vBSEO 3.2.0 Users - Patch Required for vBulletin 3.8 Update

Originally Posted by Chewie

Still no 3.25? This is the longest I've seen it take for a new vbseo to follow a new vbulletin release (minor release? whatever) 3.2 went gold days after vb3.7 came out and same thing with the previous vbulletin release. At least that's how I remember it and I'm sticking to it

3.2 took forever to go gold also, there was like 8 RC versions and it went on for months before gold. Actually that's why i'm still using 3.1, i got tired of waiting for 3.2 and by the time it was released as gold the excitement was totally gone and i didn't even download it.

As for vBSEO following the vB release pattern, they released 3.2 Gold over 3 1/2 months after vB 3.7 Gold.

I remember that the Release of 3.2.5 was announced for a few Days later at the Time that 3.8 has become GOLD. This was the only Reason why i renewed my Licence so early.

Originally Posted by redlabour

I remember that the Release of 3.2.5 was announced for a few Days later at the Time that 3.8 has become GOLD. This was the only Reason why i renewed my Licence so early.

We never shared a release date before.

Originally Posted by sweetfunny

3.2 took forever to go gold also, there was like 8 RC versions and it went on for months before gold. Actually that's why i'm still using 3.1, i got tired of waiting for 3.2 and by the time it was released as gold the excitement was totally gone and i didn't even download it.

As for vBSEO following the vB release pattern, they released 3.2 Gold over 3 1/2 months after vB 3.7 Gold.

As i already stated before , the main reason the release is delayed is on Quality Assurance side. We are a SEO addon manufacturer. SEO requires patience and deep investigation. Each rewrite rule we include should be investigated as even a small error on the rewrite rules can cause big problems for the sites. Surely we can follow other software companies routes and supply quick releases which is fulled with bugs. But that will only decrease the quality of our product and it will never happen.

As the developer number is also increased , the similar kind of delay should not happen for future releases as we have more staff both developing and working on QA stage.

Originally Posted by redlabour

I remember that the Release of 3.2.5 was announced for a few Days later at the Time that 3.8 has become GOLD. This was the only Reason why i renewed my Licence so early.

I'm not fussed, i won't worry about upgrading from vBSEO 3.1 anyway. However this was announced to the whole vbulletin.com customer base:

The vBSEO Team has informed us that their compatibility update (vBSEO 3.2.5) is scheduled for release later this month.

Which doesn't look great for vBSEO and attracting new vBulletin customers, as the that time has come and gone and nothings released as promised.

Good to see many other people have started questioning your silence. I was really expecting something soon after my 3.5 dev thread, but ..

Its almost a month today since vbulletin 3.8.0 released BUT you remain where you were 7 months ago. It is shocking and really irritating to me that you are not even able to release an updated version IN SUCH A LONG TIME with simply no kind of announcements or any interaction with the customers.

How long will your testing for 3.2.5 go? Does those several new features taking several months? And if they are so tough and time consuming, why don't you just release a timely updated bugfix version (w/o any new features), every 2-3 months.

When vbulletin 4 releases (which is not far I hope) and if your speed remains like this, you would be taking an year (or more than that) to release a compatible version.

I believe the only reason you don't have a strict scheduled release policy is that you don't have a competitor in the market which keeps you really relaxed, and which makes me really sad.

I hope in the coming announcement, you'll give detailed news about what development has happened in the last 7 months.

Thanks

Like vB 3.7, vB 3.8 is the only other release in the history of vB that includes this many NEW URL rewrites. Such update requires vBSEO to be re-implemented for all these new content areas.

Such implementation, and subsequent quality assurance, simply takes time.

vB 4.0 will not feature many new URL types if any at all, which means that our compatibility update should not be as extensive as the vB 3.8 one.

vBSEO 3.3.0 (re-tagged from 3.2.5 due to the extent of updates in the new version) is due out later today to the pre-release team. Those interested in getting access to the pre-release build please pm any staff member to get access to the download link.

If you prefer to wait for a more thoroughly tested build, you might want to wait for the official pre-release build availability announcement.

Originally Posted by Juan Muriente

vBSEO 3.3.0 (re-tagged from 3.2.5 due to the extent of updates in the new version) is due out later today to the pre-release team. Those interested in getting access to the pre-release build please pm any staff member to get access to the download link.

The Pre Release version is not released yet. I'll update the thread once it is released so anyone who is interested with Pre Release built can pm any staff member for download link.

Also if you are wanting access to the pre-release team, it would be best to open a new ticket. That way more then one set of eyes can see it rather then the only person you PM.

vBSEO 3.3.0 has been released to Pre Release members. Those interested in getting access to the pre-release build please create a Support Ticket to request access for the download link. This is a Pre Release built. This version has been heavily tested but bugs can always occur. If you are not confident on installing a Pre Release Software please donot request a download link.