[buro9]

Originally Posted by Boofo

How do you remove the version check, may I ask? I have the same problem at times.

Head into admincp/index.php, find do=home, and start commenting out or deleting the code

Basically remove:

// there have been problems reported with fsockopen() in some PHP versions.
// this should work around it though
if (phpversion() < '4.3.0' OR phpversion() > '4.3.2' OR @ini_get('allow_url_fopen') != 1)
{
	$fp = @fsockopen('version.vbulletin.com', 80, $errno, $errstr, 3);
}
else
{
	$fp = @fopen('http://version.vbulletin.com', 'r');
}
if ($fp)
{
	fclose($fp);
?>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://version.vbulletin.com/versioncheck.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://version.vbulletin.com/version.js?id=279159d3"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if (typeof(vb_version) != "undefined" && isNewerVersion("<?php echo $vbulletin->options['templateversion']; ?>", vb_version))
{
	var current_version = "<?php echo $vbulletin->options['templateversion']; ?>";
	var latest_string = "<?php echo $vbphrase['latest_version_available_x']; ?>";
	var current_string = "<?php echo $vbphrase['you_are_running_vbulletin_version_x']; ?>";
	var download_string = "<?php echo $vbphrase['download_vbulletin_x_from_members_area']; ?>";

	document.writeln('<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center" width="90%" class="tborder"><tr><td class="tcat" align="center"><b><?php echo $vbphrase['there_is_a_newer_vbulletin_version']; ?></b></td></tr><tr><td class="alt1" align="center">');
	document.writeln('<p><b><a href="http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.ph' + 'p?p=' + vb_announcementid + '" target="_blank">' + construct_phrase(latest_string, vb_version) + "</a></b></p>");
	document.writeln('<p>' + construct_phrase(current_string, current_version.bold()) + '</p>');
	document.writeln('<p><a href="http://members.vbulletin.com/" target="_blank">' + construct_phrase(download_string, vb_version.bold()) + '</a></p>');
	document.writeln('</td></tr></table>');
}
//-->
</script>

<?php
}

And then remove:

?>

<div class="smallfont" align="center">
<!--<?php echo construct_phrase($vbphrase['vbulletin_copyright'], $vbulletin->options['templateversion'], date('Y')); ?><br />-->
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if (typeof(vb_version) != "undefined")
{
	var this_vb_version = "<?php echo $vbulletin->options['templateversion']; ?>";
	if (isNewerVersion(this_vb_version, vb_version))
	{
		document.writeln('<a href="http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.ph' + 'p?p=' + vb_announcementid + '" target="_blank">' + construct_phrase(latest_string, vb_version) + '</a><br />' + construct_phrase(current_string, this_vb_version.bold()));
	}
	else
	{
		document.write(construct_phrase('<?php echo $vbphrase['your_version_of_vbulletin_is_up_to_date']; ?>', this_vb_version));
	}
}
// -->
</script>
</div>

<?php

That does it quite effectively. Though you lose all notifications on that screen, you retain them in the header bar.

I actually don't remove mine though... they'd return in upgrades. I wrap mine with:

// HACK : START : QUICK
if (false) {
// HACK : END : QUICK
STUFF I WANT NOT TO HAPPEN HERE
// HACK : START : QUICK
}
// HACK : END : QUICK

That way I diff and move those across in upgrades