[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by Brandon Sheley

Wrong Mark, I don't suggest any version of vbulletin 5.

I've had to work on it at various points since it was released and I'm not surprised at all that the community developers have moved on.

The options in the forum world are still out there and many for free, just not with vb5.

vB5 is not a good choice if you want modifications.

What I am pointing out though is that many of those who say "don't touch vB5, it is rubbish" only looked at 5.0.0 five years ago, and yet they give that same advice as if the product was still the same. If it were, I'd never suggest vB5 as an option for anyone, but the facts are it's a very different product these days.

But as always, when people say they want to upgrade or migrate, involving any software, I always question them as to why. If you have a successful, functioning forum, what are the compelling reasons to upgrade or change? Whatever platform it's on, if it works, the default position should be "leave it alone".

Hosts do not help with this, constantly telling people to "upgrade your software" as a "fix" for all manner of server issues.