Abandon vBulletin 2?

[Xenon]

there was a link to them i am sure ^^

[Logikos]

@The Staff. Theres no link point to the archive. You have the Forum is Active status set to no. It won't appear if set to no, but remains accessible if the forum's URL is known, and if you search all open forums.

Every now and then I get some search results from this catogory.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=31

Though this link is not viewable anywhere on vBulletin.org. Maybe you should make it viewable like vB.com has there archive forums set. At the very bottom in its own forum.

[+buG]

Originally Posted by princeton

yes, archive .... I would suggest going all the way and archive 3.0 -- soon we will have vbulletin 4.0

wha?!

[bgray]

At the very least I think the hacks should remain as an archive reference.

[simon.]

Why do people still use VB 2.x anyway?

[MRGTB]

Originally Posted by simon.

Why do people still use VB 2.x anyway?

I guess some people still like it, I don't use it but still like it. Because everything is template driven makes it very easy to customize. Plus some people like the less features as an easy to use no frills board that still kicks the ass out of phpBB and most other boards out there.

Also it very fast at loading pages. It may lack what vB 3 has to offer, but lets not forget its still a kick ass board compared to a lot out there and very fast to boot.

[simon.]

Ah i see thank you Gary Bolton

[MRGTB]

Originally Posted by simon.

Ah i see thank you Gary Bolton

do I know you?

[kira]

Sorry, kinda late for this thread but I only just saw it. Perhaps not surprising, since I'm also late in upgrading to vb 3!

Yep, I still use vb 2. Only for a few more days, admittedly, but still. Vb2 has been chugging along and was perfectly satisfactory for my smallish/mediumish-sized community. I have been very reluctant to change since it's been hacked pretty heavily with some things that are STILL not available for vb3 (interactive stories, most of all). Also, I've been too busy to update everything.

All this said, I'm finally making the leap to the latest version, because I know it's more powerful and the plugin system is sexier than anything I've ever seen (with certain exceptions!).

Really, it's no skin off anyone's nose to keep v2 topics here. If for no other reason, because Jelsoft supports v2. But there are other reasons: some hacks were never ported, and could give coders some ideas; most importantly, there ARE some of us lingering v2 users who need hacking and other customization advice.

Why on earth are many v3 users so callously anxious to deny even the few remaining vb2 users a useful resource? The forums collapse for the very purpose of letting folks ignore stuff they don't need/want to see. It's not taking anything away from the community -- to the contrary, it's a helpful reminder of just how amazing a system vBulletin is, that even older versions can remain powerful, flexible and functional community solutions.

[Roms]

Originally Posted by kira

Sorry, kinda late for this thread but I only just saw it. Perhaps not surprising, since I'm also late in upgrading to vb 3!

Yep, I still use vb 2. Only for a few more days, admittedly, but still. Vb2 has been chugging along and was perfectly satisfactory for my smallish/mediumish-sized community. I have been very reluctant to change since it's been hacked pretty heavily with some things that are STILL not available for vb3 (interactive stories, most of all). Also, I've been too busy to update everything.

All this said, I'm finally making the leap to the latest version, because I know it's more powerful and the plugin system is sexier than anything I've ever seen (with certain exceptions!).

Really, it's no skin off anyone's nose to keep v2 topics here. If for no other reason, because Jelsoft supports v2. But there are other reasons: some hacks were never ported, and could give coders some ideas; most importantly, there ARE some of us lingering v2 users who need hacking and other customization advice.

Why on earth are many v3 users so callously anxious to deny even the few remaining vb2 users a useful resource? The forums collapse for the very purpose of letting folks ignore stuff they don't need/want to see. It's not taking anything away from the community -- to the contrary, it's a helpful reminder of just how amazing a system vBulletin is, that even older versions can remain powerful, flexible and functional community solutions.

Your designs are state of the art. I can see why you wouldn't change but believe me 3.5 will add Java, Ajax and much, much more... you think it's good now....... 2.0 is so, so far beind....... Archive and upgrade....