PLUGIN VBULLETIN 4 and 5

[migratoria]

Why the users no updates vbulletin 4 to version 5?

Re: All plugins VB4 are not compatible with VB5
Programmers do not update for VB5 users and we can not buy the license Vbulletin5.

Why developers Vbulletin5 not make it compatible plugins VB4 as is the case with Wordpress?

[Lynne]

You are free to hire someone to create modifications for you. Sometimes people just don't want to take their spare free time and update modifications.

[ozzy47]

There is not mamy developers that want to work with vB5. So like Lynne said, if you need something codes for vB5, hire someone to code it for you. But there are a lot of thing you can do in vB3 and vB4 that can not be done in vB5.

[Dave]

Also take a look at this thread on why no one is bothering to convert add-ons to vBulletin 5.

[Paul M]

I dont think that thread really has much to do with the reasons, at least in my case.

Of course, I can only speak for myself here - but from my POV, its simply difficult (or sometimes impossible) to recreate a lot of the functionality that could be done in vB4, because the plugin system was completely removed, and the replacement extensions system is quite limited in what you can do with it.

On top of that, almost everything I wrote for vB3 I did so for my own forums, and then released it here. I ported it all to vB4 because it wasnt very difficult to do so, and despite its early issues, vB4 is still very popular and widely used.

I dont run vB5 (and have no plans to do so) and converting my code for vB5 would mean doing it all from scratch. If vB5 were wildly popular and in significant use, I might have been tempted to spare some time on conversions - but the reality is that its quite unpopular, and little used - there is no incentive for me to use up what little spare time I have.

[Brandon Sheley]

Originally Posted by migratoria

Why the users no updates vbulletin 4 to version 5?

Hardly anyone is using vbulletin 5.. :up:

[ozzy47]

Well that and the fact it is just to difficult to add mods to it, and some can not be done, thanks to no hook system.

[Brandon Sheley]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

Well that and the fact it is just to difficult to add mods to it, and some can not be done, thanks to no hook system.

I haven't looked at vb5 is a loooong while.. I didn't know there wasn't a hook system.

Seems odd right? What would be the benefit of not including that in vb5?

[ozzy47]

IIRC, they claim it is for security, so someone can't run code using the plugin system if they get a admin account.

[Brandon Sheley]

Interesting, I can see how that could help but it may have hurt them in the long run.