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I don't know what mod Timber is referring to. If you're talking about this Ted S, I don't see where he has released any "notice system" mod.

And to FearlessWeeder, your fears aren't completely unfounded. Yes, the add-on/mod/hack (or whatever you want to call it) that Timber is referring to, is just that, an add-on. You're right in thinking that you shouldn't go crazy with the modifications though I think you'd have an extremely hard time finding very many people at all who haven't modified their boards with some sort of hack.

And yes, sometimes coders do drop projects. After all, they're not paid to put them out (usually), so if their priorities change, then that's that. But there's also the chance that mods for 3.7 would work for 3.8. There are many mods that work in 3.7 that were designed for 3.6.

Your vB license allows for a test board to be set up. As long as it's password protected and kept out of public view, you can set a second board up in a subdirectory to test out whatever you like.

If you have a valid Software license, you may set up an additional test forum in order to test code, template and database modifications. To make this clear to us and our license verification procedures, place it in a directory called 'testvb' and be sure to password protect it. It must not be accessible by the general public.

And being unfamiliar with setting up and running a site isn't unusual. There are many photographers, off-roaders, antique collectors, etc. around here that weren't originally site admins and just learned as they went.

vB does incorporate some of the more popular mods into the base system though. Parts of the PM system and the social groups system have been mods that were incorporated in. As well as the Question/Answer human verification system.

Getting back to the original topic though, the attach BB code isn't going anywhere. It's part of the base system and you're fine with using it.

Sorry if I rambled a bit. Your last paragraph there had a lot of questions and wonderings.