vBulletin Upgrade?

I mean we're running on 3.6.4 and the newest version is 3.8.3.
Also 4.0 is coming out soon so that would be nice to see.

It only costs $60 to upgrade, so come on already.

 

I agree. But keep the www.sythe.org as the site. I think we need a new upgrade its been the same for a few years now.

 

Cant you just update for free if you have a liscence

 

Wellllll not sure because the new ones have alot of exploits and bugs and such atm so idk this one is fine does what it needs to do


EDIT: and yes deathbal that is true.

 

There's a new skin, but nobody uses it.

 

i use it its just a little buggy.

 

Actually Grave,
When vBulletin 4.0.0 comes out, as long as you have an existing license you don't need to pay anything extra.
Also,
The vBulletin 3.6.x series had 10 times the amount of exploits, and errors than the current 3.8.x series does.

This site would be better off to upgrade.

 

U sure that 3.6.x has more exploits cause i have seen alot more forums get hacked that have the latest VBulliten

 

It's upgrading the vBulletin, not changing the website.

Nope. Licenses only come with one year of updates.

No, it's not true.

A new skin doesn't mean it's a new version of vBulletin.

Yes, you need to pay for the upgrade if your license was purchased over a year before the update.

They're basically the same coding. I think vBulletin 4 was rewritten though.

 

What exploits are we talking about here? You mean DDOS attacks?

 

Nope,
Any current customers don't have to pay. As long as the license is active, it is eligible for the update to vBulletin 4.x.x
Don't argue, I know this shit

I demand an upgrade

Edit:
About the post above mine:
hacking exploits, there are alot of ways to get backdoor access to the cPanel.

 

Why would they require you to pay for minor updates and then give vB4 for free? Ehh.

Right now I'm not sure whether I should get vB4 or IPB3 for my website.

 

Wouldn't transferring massive amounts of data to a new vB take a long ass time?

 

Grave if you have bought a full liscense not a leased one and these are like $180 then you get free upgrades for life from what i know

 

To Grave:
No, they figure that since you are already a paying customer, they shouldn't charge you for the new files.
You can read this on vBulletin.com

To BenWise90:
Nope, you just upload the new vBulletin Files.
Then go to:
http://sythe.org/install/upgrade.php from there it's a pretty step by step process.

To Deathbal Sam:
You are partially correct,
A lifetime license does indeed cost $180, but you only get support and access to the vBulletin.org modification's site for that year. You do get access to the vBulletin.com Members Area (Where you download the vBulletin Files) for the life of the license

 

Correct, updating would not take very long at all.
The base member/post files stay the same.

 

Wrong,
When you upgrade from vBulletin 3.6.x to vBulletin 3.8.x the entire postbit, and member.php files get redone, that's just part of the updates

Also,
It takes a maximum of 5 minutes to remove the old files, put up a temp index.php, and upload the new ones

 

I don't think you transfer the data to the new vB.
You simply update the vB files.

Btw, I just bought an IPB license

 

Bah, I already explained it.
You just upload the new vB files OVERWRITING the old ones
Run http://sythe.org/install/upgrade.php
Then done.

Gratz on IPB, I don't like IPB personally

 

It really doesn't matter.