End-User Options - iTrader version 2.5.0, new generation now released

As announced last month, here we are today with the launch of the next generation of iTrader, version 2.5.0.

The tradition continue, we're proud to announce that vbEnhancer is now the official host of iTrader, with a new structure, more addons and a cleaner code for the future versions.

This is just an update, because for 2.5.0 we were focussing in centralizing all the existing addons for the old 2.1 version, and we made it clear that it would be easier with a smooth update for the existing clients and an easy spleen for the new players.

So, what do we get in the box?

All the files are now cleaned and easier to debug, here is the setting page in the vBulletin Options:

• Gio~logist's Main Page is now integrated fully
• A new Profile Tab
• Completely and only compatible with vBulletin 3.8 generation
• Refurbished templates, with new icons for ranking (positive, negative, neutral)
• Option in your Profile Settings so you can show that you are selling/buying something
• Force display of iTrader infos in specific forums
• Display of iTrader Feedback Score in postbit

The thumbnail attached shows the extensive list of settings you can manage thru the regular path. as you can see, some new features have settings in the bottom of that page, they are good to look at.

And here is the form you see when you submit a new feedback regarding one of the transaction you've been involved in.


all without any template or file edit...

You want to upgrade, or install as new?

Easy, if you have not used any of the addons released on vBulletin.org, you simply have to upload all the new files, overwriting the old ones, and uploadthe product file, allow overwriting the product, so it upgrade to the latest.

If you have used any addon that required template edits, like the old version of Giologist Profile block or his Main Page, or if you used MagnetiCat's Profile Tab, you will need to uninstall these first, and hopefully, we provide all these versions in the Jason's iTrader Archive forum on top of this... (just follow the opposite of the instructions!)

So, that's it... there is not much new instructions, as now the entire engine is self documented... you can always post a question in this forum, so you are answered as soon as needed... but also, what's fun, is that we ask for your requests, suggestions, needs; because we want to make the engine even better for the next version, which will jump to number 3.0 ...

[vbenhancer]

sell it afterward?

so you plan on breaking it's license, then?... sorry but i can not permit it. It is released for free, always was, always be.

i gave you "permission" to update it and release it if you wanted, but i do not accept a change of license. i'm still the license holder, if you do not know what it means. this piece of software is not a GPL gadget.

[entertain]

you said

you can release it on your own though, with all my approval.

... Then I missunderstood this "all" in your sentence

[vbenhancer]

my entire approval on the release as it is -- not "i give you over the copyright and it's license"... that are two different things. this engine was free, always accessible as is, and i'm sure someone would complain if one day it is paid just for an update to 4.0, which even not add any new feature. if by example you add what we had planned for the iTrader 3.0: http://vbenhancer.com/itrader-compli...neration/4732/ ... maybe we will be able to reconsider a give-over... but right now, i don't think it's your goal.

[xkhazadum]

thanks, i installed.

[mikeylikesitz]

having used this as a major addon for my site im sorry you wont be updating it because of the inability of you and the staff of vb.com/org to get along. maybe i can find someone to update it for me

[vbenhancer]

who said it was because of the staff here?... the only reason why i do not update to 4.0 is that because i have no free time to do so. this release is free, so i can't get profits from the work i put on, and as so, if i upgrade it to 4.0 i would have to support two versions, too much time when i can't dedicate my work on it. if someone is willing to update it to 4.0, like "entertain" with a free release of that version, i have no problem with that... though i would not permit to see a paid version of it, as it's against the license, and it's against the goal of this release... any paid coder can do a custom version of it in private though.

also, as a note, i have 4 kids to feed, so i have other jobs to perform to make it so... free time to support free releases is scattered.

[mikeylikesitz]

having followed the events here and your site, im not blind to the reason. i appreciate the mod and its features. i am also the father of 4 and know all too well the time it takes, im just not buying that reason personally. i wont respond anymore, all i will say is thank you for the time and effort over the years for this mod. it is appreciated.

[vbenhancer]

i'll snap mikey's forehead with a liquorice stick

[tteal]

This is severely broken and won't install 3.8.4 with vbadvanced..... uninstall !!!!!!!

[vbenhancer]

severly broken?... you're the first in 540 installs in the last year to name it "severe"... but i will take your words.

btw, vbadvanced is not a default feature of vBulletin if i mind, so if something goes wrong with it, not my problem... i fixed it with the older version, but hey, the guy never stop changing his code, i am not to follow all his changes, i try to make it fit for vBulletin itself and this is already good.