vBulletin 3.0.6 Critical Update, and a Bug Fix for 3.0.6

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by templates911

Im also getting tired of the updates. Its good that they fix the problems but they need to be more picky before the release something. I cant afford to pay someone for a hack then update my site then pay them to fix it to work with the new version over and over.

then learn how to hack your own site or get the hackers to give you documentation on how to upgrade.

[Andreas]

... or don't use hacks

[mjb]

I took the decision not to use hacks although boy could do do with some. However, the main benefit is that whenever vB update I get the sweetest upgrade from the vB installer. Works a treat!

[dknelson]

I don't know if this is the right place to post this. If not, please let me know. I downloaded and installed 3.0.5 with no problems at all. When I tried to install 3.0.6, it failed completely. Ended up having to restore my site from a backup. It has something to do with my integrated FlashChat but I'm not sure what. Flashchat was also installed when I did the 3.0.5 upgrade so I'm not sure what happened this time.

Don

Okay folks...maybe when I uploaded the 3.0.6 files I got a bad upload or something. I uploaded everything again and this time it worked just fine. Sorry about the false alarm.

Don

[tormodg]

Originally Posted by KirbyDE

... or don't use hacks

I assume you are being ironic but for some of us the hacks are what makes vBulletin interesting in the first place.

Now, I can live with upgrades as long as a quick patch alleviates the immediate problems but the last upgrade took me a whopping 6 hours... :disappointed:

[havefun]

thx for the info about the bug

[T3MEDIA]

Originally Posted by Zachery

In the members area, there is also no way to go from vB3 to vB2 best to stay where you are.

hehe I know... just buggin.

Originally Posted by Zachery

If you are refering to that, its only in 3.0.6 but 3.0.3's bbcodeparse file is venuerable.

what would happen if someone just used vb .6 version and that's it?

[xlegends]

I love hacks however the site owner should be picky on which hack to use. Those that go overboard with unnecessary hacks have a hard time during upgrades, especially during patching time like these. I use 1 big hack and 2 simplier ones. Makes upgrades and troubleshooting easier to deal with. Now if I can only assume we'll stop at 3.06 I'll upgrade 3.03 lol.

[Paul M]

Upgrading does not take that long if you use the right tools - I upgraded our site from 3.0.3 to 3.0.5, and then 3.0.6, both times took about 90 minutes - including all our hacks (we have something like 20 in total). Also, if you plan it correctly the downtime is very little - for both our upgrades the site was only off for about 10 - 15 minutes.

[cinq]

I think proper documentation of your 'hacking' history would be your best bet to problem free and less time consuming upgrades