[mkdevo]

Originally Posted by Zachery

Eh, not really, personaly I am not sure why any one runs vBP, its still phpnuke and it still has all the security holes as phpnuke.

However, the best way to test said idea, would be to create a backup of your current forum and restore it to a new database and then do the upgrade process and see how everythin goes, get to know vB3, make a style maybe, then make another backup of you current site, download your vB3 style if you made one and preform the upgrade on your live site. then import the vb3 style.

zachery -

thanks for your quick response. can you recommend an alternative to vBPortal? it has some features i really like (reviews, front page blocks, etc), but if there's a better alternative, i wouldn't mind trying it.

as for the upgrade, your explanation makes sense, with the exception of one thing.. if i'm going to backup and make a new db from my current db, and perform the 'test' upgrade on the new one, can i do so with my current file/directory structure on my site? won't that affect the current vB2 setup?

i guess that's the only part where i'm confused. do i need to backup/copy my entire site (not just the db) for the test?

thanks again for your help. it's MUCH appreciated.