However, that's not really the issue. Which is the point I was trying to make with my last post. The real issue is who has the time to make all the changes. You and I both know that rebuilding a website is something you can, and should, only do when you have all the resources at your disposal. Having the know-how is one resource. Having the time to implement that know-how is another. (And having the time to standby and work out all the bugs of your new creation, is one thing more.)
I appreciate your response, but honestly, you make it seem as if vB.org is a hobbiest property. vB.org is not a hobbiest property, it is the official mod community of the vBulletin script. As such, I believe it should be running (flaunting as it should be called) the latest, greatest version of the software.
Unfortunately, it's my opinion that the latest, greatest version of vBulletin is 3.8.7 --- vB.org is running 3.6.x ---- If I were the proud owner of the vBulletin script, I'd have done either:
1. Instead of investing huge capital in a most bogus lawsuit -- whose purpose it seems was to wear down the competition -- spend that huge capital investing into vB.org - an official representative of vBulletin, the script.
2. Lawsuit aside. Invest in your official property. I'd have placed some of my contracted developers on vB.org - tasking them with upgrading the site from head to toe.
What I wouldn't do - is continually make excuses of how great vB.org works as-is.
And to answer your question DJ - Who could make all the changes, preparing the upgrade? Well... Paid IB developers of course, because again, vB.org is not a hobbiest property. It's a property which needs investing. And though the functionality is lovely for 3.6 series, the look is old & tired. Yeah - I'd invest immediately!
Hope this makes sense. And yeah - I know - Hate to keep beating a dead horse... But sometimes a dead horse just needs to be beat or at minimum - lathered up, cleaned and prepared for viewing :P LOL
J.
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Originally Posted by Lynne
I am not the bulk of vb customers, but I am one. I bought a vB3 license, updated it for several years, and I'm happy with my 3.8 site. It gives me and my users all we need. I can't say that there is anything in any more recent version that we *need* on my site. So, vB3.8 is where I will keep my site. (Of course, it's heavily modified and so the things I really need are nothing that will every be offered in the default software anyway.)
Yeah - My poetry forum on vBulletin was heavily modified as well. I started out on vB 3.5.4 and over the course of 3-4 years ended with vB 3.8.7 --- I decided it was time to upgrade. Not being much a fan of vB after the 3 series (LOL) I decided to upgrade to another script.
I think -- more and more increasingly over time -- other vB 3.8 license holders will do the same.
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