vBulletin upgrade?

[cpvr]

Do you guys plan to upgrade to the latest vbulletin version anytime soon?

 

[shockie]

i think rj's waiting for the next major release.

 

[kwakkwak]

i think rj's waiting for the next major release.

that is the best i think at the moment. If you read at vbulletin forums it's a small risk to change now.
It's better to wait until the next release.

regards

 

[Static]

that is the best i think at the moment. If you read at vbulletin forums it's a small risk to change now.
It's better to wait until the next release.

regards

What's the small risk? Could you give me a link to it because I'm running 3.6.8 and I'd like to know about it.

NamePros has a lot of custom mods from what I know and an upgrade will surely mean an upgrade to the mods too, which will take a while. Probably waiting for the next big one because of this.

 

[Morph]

Been posted before some time I think, basically the amount of work involved to upgrade VB due to all the custom mods etc here...the magnitude of that work far out weighs the benefits of upgrade.

...he says :p

 

[PostSharks]

I can just imagine the database size. That would be an incredible amount of work just for an upgrade. I agree with RJ. =D

 

[Robert Allen]

How about "modifying" just the parts involving AJAX from the latest version? That is the only thing that makes it obvious namepros uses an older version.

Rob

 

[Chicken]

This has been answered many times :/

http://www.namepros.com/namepros-info-and-suggestions/366028-upgrade-vb.html?highlight=upgrade
http://www.namepros.com/namepros-in...vbulletin-anytime-soon.html?highlight=upgrade
http://www.namepros.com/namepros-info-and-suggestions/149289-upgrade-vb.html?highlight=upgrade
http://www.namepros.com/namepros-in...ulletin-3-6-0-beta-2-a.html?highlight=upgrade
http://www.namepros.com/namepros-in...vbulletin-and-namepros.html?highlight=upgrade

Seems more people have answered it here too.

 

[cpvr]

I can just imagine the database size. That would be an incredible amount of work just for an upgrade. I agree with RJ. =D

The upgrade doesn't touch the databases.

 

[RickM]

Yes it does. Namepros is running vb 3.0 - There are several major differences between 3.0 and 3.6. Because of this, and the many modifications (there are lots that you dont know about!) it would take a long time and a lot of work to upgrade.

Other than "cool ajax effects" what are you gaining from the upgrade? Pretty much nothing. A few tweaks....a feature or two (mainly unwanted ones). Not really something worth taking NamePros offline for hours/days for IMHO.

As Morph said, its been discussed lots of times before;

http://www.namepros.com/namepros-info-and-suggestions/366028-upgrade-vb.html?highlight=vbulletin
http://www.namepros.com/namepros-in...ulletin-anytime-soon.html?highlight=vbulletin
http://www.namepros.com/namepros-info-and-suggestions/262100-vb-3-6-a.html?highlight=vbulletin
http://www.namepros.com/namepros-in...letin-3-6-0-beta-2-a.html?highlight=vbulletin
http://www.namepros.com/namepros-in...ulletin-and-namepros.html?highlight=vbulletin

etc.

Its not worth the hassle when there are other things that are more beneficial to the NP members than a silly little upgrade