6.6 represents a large number of fixes and tweaks to the system.

vBulletin 3.6.6 is the minimum required version for the upcoming vBulletin Blog and Project Tools products and includes various new hooks (including the much-requested fetch_musername hook) and code changes to accomodate these new systems. As a result, certain existing vBulletin features have been upgraded, such as date entry fields in the Admin CP, which now all feature the calendar popup date picker system designed for the project tools.


For the benefit of plugin authors, the information shown at the bottom of all vBulletin pages in debug mode is now greatly enhanced and shows not only all templates that have been called, but also all files that have been included by PHP and all hooks that have been encountered together with whether or not they executed code.


Complete list of problems and bugs fixed in vBulletin 3.6.6.

New Javascript Framework

With the use of AJAX and other client-side scripting systems increasing all the time, version 3.6.6 debuts various new methods of working with Javascript in vBulletin, many of which assist in the effort to remove as much Javascript from the templates as possible.

In order to facilitate this switch and to provide a solid framework on which to build, we have decided to employ the Yahoo! User Interface javascript library (YUI) for much of our DOM, event and XML-HTTP features, and in future versions you will see much greater use of this excellent library as we migrate some of our older Javascript code to a YUI base.

Included by default in vBulletin is the DOM/Event library (yahoo-dom-event.js) and the XML-HTTP connection handler (connection.js).

Upgrading from Previous Versions

3.6.6 is a maintenance release and we recommend that all customers upgrade to benefit from six months of bug fixes and stability improvements. Certain input validation errors in the Admin Control Panel have also been resolved so that unexpected errors are not encountered.

No patch or plugin is available to bring previous versions up to 3.6.6 without a full upgrade, as the various changes to implement all the bug fixes represent a large number of changes. To get the fixes from 3.6.6 onto your own board you must perform a full upgrade.

Full instructions for upgrading vBulletin are available here.

Template Changes

For this release we have changed the format of our customary Templates Changed Since X.Y.Z notice.

Previously the list was change-based, which often resulted in several templates being listed multiple times, sometimes with mandatory changes and other times not.

The 3.6.6 template change notice is template-based, so each template is listed only once and all changes to that template will be listed under the template name. If any of the changes to a template is mandatory, the entire template will be listed as requiring the change.

We hope that this new system will be easier and quicker to work with for those with modified templates.

PHP and MySQL Requirements

Please note that vBulletin 3.6.x requires at least PHP 4.3.3 and MySQL 4.0.16 or later.

Download vBulletin 3.6.6

As usual, vBulletin 3.6.6 is available for all customers with valid, active licenses to download from the vBulletin Members' Area.

vBulletin Members Area

Original Announcement and further info: vBulletin 3.6.6 Released
vBulletin.com discussion thread: vBulletin 3.6.6 Release Discussion

looks nice , but can i upgrade from 365 to 366 normal? All hacks on board are still work if i use this lastest version?

Thanks already :)

Well most of the hacks should not have a problem.

- File edits made to "core" vBulletin files will have to be reapplied.
(some hacks instruct to edit VB files)

- There is a good amount of template changes to the new update.
(some templates will need to be "reverted" to default and custom edits reapplied)

Testing upgrade... :)

the biggest edit i had to manage is "Thread Prefixes" addon... way too much edits... i hope this addon would be updated yet to so some automatic edits, and use the new $template_hook when possible (request more if possible too)

-- btw, took me 1:35 seconds to upgrade, uploading everything and passing the upgrade.php process counted!

EDIT: it's more like 1:35 minute than seconds.. lol

:eek:
That is very big, Did the upgrade go successful?

upgraded great, i have a load of hacks installed, all working fine after

from 3.6.5 to 3.6.6, it's like 7 or 8 clicks... simple.. :)

Thanks vBulletin Team :)

This will be my first upgrade and I'm still very new with vBulletin (my site isn't even live yet).

I've only installed a handful of mods but need more clarity around what I should be looking to have to manually fix.

1. I have some "products" imported (like webtemplates, downloadsII). Will I have to re-install these or anything or should they still show up in AdminCP after the upgrade?

2. My custom skin (courtesy of CyberAlien) has some various template changes to Header and Navbar, and I've made even more manual changes to add drop-down menu items, etc. I'm confused as to how I handle this as part of the upgrade.

Thanks.

So just upload everything and upgrade? I'm nervous!!!!!

First time upgrading too...I have so many hacks installed including the myspace profile hack and groups commune. Hope everything goes well. :D

good luck!!

I downloaded it, uploaded it, ran the update, is it meant to redirect from install/upgrade.php to install/finalupgrade.php? i ran the upgrader and I am still with 3.6.5 it didnt upgrade. I tried it twice already...

Thanks everything works fine except for a vbgallery module on my vbadvanced page.

Edit: Module is working now.

mine upgrade is ok al run fine, but mine forum is slower after the update
is that posibol?

I have made the same mistake. I am sure I missed something silly... :confused:

Same for me :) upgrade was quick, easy and purrrrrfect, mieow.

Can I upgrade from 3.6.4 to 3.6.6 without any problem ?

Yes you can, just run the upgrade script and it will take you through 3.65 and then on to 3.6.6.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be upgrading my forums anytime soon. :)

Thanks for the update. :)

Mmmh... five templates to updated :P

Updgraded to 3.6.6, haven't had any issues with any plugins. Happy about that. :)

Very nice - will be upgrading later!
Thanx for the release info ;)

Jacquii.

Upgrade went smooth. Very very quickly, few clicks and its done. Went from 3.6.4->3.6.5->3.6.6 and all my hacks on it still work.

Great work guys

i did upgrade already, but the problem was with templates, not fully compatible, addons and hacks was working perfectly (except some template medications) that i re installed them from begining
anyway :) as fare as its safer, than no prob ;)
greats

Hm, the "Date picker" in the Admincp Announcements doesn't appear. :p

Am I correct you only see what is changed after upgrade?

In that case I would like the old notice back too, or something like it. My board also has some hacks.
Depending on how many templates and/or files changed, I decided to either do a full upgrade or just a partial upgrade (which is a lot less work).

As far as I'm concerned you don't need to list all changes, just the names of the templates and files which have changes. That would already be nice to be able to make a good decision.:)

By the way.. thanks for the 3.6.6. upgrade!

xD Same here. I wonder why is that?

Apparently for Firefox, you need to clear your cache and then it should work. ^_^ Good update.

upgraded mine, got over under 40secs... where can i see the change log?

is someone using the datepickar in the forum and not only in the acp???

Errr!...
I can't see the 'DATE PICKER' and I got this message:

pffffffftttt - this was the upgrade from hell. 6 hours later and I'm still fixing my forum... :mad:

Oh, sorry to hear that. I've did mine in about 15 minutes and I didn't even have to update a single template. :)

I'm not going to enjoy updating my forum. A lot of the templates changed in 3.6.6 are ones that I've modified. It is going to suck upgrading!!

I'm glad for you. You must have a simple skin on your forum. Now is when I wish I did :rolleyes:



I wish I'd waited. There's already talk on vb.com of a patch and a fix for something-or-another.

My upgrade Sucked Too , Probably my fault for trying to drag and drop the entire uploads folder (excluding the install.php) and it acted like it went and i went through the upgrade.php browser thing and when it sent me back to my admin CP everything still said 3.6.5 Doh' ! ,,, Then i had to open up the uploads folder and over write local files one by one then publish then when i went to the upgrade.php it was diffrent :) after doing its thing my site now appears to be running 3.6.6 but in my Admin cp I see

Out-of-Date Custom Templates Found!
There are currently 8 customized template(s) that need to be updated or reverted. Some sections of vBulletin may not function if you do not do this!

Not sure what I should do about it everything seems to be working fine

DM

On Version 3.6.6 What ever you do dont keep typing in the quick reply box once its processing to send it will put like 5 posts with a few words in each in the thread