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SATINSTEEL1LE 06-12-2022 04:36 PM
Upgrade this ANCIENT message board.
 
I know it takes manpower and its not cheap/free, but this is one of the most ancient vbulletion boards I visit. You are missing loads of features and bug fixes. At some point it would be nice to be able to paste in an image instead of the old school upload method. And a few reaction buttons to posts would be nice. Plus an ignore member feature that actually worked...

Its time to upgrade the board. This place looks/feels old and needs the new version. Its time...

We are on Version 3.8.9 Beta 4, and they are up to 5.6.8. You are probably 50 versions behind. Its embarrassing.

https://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/upgrade

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You can upgrade to the latest version of vBulletin 5 Connect from the following vBulletin versions:
Any version of vBulletin 5
Any version of vBulletin 4, from version 4.0.0 Beta 1 to the latest version.
Any version of vBulletin 3 from version 3.6.0 and newer. If your vBulletin version is older than 3.8.0, it is recommended that you upgrade to at least vBulletin 3.8.0 before you can upgrade to vBulletin 5.

mlee 06-12-2022 06:23 PM
This site is quite a departure from VBulletin and has plenty of custom setups that you don't get in the new versions. I would rather do a completely different software rather than the newer VBulletin versions. I just discontinued two of the V5 cloud versions I had and never liked any of them better than this one.

If it isn't broke don't fix it is my opinion on this subject.

Rob3D 06-12-2022 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by mlee (Post 11186323)
This site is quite a departure from VBulletin and has plenty of custom setups that you don't get in the new versions. I would rather do a completely different software rather than the newer VBulletin versions. I just discontinued two of the V5 cloud versions I had and never liked any of them better than this one.

If it isn't broke don't fix it is my opinion on this subject.
Didn’t Chuck Yeager say that?

mlee 06-12-2022 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob3D (Post 11186330)
Didn’t Chuck Yeager say that?
ha ha... I'm sure he did. I actually used to chat with him quite often on in CA. He had an office down the hall from me.

Rob3D 06-12-2022 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by mlee (Post 11186338)
ha ha... I'm sure he did. I actually used to chat with him quite often on in CA. He had an office down the hall from me.
😂 You’re good people Mlee.

mlee 06-12-2022 07:48 PM
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😂 You’re good people Mlee.
Sometimes...:smiling1:

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rocknroll_jeph 06-12-2022 11:45 PM
I don't participate in many online forums, but I can tell this one is dated. That being said I do like the simplistic and familiar (retro?) layout.

It's like a cozy pair of pajama bottoms, or perhaps a better metaphor would be the seating position of my Camaro. Not perfect, but its mine and I'm so used to it that anything else would feel strange.

My biggest complaint is that I just wish the front page was updated from time to time.

SATINSTEEL1LE 06-13-2022 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by rocknroll_jeph (Post 11186406)
I don't participate in many online forums, but I can tell this one is dated. That being said I do like the simplistic and familiar (retro?) layout.

It's like a cozy pair of pajama bottoms, or perhaps a better metaphor would be the seating position of my Camaro. Not perfect, but its mine and I'm so used to it that anything else would feel strange.

My biggest complaint is that I just wish the front page was updated from time to time.
I do participate in many forums. And yes this one is the oldest I encounter. Its just hanging on by a thread it feels.

SATINSTEEL1LE 06-13-2022 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by mlee (Post 11186323)
This site is quite a departure from VBulletin and has plenty of custom setups that you don't get in the new versions. I would rather do a completely different software rather than the newer VBulletin versions. I just discontinued two of the V5 cloud versions I had and never liked any of them better than this one.

If it isn't broke don't fix it is my opinion on this subject.
Um like WHAT?? What does this board have thats so revolutionary? You cant even like a post, or embed a video or paste in a picture. NONE of the newer features. What am I missing?

mlee 06-13-2022 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by rocknroll_jeph (Post 11186406)
I don't participate in many online forums, but I can tell this one is dated. That being said I do like the simplistic and familiar (retro?) layout.

It's like a cozy pair of pajama bottoms, or perhaps a better metaphor would be the seating position of my Camaro. Not perfect, but its mine and I'm so used to it that anything else would feel strange.

My biggest complaint is that I just wish the front page was updated from time to time.
Nailed it...:happy0180:

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Originally Posted by SATINSTEEL1LE (Post 11186529)
I do participate in many forums. And yes this one is the oldest I encounter. Its just hanging on by a thread it feels.
It's actually the largest privately owned car forums out there and not just holding on by a long shot.

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Originally Posted by SATINSTEEL1LE (Post 11186532)
Um like WHAT?? What does this board have thats so revolutionary? You cant even like a post, or embed a video or paste in a picture. NONE of the newer features. What am I missing?
You obviously have not been an Admin on any of those forums. The database on this one is massive and not something you just convert over to one of the newer versions.

As far as embedding videos... it's a simple copy link and paste... doesn't get any easier such as what other sites require with tags and all.
One of the customizations here is it will auto tag it for you but you're not going to see that as a regular user.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzxVQttqLiU&t

Here is a 2nd way to embed Videos that is part of this site but not the newer ones.


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