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Finally!!!

Whats the difference between the old one?

Damn you were quick! I was just about to post :stickout: Too bad I sold my license a few weeks ago :mad:

Originally posted by Simro.com
Whats the difference between the old one?

Alot,


This is it, the release you've all been waiting for: vBulletin 3.0.0, aka vBulletin 3 'Gold'. There are 3 noticeable updates from RC4:

1. The new graphics. You've no doubt noticed this already.
2. The 'liquid' style is now the default style. This is more in line with what most people are used to when they visit a forum.
3. Many bugs are fixed, but that's not new news.

Additionally, to coincide with this release, we have:

1. Updated the main website to fit with the vBulletin 3 scheme a bit more and make it more accessible.
2. Released the Graphic Developers Kit (GDK) for the new images into the members' area.
3. Released the new, mammoth vBulletin 3 manual. As of now, the manual covers all aspects of the admin control panel and other assorted things and clocks in at somewhere around 350 printed pages.

The manual is currently available in 3 formats. First is the online version, browsable by section, fully searchable, and "commentable". You may also download the manual in CHM (Compiled Windows Help) format. Finally there is also an everything-on-one-page version suitable for printing (although you will probably run out of paper... )

We are currently evaluating a PDF version.

Of course, as much stuff as there is in the manual already, there are still more things we want to cover. Expect content to be added to the manual over time.

There is a large amount of stuff to talk about with this final 'Gold' release, but I know that you are itching to go and download the new version and check out the manual, so I'll cut this short and post again on Monday.

Bugs fixed since RC4

Some of the bugs fixed include:

* Adminpermissions not checked in all files. (View)
* IE 5 displays text files inline instead of downloading. (View)
* Displaying template names in HTML comments causes Javascript error when attaching files. (View)
* Style chooser not displayed in cases when it should be. (View)
* Replacement variables not imported correctly from vB2. (View)
* HTML tags from the WYSIWYG parser are now stripped from [ html] and [ php] tags. (View)
* CSS images broken when vBulletin set to store CSS as files but can't. (View)
* Attachments not always deleted from the filesystem. (View)
* Email parser now accepts IDN domains. (View)
* Bulk emailer now prevented from potentially executing very large queries. (View)
* Forums not always listed in search engine when they should be. (View)
* Poll results may be displayed with the wrong style. (View)
* Expand/collapse button causes error when used on a forum with no children. (View)
* Announcements shown according to browsing user's timezone. (View)
* Moderators may not physically delete threads/posts in the moderation queue if they do not have physical delete perms. (View)
* 'Go Back' button removed when not usable. (View)
* Thread highlighting incorrect when searching for 'class'. (View)
* Various phrase and template problems. (See below for template changes.)
* Several WYSIWYG parsing issues.
* Several XSS issues.


Thats from the release annoucement.

the real question is when is WHT upgrading :P

i think WHT will not upgrade soon, as there are many customization and hacks made for v2.0.

I hope they can do something about those images really soon before someone mistake a site with vb3.0 gold installed on it for a phpbb. Some of the graphics are nice but the buttons sure need to go on some type of diet like someone on there mention already. Too sleepy to upgrade but those buttons and some of those icons need to go.

Yes, I highly doubt WHT will upgrade any time soon and would imagine it would be atleast 1+ years before they even consider it. If you think about it they loose all hacks going to vb3 and basically need to start at square one again.

Good to see it finally taking off. :gthumb:

I thought it was going to come out this weekend but that's a nice surprise :)

is there any changes on template files from RC 3 ?

Upgraded my forums, looks great!

Lucky my Owned License doesn't expire for 5 days, so just in time for me to get in and download 3.0.0 :) If another good version comes out (won't be for ages), I'll just have to pay $30 to renew my license, hehe.

Downloading 3.0.0 now.

Good for you, digitok! :beer:

null, nicely done. :)

The images are very bulky. I just took the time to upgrade my forum from Beta4 to gold. (Quite a jump.) I had to rename almost all images by hand to switch them to the 'gold' format. Still a few problems, but i've already put the board on lockdown for 5 hours, i'll work on them over time.

very exciting..

Total of 30 minutes to upgrade to gold from RC 4 this includes uploading the files to server.
All went very smoothly and with no pain involved. :D

The new smilies are soo cute :blush:

Its seem cool but at the of the page - it seem waste of space...

Am I the only one that hates the new look of VB?

Am I the only one that hates the new look of VB?

It would look better full screen. It's ok, the logo is nice though ;)

Regards,
Paul B. Riddick

the buttons looks baddddddddd..
looks like time for get the gk package and start making a new theme for site.

carlos

When I upgraded, some of my members thought I went back to IPB, which I used before...

Am I the only one that hates the new look of VB?

I think it looks terrible. We will be sticking with vB 2 for the moment until I start to see some nice skins.

The skin doesn't look bad after a few small customizations. After you take the gradient mesh out, add some half decent images and remove the 'Nav Bar' it looks quite nice. Big change from Beta4 to Gold.

I'm tempted to put back the profile buttons as it is with vB2.

The vB2 layout was nice, the vB3 Beta4 layout wasn't bad, I hate the new icons in Gold..

Good for vB, though.

so now what?
this is the FINAL release of vB.

Not only that it now looks a bit wierd like a lot of you mentioned...

Mark my words, vB just got to its highest point in its life, a few months and it will start to go down... phpBB 2.2 is going to go out soon, and I know of at least two totally new forums that are going to be released soon.

strange times.

vB3 is by far better than ANY other forum on the net at the moment in my opinion. Once you've used the new systems and a few minor changes to the default setup it's great! I agree that I don't like the new graphics though.

My point however is, that what can they do now? how do they improve? is there actually room to grow?

do you really think there will be a vB4?

on the other hand, phpBB is getting much better, can't wait for 2.2 to come out.

what I think will happen now, is that vB is going to stay in one place for some time...

Upgraded last night... looks good here :)

I think Vbulletin is the BEST sowtware out there for a site!!

1) Speed -- It has good speed
2) Nice Options

The Dude :)

Default skin is awful. I don't think they could do any worse than that.

lol...
the deafult skin is oka..

Nice jod done! But I don't agree that it is the best available.