Yeah, to get people to make mods, your core system not only needs to work very well, but there needs to be at least some excitement around the product's ability to "pull in" more customers. vB is missing both. Scott
An additional issue with vB5 mods is they suffer from the same problem that plagued vB4 styles. There's so much code change between releases that mods need constantly updating and often get abandoned.
This could be the sign that things are finally going in the right direction http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showpost.php?p=2498536&postcount=74 It looks like they lost the will to live in the early stages of vb5 going by the message on their sales site for the full version
I wouldn't count on it, there are only 47 mods released total for vBulletin 5 over a year after it's release. That is pathetic and there is no way anyone can spin that any other way. Look at modifications available for other platforms. A good measure will be the upcoming IPB 4.0 release. See how long it will take to reach 47 modifications. Or the next major XF version, or any other forum software for that matter thats popular.
47 mods released in total, but how many are still working or being maintained The one above was abandoned until vb5 became stable The fact they are looking into releasing an update, is a good sign and that mod is aimed at spam
I dont know how many are still being worked on or maintained. It's a year after the release and what is known is that at this current point and time only 47 total modifications have been released. If these are still being maintained or receiving updates I do not know, nor does it really matter. The only thing that matters is what it currently is. And right now it's a paltry 47 modifications. It doesn't represent the number of modifications at vB.org that are currently working with vB5, or are not working. It's an absolute number. 47. In almost 2 years. 2.35 mods a month for vB5. .587 mods a week. (Since the release date of the first vB5 modification.)
Is it though? What has changed to change the culture at vBulletin that makes you think its heading in a positive direction?
Nope, Im nothing to do with ib or vb Just someone that has looked into upgrading from vb3.8 to a newer version Been using vb since 2006 My profile on vbulletin http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/member/129323-lee-g
Unfortunately I am not seeing the positive direction. The weekly releases have gone. Most of the devs have gone. The focus seems at vb cloud. Its been 1.5 years now. When will vb6 be released and vb5 abandoned, like they did with vb3 and vb4?
Hey, if the software works and functions to a level you find acceptable and that is what you want to use, then use it. No one here is going to convince you differently, it's your site so do with it that makes you happy. You asked a question, and as you can see 99% of the people agree, that vBulletin does not have a future.
This thread on the vbulletin forums makes interesting reading, apart from one post disappearing, the staff are ni on saying if it aint broke, don't upgrade http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/foru...licensed-customer-feedback/4055016-3-x-to-5-x
That specific comment was me, and I've always said that. Upgrading is something too many people rush into. Sometimes there is no real need.
You will get a lot of people upgrading ASAP because they usually include bug fixes from the version you use. So yeah, of course people want to upgrade right away to get them. It's easy for you to say that, because your board is very, very heavily modified. Can image it's a total nightmare you upgrading your forum because it, why you don't do it anymore.
Looking at the future releases, 5.1.3 is when the channel titles return in the search results and remove a lot of blank lines from content http://tracker.vbulletin.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10091&version=10968 After all these years, Im still learning to work out how to use the Jira system they added for the bugs
Jira, once you get to know how it works, is actually quite powerful and a good project management system. It is, however, quite complex and it is just simply overkill for a customer issue reporting system, especially for less "techy" customers. You say, channel titles return...where they ever there? Gotta give credit where credit is due to. They are putting effort into the system. I still think it is a mistake adding the enhancements, at least some of the bigger one's they are adding, into minor releases. The need to go into major point releases and be used to make some positive waves. Scott
They don't get any points for being BIG thinkers. They might be gun shy to release any major point releases.
JIRA can be complicated. The best advice I can give for anyone who wants to log a bug or feature request or improvement request..... Simply click 'Create Issue'. It'll ask you to select version and issue type. Then fill in the summary and description fields with as much info as you can. Ignore all the other fields and just submit it like that. The bug scrubbers and QA team will sort out anything else. You should then get updates by email.
