Difference between 4.0.3 and 4.0.2?
 

could anybody tell me the difference between 4.0.3 and 4.0.2..

and how do i go about upgrading? do i need to pay? is it worth the upgrade?

thanks..

It is mainly bug and security issues fixex. Plus some new things added like the facebook connect.

Yes, it is advisable to upgrade your forum as it is always best to stay up to dated with the latest version, security-wise. Upgrading is easy. Have a look at the readme folder inside the vb package or at the online manual.

does this change my templates?

"Changed Templates in 4.0.3 that Require Template Reverts:
calendar_edit_recurrence
FORUMDISPLAY
FORUMHOME
header
headinclude
modifypassword
navbar
Postbit.css
register
replacement-vbulletin-ie.css
USERCP_SHELL
vbcms_widget_recentthreads_config
vbulletin.css
vbulletin-chrome.css"

what does this mean? does it mean i lose all changes? or does it mean i need to restore them to default before i upgrade?

i really dont have the time to go through and make all the changes again.. i was hoping like the patch updates my templates remain the same...

What it means is that there have been changes to those templates in order to fix bugs. If you do not get the changes made in those templates into your template, there may be issues with your site.

You don't have to revert before upgrade as there is the template merger which is supposed to carry your changes over however it doesn't always work, depending on how and what you have customised. You may loose some of your changes or have to merge the templates manually.

I would suggest you copy your current database and board to another location and perform a test upgrade on that to see how well it works before attempting it on your production board.

Make a backup; theres a lot of resources on vbulletin.com and here that show you how to do that.

Similarly to installing in the first place; first download the latest release from the members area, then upload the files to your website; ensure that you allow it to overwrite the files that are already there, then goto www.yoursite.com/install/upgrade.php follow the instructions. Delete the install dir from your server and review the merged templates.

You will only need to pay IF you have an old style vbulletin 3 liscense which you haven't upgraded to a new style vbulletin 4 liscense and it has expired. If you bought a vbulletin 4 liscense, the update is free.

It is defiinatly worth it; somewhere between 250 and 300 bugs were fixed for this release and it added facebook connect to allow members to login and regiser with their facebook account (this is disabled by default thou, so you'll have to set it up as per the instructions if you want to use it)

ok ill backup my database and directory again over the next few days..

then ill get to doing this.. but is their any step to merging the templates?

or does it do it automatically? my styles and grids and stylevars are all carried over though right?

thanks for the help..

does it merge my templates auto-matically?

F.Y.I. I did the patch and basebootstrap.php caused my 4.0.1 forum to error. Any clues?