Ubuntu Forums and vBulletin 3.7
April 22nd, 2008
We have upgraded the Ubuntu Forums to use the newest version of vBulletin, 3.7.0RC3 and it rocks! There are a ton of new features, a new look, and still the same friendly, welcoming, helpful atmosphere.
The upgrade is a direct result of work done by ubuntu-geek, so he should get all the credit and thanks. The atmosphere in the forums is because of our members, who are wonderful and deserve the best looking and best working forums on the internet.
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1. Dread Knight | April 22nd, 2008 at 11:11 am
What about free open source FTW?
Screw vBulletin….
http://www.phpbb.com
http://www.phpbb.org
2. matthew | April 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 am
The choice of forum software is a very old and rather tired topic. The definitive answer to why Ubuntu Forums uses vBulletin is posted on the site.
As noted there, the forums actually started out using phpBB and found it to be inadequate for our needs. It is good software, but at the time it did not do what we needed it to do. vBulletin did and does.
Today a change of forum software would be disastrous for the community and the site. We have a HUGE database that would need conversion, along with figuring out how to change all the templates, themes, add in the features we have customized and added ourselves, etc. Sorry, this isn’t going to happen.
3. sam | April 22nd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Is it my settings or is it a bug?
Links are not visible (black like normal text) until I hover over them with my mouse (red underlined).
4. Vadim Peretokin | April 22nd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I don’t think anyone even bothers to do research or even think about the effort needed before suggesting these things. It’s like a random internet meme, if it touches open-source and a part isn’t, suggest something else. Obviously, those people never heard of anything else before.
I myself feel that the upgrade was a bit too early though. There is a bunch of “we’ll fix that soon” answers in the FAQ posted.
5. matthew | April 22nd, 2008 at 1:43 pm
sam: it’s a known bug that will be fixed within the next day or so.
Vadim (who was commenting on Dread Knight’s comment, I presume): over forty hours of work had been done to upgrade the underlying software and to get the theme ready to use. We needed to make it live to work out the last little kinks. Sorry you felt it was done too early.
6. Steve | April 22nd, 2008 at 1:43 pm
@Dread Knight
FOSS hasn’t kept up with VB on forum software. and phpbb is about the worst forum platform there is.
7. RonnieLRQ | May 7th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Hey everyone,
Been reading the forum for a while just wanted to introduce myself - what’s up?
8. matthew | May 7th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Ronnie: thanks for stopping by and saying “Hello.” I’m glad to have you around.
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