vBulletin 3.6.8 Released
 

vBulletin 3.6.8

vBulletin 3.6.8 is a maintenance release to improve the stability of vBulletin as well as providing required compatibility for the vBulletin Blog addon. The Blog therefore will require 3.6.8 as a minimum to function.

Changed files and mandatory template changes are listed below.

We have also fixed various bugs since vBulletin 3.6.7 was released, these fixes include:

• 22080: Internet Explorer locks up on forumhome
• 22260: Quick Reply causes errors with PHP 5.0.5
• 22242: Show edited by appearing incorrectly
• 22289: Email activation can lead to the wrong usergroup being selected
• 22667: Suspected file versions identifies addons incorrectly
• 22293: Support for Safari 3.0 on Windows
• See other bugs fixed in 3.6...

Upgrading from Previous Versions

3.6.8 is a maintenance release and we recommend that all customers upgrade to benefit from many bug fixes and stability improvements.

No patch or plugin is available to bring previous versions up to 3.6.8 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 3.6.8 onto your own board, you must perform a full upgrade.

Full instructions for upgrading vBulletin are available here.

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.

End of Life for PHP 4 announced

The PHP group recently announced that support for PHP 4 will end on December 31st, this means there will be no security updates or bug fixes for PHP 4 after this point. We seriously recommend that you consider upgrading to the latest version of PHP (5.2.3) and MySQL (5.0.45). vBulletin 3.6.8 supports both of these without any problems, though you may need to disable strict mode for MySQL, see here on how to enable 'force_sql_mode'.

Note: We will continue to support PHP 4 in our currently released versions.

Download vBulletin 3.6.8

As usual, vBulletin 3.6.8 is available for all customers with valid, active licenses to download from the vBulletin Members' Area.

vBulletin Members Area

You can read the full announcement at vbulletin.com: vBulletin 3.6.8 Released

vBlogs seem to be round the corner!! gr8 news!!

nice.

So does this version feature the blog add on?

The upcoming Blog will be a seperate product.

I see. So any release date set for the Blog feature?

Unexpected time! :o

sooo true dude... it's like xmas, only not really! :p

oh the fun of upgrade days ... *twitches*

Eugh another update :(

When does vBulletin.org plan on updating?

Distance