vBulletin 3.8.0 Beta 3 Released

vBulletin 3.8.0 Beta 3

We're pleased to announce the third public beta of vBulletin 3.8.0. Any customer with an active vBulletin license can download the beta.

This release contains a number of bug fixes, but it also includes an improvement to private messaging. When you view a message, you will see a "Message History" row below the quick reply. You can use this to quickly display previous messages in that "thread". This feature only works with new (after a 3.8 upgrade) messages that are in response to a previous message in the thread.

There is an extensive blog post by Darren that showcases some of the new features and improvements that have been made to vBulletin 3.8.0.

Significance of a Beta Release
This is beta software. If you are not fully at home with backing-up and restoring your forum, dealing with bugs and regular upgrades, do not install this beta version.

Customers should bear in mind that this is a public beta, not a certified 'stable' release so the following caveats apply:

• Beta software is unsupported and you install beta versions at your own risk.
• Some minor bugs remain unresolved at this time, so beta software should not be on production sites.
• You should always back up your database fully before attempting to install beta software.
• If you choose to install this version, you should be aware that we plan to release new beta versions in rapid succession as bugs are fixed and holes are plugged. Do not install this beta version if you are not willing or able to keep up-to-date with new releases.

Full instructions for upgrading vBulletin are available here.


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Damn.. Ive just finished hacking my beta 2 today
The bad side of installing betas..

So true

There is an extensive blog post by Darren that showcases some of the new features and improvements that have been made to vBulletin 3.8.0.

They put this blurb in every time they make an announcement, but said blog post is never updated with the 'new features and improvements' in that release, just 3.8 as a whole.
Personally, a changelog would be more useful.

skipping 3.8 entirely would be more useful

Originally Posted by briansol

skipping 3.8 entirely would be more useful

Why do the rewrite everything?

Originally Posted by briansol

skipping 3.8 entirely would be more useful

It's highly likely that I'll end up doing exactly that.

My days of going "OOOOOH!!! NEW VERSION!" are well and truly over.

Because there is nothing new actually

3.8 is a total waste of time IMO. they should just work on 4.0.

I will not be upgrading to 3.8 at all. Not worth the license renewall across 5 sites. And by the time 4.0 comes out, i'm just going to have to re-renew them all again because i'm sure its more than a year out.