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About LinkBacksI just noticed that Jag is still running vB 2.3.5. Why not upgrade to 3? Just curious. I did it a few weeks ago for a site that I work on. It wasn't painless, but at least they streamlined many things. The database used to be about 150 MB, but after converting it was cut in half. Weird?
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I just noticed that Jag is still running vB 2.3.5. Why not upgrade to 3? Just curious. I did it a few weeks ago for ...
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07-31-2004, 09:33 AM #1young and idealistic
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why not update to vBulletin 3?
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07-31-2004, 11:40 AM #2JPC Addict
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07-31-2004, 02:21 PM #3Aletia Customer
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They tried to upgrade a while back, but the theme didn't work. Jag would need to re-do the theme. I'm pretty familliar with the system, so I would be willing to help with the transfer. I would love it if they changed to vB 3. It's much better.
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08-01-2004, 12:14 AM #4Loyal Client
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I still wish we were using YaBB....
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08-01-2004, 01:45 AM #5Yeah, I know a LOT!
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Be careful about upgrading to VB3. VB3 has totally different table formats...
I know someone that tried this and it turned into a total fiasco. The theme can be modified, but he said the VB2 db is totally incompatible with VB3. When he finally figured this out and restored the original db, all the links and quotes were toast. He also lost the entire knowledge base and it was huge!DISCLAIMER Any resemblance between the views expressed above and those of the owners and operators of this system is purely coincidental. Any resemblance between these views and my own are non-deterministic. The existence of Vin DSL is questionable. The existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold them is problematic. The existence of the reader is left as an exercise in the second-order coefficient.
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08-01-2004, 01:49 AM #6Yeah, I know a LOT!
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Now that I think about it, isn't that what happened here - the quotes and links got jacked up?Originally posted by Joshua Clinard
They tried to upgrade a while back, but the theme didn't work...
I know the 'polls' are still screwy! When you vote on something, the results show up in a different thread...DISCLAIMER Any resemblance between the views expressed above and those of the owners and operators of this system is purely coincidental. Any resemblance between these views and my own are non-deterministic. The existence of Vin DSL is questionable. The existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold them is problematic. The existence of the reader is left as an exercise in the second-order coefficient.
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08-01-2004, 02:02 PM #7Aletia Customer
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It wouldn't have happened if they had restored the original unmodified database. There haven't been any widespread problems with upgrading to vB3 either. vB3 is da bomb.
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08-02-2004, 08:05 AM #8Darth Admin (aka Jag)
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I had to go back to the vb2 and backup db becuase i absolutely hate teh stock vb3 theme. The themes also are a totally different format than vb2, dumbest thing in the world. They should at least have made them compatible or convertable. At any rate, Im happy with vb2 and have many other projects ahead of weasting a week to redesign our forums. If someone does want to do it your welcome to have at it. I'll test that theme on a non-live account to verify it works before we use it here.
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08-05-2004, 02:50 PM #9young and idealistic
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me too! LOLOriginally posted by Jag
i absolutely hate teh stock vb3 theme.
It actually wasn't that hard to change the theme again. I had to rebuild it afresh, but like the jag pages, the one I did was mainly a design wrapped around the discussion board. Just edit the header/footer files and was done.
As for the DB stucture being different. It seemed better cause it cut down the size of our DB.- Julie
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08-05-2004, 05:21 PM #10Yeah, I know a LOT!
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Have you checked to see if all your messages are still there?Originally posted by clio
As for the DB stucture being different. It seemed better cause it cut down the size of our DB.
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08-12-2004, 10:37 AM #11young and idealistic
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Yes we, have.Originally posted by Vin DSL
Have you checked to see if all your messages are still there?
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