hacking 3.6

[Darat]

Originally Posted by StuntFactoryX

ohh i completly understand. i was just curous how long a version usauly lasts before they rewrite everything. i came in right at the end of 3.5. so it lasted a few months ... 3.6 last a few years?

3.6 isn't that big of a change from 3.5.x - if you look a lot of the 3.5 hacks and mods work fine in 3.6 with no modifications. I'd say just document all your changes and then upgrade asap.

Have to say the plugin system has been superb - I started modding on a 2.3 board and like Zachery said most mods took quite a lot of work to get working. What I can now "plug in" to a 3.5+ forum with a couple of clicks is astonishing - I'd almost (and only almost!) say it is too easy as quite often you aren't really aware of what you are adding to your forum.

I'm hoping the next major release will be an all new all singing and all dancing version 4 - I suspect that will be more like trying to upgrade from a heavily mod and hacked 2.x forum to a 3.5+.

Saying that at the rate Jelsoft are incorporating new features perhaps version 4 will no longer need hacks and mods..... oh all right of course it will!