[philzilla]

are there any plans afoot to upgrade the board to vB 3.0, now that it has finally gone gold?

full info here

[Axo1ot1]

word

[Demonhood]

oooh, purty.

the idea has been thrown around. it would, of course, just take some time to customize it with our own macnn look (an updated one). i'll ask the head cheese about it.

[Zimphire]

phpBB is better.

[AKcrab]

Originally posted by Demonhood:
i'll ask the head cheese about it.

mmmmm... Head cheese...
/homer

[philzilla]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
phpBB is better.

that's not even funny.

[gorickey]

Yeah, let's get a move on this ultra-pack of goodness...

[gorgonzola]

We always wait for a few months after a new major release is out, because there are always numerous bug fixes and patches they end up releasing. Not to mention that upgrading to 3.0 will be a relatively large time commitment because of all the new templates we will have to modify. We'll also need to make sure we're up to speed on all the new features and changes (especially on the admin end) before we jump into anything.

Soon, though. Few months. We're keeping an eye on 3.0.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by philzilla:
that's not even funny.

It's bettaaaaaah.

[Moonray]

Originally posted by gorgonzola:
We always wait for a few months after a new major release is out, because there are always numerous bug fixes and patches they end up releasing. Not to mention that upgrading to 3.0 will be a relatively large time commitment because of all the new templates we will have to modify. We'll also need to make sure we're up to speed on all the new features and changes (especially on the admin end) before we jump into anything.

Soon, though. Few months. We're keeping an eye on 3.0.

Well, but the usual volunteers could start the customization already so there's no pressure later.

Oh and what happened to your stars? Got tarred? ... tar -xf images/stars.gif

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[mkbhatia]

I'd generally concur with Gorg on this one, but I'm a little less cautious. My vote is to wait until the 3.01 or 3.02 release, which I expect will be sooner than a few months.

m.

[gorgonzola]

Originally posted by Moonray:
Well, but the usual volunteers could start the customization already so there's no pressure later.

Oh and what happened to your stars? Got tarred? ... tar -xf images/stars.gif

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Xeo stole the grey ones so I had to use black. I was the only person left with the original red stars so I felt left out of the custom stars orgy taking place in the mod forum. ;p

Maybe I will switch back, though. Now I'm starting to miss my red ones.

[TheIceMan]

Gorgonzola and Other Admins: Just wondering how the progress towards updating the board is. Last I checked it is now at vBulletin 3.0.3. Thanks.

[sideus]

I heard something about MacNN going to 3.0 sometime when Longhorn is released.

[ManOfSteal]

Originally posted by TheIceMan:
Gorgonzola and Other Admins: Just wondering how the progress towards updating the board is. Last I checked it is now at vBulletin 3.0.3. Thanks.

DH is working on the new site design/upgrade to v3...he was hoping to have something out by the end of August, but that didn't happen. Maybe end of the September?

[MacGorilla]

Originally posted by sideus:
I heard something about MacNN going to 3.0 sometime when Longhorn is released.

I heard that too

[spiky_dog]

when you update the macnn look for vB 3 please include some way to get directly from the "find new posts" listing of threads to the first unread post.

[E's Lil Theorem]

Originally posted by spiky_dog:
when you update the macnn look for vB 3 please include some way to get directly from the "find new posts" listing of threads to the first unread post.

And navigation depth links at the bottom of the threads.

Like these: MacNN Forums > Community > Feedback > vBulletin 3.0.0 'Gold'

Currently you only see them at the very top of the thread.

[TheIceMan]

Admins: It's mid-October, any news about the upgrade yet?

[storer]

Originally posted by Demonhood:
it would, of course, just take some time to customize it with our own macnn look (an updated one).

The current one is very drab. vBulletin seems to be very square and not very customisable.

[Peter]

Originally posted by storer:
The current one is very drab. vBulletin seems to be very square and not very customisable.

yeah. The new Neowin.net is simply stunning for invision board though. They really outdid themselves

[ManOfSteal]

Originally posted by TheIceMan:
Admins: It's mid-October, any news about the upgrade yet?

Oh, they have a hot key answer for this question:

"It's coming soon...please be patient as it's taking more time than we anticipated."

[MacGorilla]

Originally posted by manofsteal:
Oh, they have a hot key answer for this question:

"It's coming soon...please be patient as it's taking more time than we anticipated."

[spiky_dog]

vB 3 as a xmas gift to the macnn community?

[Randman]

They're timing it for the release of the G5 PB.

[ManOfSteal]

I remember when an upgrade to the MacNN Forums was going to happen...yeah, I remember that.

[MacGorilla]

Originally posted by ManOfSteal:
I remember when an upgrade to the MacNN Forums was going to happen...yeah, I remember that.

Ya...me tooo....

[sideus]

Annoying kids in the car: Are we there yet? huh? huh? are we?! *repeat 20 times*

[macaddict0001]

But when is it shipping?

[sideus]

Originally posted by macaddict0001:
But when is it shipping?

Right after the PowerBook G5 ships.

[paully dub]

and everyone gets to be an admin!!!

[MacGorilla]

Originally posted by paully dub:
and everyone gets to be an admin!!!

Except Zimphire, because, you know, he's more powerful than we can possibly imagine already