Like wow man .. wow.

[CrAnIuM]

http://swollencranium.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=178&pictureid=2470












So ... its almost time, the newest in the line of Vbulletin products.

This thing has been hyped as the 'sliced bread' of forums.

I am eager to get into its guts and see what the hoopla is about.

I will be pre-ordering today .. and will install ( on a test platform ) as soon as it arrives for distribution.

When I am confident that I can integrate all current forum activity to the new version I will go live on Vb4.

As I stated before ... almost ALL code tweaks and bells and whistles I have added over the last 13 months will cease to work because of differing code.


I'll update this as events develop.

[Violet]

As I stated before ... almost ALL code tweaks and bells and whistles I have added over the last 13 months will cease to work because of differing code.
Awww.. boo.

Is it neat?

[CrAnIuM]

Awww.. boo.

Is it neat?


It makes FORTRAN look like PASCAL on crack !

[Violet]

It makes FORTRAN look like PASCAL on crack !Ummm... Yay!

[CrAnIuM]

Ummm... Yay!



Just testing .. you http://swollencranium.com/forums/images/icons/fail.gif the nerd test.



And yeah .. its Tre' chic ..* snap snap*

[SlimSkeeter]

yeah..I failed the nerd test, too.

Good thing I'm a geek, and am not subject to such low brow things.




What's the ETA?

[Absinthe]

When I glanced at the pic... like briefly and such... I swear it said "4.0 bullshit suite"... seriously...

[CrAnIuM]

yeah..I failed the nerd test, too.

Good thing I'm a geek, and am not subject to such low brow things.




What's the ETA?


Dec ~ Jan.


When I glanced at the pic... like briefly and such... I swear it said "4.0 bullshit suite"... seriously...


You haven't had your daily smack yet ... obviously.

[CrAnIuM]

BaM ! Just paid for pre-sale !.

Check these screens ! http://www.vbulletin.com/index.php?do=screenshots


( obviously the color scheme will not look like those ^^ )

[Negativecool]

Wow. That's amazing!
I'm so fucking hard right now I don't even know what to do.

[CrAnIuM]

Mocking is sarcasm's retard cousin.

[Negativecool]

No u.

[SlimSkeeter]

BaM ! Just paid for pre-sale !.

Check these screens ! http://www.vbulletin.com/index.php?do=screenshots


( obviously the color scheme will not look like those ^^ )

Good...thats a little too...umm....white.

[Saucy]

These new forum looks is what 2009 been waiting for.

[CrAnIuM]

DO NOT :

Make any more blogs.

Make any more Articles.

Make any changes to your user profiles.


These items will likely NOT carry over into the new forum.

I will do what I can, I will save everything as it is here and manually move things over if possible.


Do:

Continue to post in the normal manner as the basic database WILL transfer over with little to no issues.



Yeah .. ya can't make omelets with out cracking some eggs .....

[Titty]

Not to be an asshole or anything (me? neva), but I fail to see the necessity for such an expense. Like you said, the current tweaks will be lost in the upgrade. It's not as if this place is paying for itself, either. There are a myriad of sites running antiquated versions of Vb without major issues. I know you're well aware of the plentiful hacks available to patch the holes.

We all appreciate your zeal as Admin. It just makes me wonder what functionality you're thinking we're currently lacking that would help augment the lack of activity. It's like getting the cart before the horse.

[CrAnIuM]

Not to be an asshole or anything (me? neva), but I fail to see the necessity for such an expense. Like you said, the current tweaks will be lost in the upgrade. It's not as if this place is paying for itself, either. There are a myriad of sites running antiquated versions of Vb without major issues. I know you're well aware of the plentiful hacks available to patch the holes.

We all appreciate your zeal as Admin. It just makes me wonder what functionality you're thinking we're currently lacking that would help augment the lack of activity. It's like getting the cart before the horse.


Gained ? .....I'm not sure that there will be a substantive gain at all, not if you mean financial.

This forum runs on Vbulletin software, and like any software there will always be updates and evolving methods to populate data. I choose to venture into the new rather than rest with the tried and true.

If this forum had hundreds of regular members, posting hundreds of time per day I WOULD be reluctant to alter this place in any major way.

I'm not setting any carts before any horses ... what I am doing is simply looking for that place where I can let the forum linger for a long while. As it is the 3.XX series has reached its end with me, I've grown tired of it. I've been a part of the 3 series for 6 years ...2 as user, 2 as a Mod and now almost 2 as owner. There have been nice advances in usability in that time but essentially the platform is the same in most places.


Money ... I can absorb the expense easily, when have I said or appeared to present myself as needing to make a buck off this forum ?

The experiment with the advertisements some months ago was to see if I COULD generate a revenue in order to completely fund the monthly raffles WITHOUT user provided funding or paying out of my own pocket.

Hell .. even the logo design on the store items will be an @ cost venture.

As for the modules and add on products ... There are HUNDREDS of VB designers and coders that have nothing better to do than show off their big egg head. While it IS true that none of the current mods will work on VB4 it was also true that almost none worked when I upgraded from 3.6 to 3.7 ..and 8. With in DAYS the coders had spawned and released new mods that were compatible. I am confident that it will be the same with the 4 series ... also .. with 4 I am able to more effectively use my modest CSS skills and start designing my own stuff.


Anyway .... .. are you still using Windows 3.1 ... or Win98 ... or Xp .... ??

Your comments are valid but will not effect my decision to go ahead with the purchase and installation.

[Gzus]

I dig the new look, well done Cranium.!!

[CrAnIuM]

I dig the new look, well done Cranium.!!


Thanks but :

This is just a Halloween theme and has nothing to do with VB4.

The forum will go back to the blue/black on Nov 1st.

[Gzus]

meh.
-10 interwebz.

[CrAnIuM]

Update:

Starting Next week, and continuing until complete, I will be reverting the forum to its basic out of the box format.

All add on and doo dads will be removed. I will keep the chat box until the very last day before I start my upgrades BUT the chatbox will go away at some point and will not return until it is recoded to work on the new format.

STFU.

[Mamba]

Out of the box format entailing what exactly? And what are the add-ons that you are removing? If I may be so bold as to ask, of course.

[CrAnIuM]

Out of the box format entailing what exactly? And what are the add-ons that you are removing? If I may be so bold as to ask, of course.

As in very basic functionality.

Also, I've made dozens of mods to the forum over the last 14 months, too many to list.

[Titty]

I haven't been this excited since I heard Ashford and Simpson were getting back together.

[CrAnIuM]

I haven't been this excited since I heard Ashford and Simpson were getting back together.

lemme alone ...

I'm looking forward to it ... that's all that matters.

[Titty]

lemme alone ...

I'm looking forward to it ... that's all that matters.

*pats Cranium on the head*

Carry on.

[CrAnIuM]

http://swollencranium.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=168&pictureid=2545

[Polar Bear]

Don't mind me, I just wanted the girl to see me hanging out in this thread so she'd think I was smart.

[SlimSkeeter]

Its all about the nookie..

[Polar Bear]

Its all about the nookie..


*high five*

[CrAnIuM]

Vb4 (beta) has been released !!


So, starting Tomorrow, 14 Nov 2009, I will be operating VB4 in a test environment.

Due to legal issues I can NOT allow public access to my test board because I only own ONE license.

However, I will allow the Staff to check VB4 out and get a preview of its changes so that they may be better at answering questions posed by the general membership.

VB4 change over on the main forum is still estimated to happen at some point prior to 2010.


I'm so excited about the new code that I think I just peed a little ....

[SlimSkeeter]

Bonus!

[Titty]

I haven't cried like this since Johnny Carson died.

[CrAnIuM]

I haven't cried like this since Johnny Carson died.


I know !!

This is hella awesome huh ?

We are truly living in exciting times !!

[CrAnIuM]

yaaa !!

Test forum is up and running ..

And even in its current Beta state I am confident in saying it is money well spent.

[CrAnIuM]

Yaaaa ....


I'm just sayin.

[CrAnIuM]

Oh snap, mother bitches !!!

[SlimSkeeter]

^^^ Like a kid on Christmas.... except slightly less vulgar

[CrAnIuM]

^^^ Like a kid on Christmas.... except slightly less vulgar

Yeah, I'm digging the new focus on CSS.

Things are very much changed on the code side.

[SlimSkeeter]

Can't wait to see it when it gets out of Beta and you get your fingers into it. I like it so far.

[CrAnIuM]

Can't wait to see it when it gets out of Beta and you get your fingers into it. I like it so far.


Yeah, Because things are a bit more intuitive AND with the New publishing tool I will be able to be a bit more creative with things.

I plan on having a firm grasp of things before I go live with it, even if everything Is fixed.

[urateup]

Sorry I haven't been around for all the latest update news. So when is the offical update and new board taking affect?

[CrAnIuM]

Sorry I haven't been around for all the latest update news. So when is the offical update and new board taking affect?

TBD

There are many more bugs in the new format than anticipated, I'm not gonna launch until most are fixed.

Maybe January 2010.

[CrAnIuM]

Yaaa !!

I'm updating the test forum to RC 2 as of 2145 hrs.

The live site is soon to follow, maybe another month.

[CrAnIuM]

RC 4 is installed and working.

Test crew:

Mostly the changes affect the Admin side, although the overall forum look is a bit more tidy and cleaner.

[Negativecool]

Countdown display to going live with the rest of us or GTFO!

[CrAnIuM]

Countdown display to going live with the rest of us or GTFO!

ummm..

Estimated live for gen pop = 01162010 1800 Zulu.

[KommieKat]

I still cannot get into the staff forum. Nobody wants to give me the password?

Not fair. You KNOW Violet shared it with Polar Bear.

[CrAnIuM]

I still cannot get into the staff forum. Nobody wants to give me the password?

Not fair. You KNOW Violet shared it with Polar Bear.

I'm not saying that she did ...

But I am saying .. ehh .. so ?

[SlimSkeeter]

I'M saying that, once she logged in, Old Chappy snuck a peak in. In any case, we weren't talking about you guys....I promise! Cross my heart!!

[CrAnIuM]

Dear Gary XXXXXXXX,

If you haven’t yet heard, the vBulletin team plans to release the vBulletin 4.0 Forums and vBulletin 4.0 Publishing Suite Gold Release on or before Monday, December 21, 2009.

Starting on the date of the Gold release, vBulletin 4.0 Forums and Publishing Suite will become officially supported products. This means that vBulletin 4.0 will be eligible for both ticket support and phone support.

As we work toward the Gold release, our goal is to get the best possible product into the hands of our customers. To do this, we’ve made huge investments in development resources and have been maintaining an extremely rigorous scrub schedule, identifying and fixing bugs at an unprecedented rate.

Since the release of the first vBulletin 4.0 public beta in mid-November, we’ve already released four additional public beta versions of vBulletin 4.0, including the latest release – vBulletin 4.0 Release Candidate 4 – last night. Additionally, we plan to provide an accelerated post-release maintenance schedule in January that will provide additional updates.

Please keep an eye on your e-mailbox over the next week for official word on the availability of vBulletin 4.0 Gold. We’re extremely excited about this huge milestone in vBulletin history, and thank you for your continued support along the way.

--The vBulletin Team

[CrAnIuM]

^^^ ..

I plan to launch it here NLT than 10 days after I get the gold version.

[Polar Bear]

I still cannot get into the staff forum. Nobody wants to give me the password?

Not fair. You KNOW Violet shared it with Polar Bear.


I know all teh secretz!!

[CrAnIuM]

Holding pattern :

I have stuff to do, you know life stuff, and do not want to stat the forum upgrade until life stuff is "back on the plane".

So, all forum upgrades are on hold until 4 January 2010.