Dnforum Site Changes - VB 3.5 Upgrade

[Adam Dicker]

Vbulletin is getting ready to stop supporting VB 3.0x and releasing their full new product VB 3.5. This could still be a month or two away.

As usual Dnforum.com likes to lead by example so sometime this week we will make the move to VB 3.5 as we feel after talking to vbulletin directly the current version is stable.

There will be lots of differences between the two systems.

The effect on the users will be that no hacks will work for about a week until they are all recoded to meet the new VB 3.5 standards.

So what will dnforum look like?

Well some of you will definitely be happy as we will be switching to the basic version of vbulletin, there will be no heavy graphics and no sounds on emails saying you have mail. I probably will not add back many graphics and the mail noise will not come back either.

You will see a very basic dnforum as we work to add many old features back in that you have now and we will also be adding many cool new addons as well.

You are also free to take a look through vbulletin.org and PM impactadmin or myself any cool new hacks you want us to add in. This is your chance to tell us what you want.

All the VB 3.5 addons and hacks can be found here:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=109

Thanks again for your great support and continued patience in this difficult upgrade.

The exact date of the upgrade is not yet known but we will keep post before the upgrade is done.

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[Edder]

That's good news. Now DNforum won't lag on my pocket pc.

[SouthernTn]

I just love 3.5 ... Easier on the moderators too.

[Mr.Domains]

Good luck with the migration, I hope it goes smoothly!

[007]

I use 3.5 RC3 and it is very stable from what I have seen so far. I just upgraded a week ago. Many hacks can now be installed as "plugins" or "products" which means their code is pulled directly into the source code when it is read by a browser, but you don't have to edit the source code. I managed to code and install 100% with plugins so far, which means upgrading will be a charm.

As far as I know, uShop won't be working for 3.5 for a few more weeks, so since DNF uses that you might consider waiting, but uCash is out already, so at least you can keep people DNF$ per posts going to them in the meantime..

Ok I'm rambling now, but those are some things to consider. Hope that hepls.

[mmkrulz]

Great to know, cant wait for the new version, hope its even better than the current version.

[MrDude]

Maybe: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=91903
Its a hack for users to have there own userpage on the site, Maybe it could be modified for people to list all their domains they want to have for sale, Something like that would be great (imo)

Maybe: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=91562
Its a hack for users/admins to download the thread as a PDF, useful for users to keep a copy of a thread on there computer or just to read when offline.

Maybe: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=92491
An addon for Skype, Just like you have MSN, Yahoo! and AIM (a Gtalk one would be great)

Just my suggestions, Let me know what you think.

[007]

vB has stated in their official forums that Gtalk and Gmail will be added when Google takes them out of BETA mode.

[Adam Dicker]

Maybe: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=91903
Its a hack for users to have there own userpage on the site, Maybe it could be modified for people to list all their domains they want to have for sale, Something like that would be great (imo)

Maybe: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=91562
Its a hack for users/admins to download the thread as a PDF, useful for users to keep a copy of a thread on there computer or just to read when offline.

Maybe: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=92491
An addon for Skype, Just like you have MSN, Yahoo! and AIM (a Gtalk one would be great)

Just my suggestions, Let me know what you think.

We will add these and any others people find that they want.

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[jdk]

Looking good. Loads much faster without all the graphics and advertisements.

[diverge]

Hack ideas:

Member Picture Gallery: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=95409
PM-based Attachments (great for domain stats screenshots): http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=95477
Thread-based Attachments (uses Image Shack) (great for domain stats screenshots):
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=94805

[Adam Dicker]

Ok we will go through these thanks.

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[nts]

PM-based Attachments (great for domain stats screenshots): http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=95477

Great I was hoping for something like this, very useful, it's funny it's not included in vB by default though...

[diverge]

Would you also consider fixing the SEO URLs so they resolve again? There are a lot of intraforum links that no longer work.

(By SEO URLs I mean the DNForum thread URLs that look like "im-selling-crappy-domains.html" instead of "showthread.php?p=12345")

[007]

Yeah I noticed that when I found some DNF results in google. Clicked and got a 404. Would be nice if at LEAST they took us to the main page, which can easily be done with .htaccess depending what kind of server you are on.

[greggish]

Woohoo! vB 3.5 just went gold and was released. I guess we will be seeing it here soon.

[Adam Dicker]

It's the ushop hack we are waiting on so yup it will be here soon.

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[andyat11]

great do u need to switch licences then?

[mmkrulz]

great do u need to switch licences then?

i believe license comes with one year free updates, and can be renewed, so if Dnforum renewed membership, then probably no need to buy another license.

[Banned: Talkhost]

I upgraded my forum today, without any problems..
But I only have 1 or 2 mods installed and they all worked fine with the gold release..

Forum name removed, if you want to advertise, do it in the right section.

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