vBulletin Beta 3 Released to Customers with 4.0 Licenses

**vBulletin.com Staff** · 11-12-2009 11:51 PM

We are excited to announce a major milestone on the path to vB4 - the release of Beta 3 to all customers who have purchased (or upgraded to) the new vBulletin 4.0 Forum or Publishing Suite licenses.

Cool!

Yes, yes it is. :cool:

We are very excited about hitting this stage of development, and while there's more work yet to be done, we're very happy to finally get the product into the hands of the larger customer base.

Can we run Beta 3 in production?

The official answer is that you may run this beta release on public sites, but we don't recommend it. If you put it in production, make sure to back up all of your data and files before upgrading.

Please remember that there is no official support for vB4 until the Gold release, so if you decide to put it in production, you're taking all of the usual risks of using beta-stage software. This means that there are still known bugs, some of which might be significant to your members, depending on how they use the software.

Is there anything we should be especially careful of?

New, fresh installations have been relatively predictable, but we have experienced some potentially serious issues upgrading existing vBulletin installations, depending on customization, configuration and certain aspects your database. In particular, disable all of your plugins before attempting upgrades.

Some things to check before upgrading, especially if you are setting up a test site from a copy of your production site.

1) Make sure that the forum URL setting is correct.

2) If attachments are stored on the file system, make sure that the test site points to a valid attachment directory that is different from the production site's directory.

3) Make sure that any attachment files from the production site get copied to the test site directory.

Where do we report bugs?

In the usual bug tracker - here.

Will my existing styles and plug-ins work?

Please see this FAQ entry.

When will the gold release be?

The Gold release will come once all of our release criteria have been satisfied. At this time, we expect Gold to be released before the end of the year.

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**Juan Muriente** · 11-12-2009 11:54 PM

Yay! Let the fun begin

**SecondVersion** · 11-12-2009 11:59 PM

Congrats to vB and those who were able to afford to upgrade.. I envy you :P

I'm guessing there will be a vBSEO 3.5 soon? hehe.

**Nicke** · 11-13-2009 04:56 AM

I pre-ordered it and would like to install the beta, but I dont know yet if current vBseo can handle the forum part or if I need to wait for vBseo 3.5?

(...I dont want to wait!)

**Mert Gökçeimam** · 11-13-2009 04:59 AM

vBSEO 3.5.0 Gold will be released after vBulletin 4 Gold. There are currently no plans to release a beta version of vBSEO 3.5 before vBulletim 4 Gold. vBSEO 3.3.x series will not function correct with vBulletin 4.

**Lee G** · 11-13-2009 09:06 AM

Whats the bets on how many betas will be released on this.

Im glad to see the extended the discounted purchasing period as well. Just taken the plunge on the new licence now you can see it working in all its glory with the CMS as well.

Bring on the gold release, and with any luck the other add on developers I use catching up on the release

Has anyone done the upgrade yet and is the server load any better with VB4

**Brian Cummiskey** · 11-13-2009 09:15 AM

I've installed a test board, but haven't upgraded anything in public realm (and nor would i recommend as vBSEO isn't ready yet).
CMS has a LOT of queries....

**Lee G** · 11-13-2009 09:25 AM

Cheers for that Brian. So what version do we take the final plunge on when its released, about version vb4.4, just so they iron out a few bugs

IMO it does look quite good so far, a lot neater and cleaner in looks and feel

Plus I cant get my head around it being cheaper to upgrade to the cms version than the standard version

**Brian Cummiskey** · 11-13-2009 09:54 AM

The Suite price is a promo offering only. Once it's final, the Suite costs significantly more money than just the forum. ($85 if i remember correctly). Upgrades to the suite will also cost more (ie when v5 comes out).

Me, personally, i am probably waiting until most of my plugins/addons have been updated. This may take a while. lol So, it's really dependent on them. Then, once that is together, its a matter of getting all my custom plugins together, my theme together, my ads, etc working, and making sure vb4 is stable. It may be 4.4.... it might be later, it might be sooner. Only the future will tell.

vBSEO.com will be upgraded to 4.0 around vb4 final. We have already started converting all of our custom stuff over.

**Brandon Sheley** · 11-13-2009 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by Juan Muriente

Yay! Let the fun begin

indeed
I'll dl the zip and setup a dev install this weekend so I can check out the admin area

**Brian Cummiskey** · 11-13-2009 11:09 AM

The admin area is pretty much un-changed. Just a couple new areas for managing the CMS.

vBulletin Beta 3 Released to Customers with 4.0 Licenses

vBulletin Beta 3 Released to Customers with 4.0 Licenses

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