vB3 or vB4?
 

Hi All

I am about to set up a new website. I seem to recall that using vB3 was much easier for me to use as an Admin than the newer vB4. I also note that some of the best sites I frequent that use vB have stayed with the old vB3 rather than upgrading.

Has anyone else formed the view that vB3 was easier and more flexible in use than vB4 ... or is it just me? I would be most grateful for others' views on this before I commit to uploading either version to my host server. :up:

Best wishes

Biggles

I would go with the latest vb4 if I was setting up a new forum, it's a pretty nice setup IMO.

vB4 is much the same to set up and administer as an admin, and includes many new features as well.

vB3 is End Of Life and will not receive any further bugfixes or new features.

Many sites on vB3 will not move because they have considerably customisations which would take time and money to convert....my own site took three months of work to move from vB3 to vB4.

For a new site you should definitely choose vB4. It's quick and simple to set up, and it's solid and stable.

Thank you for your comment, Mark.

Correct me if I am wrong but is it not the case that even vB4 is now 'End of Life' and gets no new upgrades or bugfixes ever since vB5 was released?

I must say I feel a bit peeved that I paid for the new vB4 just a year ago and now find myself invited to pay again to upgrade to vB5. I wonder how long it will be before vB5 is replaced with a vB6, with the same requirement to pay again for the upgrade. :mad:

Regards

Biggles :up:

We've been told that development on vb 3 isn't "dead" yet.

vbulletin 3 development restarting...

Even with that said, I'd still go with the latest vb4.. the back-end of both is identical

vB4 is definitely NOT end of life and development is continuing.

You are "invited" to buy vB5 but you don't have to. In fact, if you're going to run vB4 and have a vB4 license, then buying vB5 would not be necessary unless / until you decided to upgrade your site to vB5.

Excellent news and really surprise! Sounds like some serious upgrading ahead!

However, when I try to access the original vb.com thread (even when I'm logged in) http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum...e-done-for-3-8

I got error message:
So, I just hope this is not early April fools.
By the way, the whole vbulletin.com is so laggy and the design is screwed all around that it's real pain to browse it.

vB3 "development" is not restarting

At least not in the way thay thread leads you to believe, its just taking facts and turning them into fiction.

The reality is that for 3.8.8 Im going to be working on php 5.4 compatability (and a couple of MySQL compatability updates). Thats it.

Ive also been asked to look into what would be required for php 5.5, but thats for some point in the future, and may not come to anything.

ATM, only php 5.4 is on the table.

Anyone who tells you anything other than this is making it up, this 3.8.8 update is currently my project, so Im the one who know whats going into it. :)

I think this is still good news :) I saw other referencing exactly what you said above so I'm not sure what the thread really "leads you to believe" other then what you've confirmed.

Paul, out of curiosity, those of us that are not upgrading to 4.0 or 5.0 will there be an upgrade fee just for 3.8.8 that you mentioned or will we still have to buy vb5 with the option to use the version we want?