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Old 03-15-2010, 04:16 PM
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So guys I wanted to wait a while before posting this up so people could get a good opinion on vBulletin 4.0 so what do you guys think, is it worth upgrading from 3.8?

I have finally gotten the whole theme system mastered with 3.8 and I love creating styles, created 18 custom themes from scratch for vBulletin 3.8, and the massive change it the template system has kept me from upgrading thus far. Is vBulletin good enough to relearn the template system or no? Plus any other things about 4.0 that are better then its previous versions if so then what?
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Old 03-16-2010, 04:43 AM
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hellbomb, HELL NO!

couldn't help my self.
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Old 03-16-2010, 07:39 AM
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Well, vBulletin 4 has a lot of features like Profile Customisation removed.
Don't bother upgrading to it, until all of the features from vB3 are actually present.
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vB 3.8 series has a lot more mods right now than vB4. If you change to vB4 then you will be losing the ability to install a lot of these mods.
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We've lost half our userbase after switching to VB4.
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Well, vBulletin 4 has a lot of features like Profile Customisation removed.
Don't bother upgrading to it, until all of the features from vB3 are actually present.
I wasn't aware that one qualified as "a lot". Regardless...

I'd set up a test board and do any tinkering with vB4 there. I'd hold off on doing the actual upgrade for a while until you are confident that it'll be for the better. vB4 was rushed to gold status, but it's improving with each version and is the future of vBulletin. You'll probably upgrade eventually, so you might as well familiarize yourself with it now.
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In my opinion it was worth upgrading for the new way of handling attachments and images alone.
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In my oinion it is worth it as well. But why don''t you find out for yourself? It is the best way in my opinion. Set up a test vb 4 forum and then play around with it and see how you like it.
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Download it and play with it in a test forum. Don't blindly upgrade. It's maddening.
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I think it was worth it. We're having a great time with it. Ignore the people that haven't actually tried it - they're just trying to justify not having to deal with it.
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