vBulletin 3.7.1 is out

[LiNuX]

This is why I get mad at these cms people. They upgrade every other week.

Well we upgraded to 3.7.0 just over a week ago and yesterday they came up with 3.7.1 which fixes a few bugs and adds on a few more features for the admin so that some of the other modifications are easily manageable. No drastic template changes have been made which I am very happy for but there are still some that has to be changed.

3.7.1 has had some glitches the past few days, that's why I am hesitant to upgrade it right now. It hasn't been a day yet to the release and I like to give things a week or so before upgrading.

As I get more information about 3.7.1 I'll post back and if you have questions about this just ask and I'll see if I can answer.

[rukisuto]

I haven't noticed any glitches in 3.7, what does 3.7.1 fix?

[LiNuX]

I haven't noticed any glitches in 3.7, what does 3.7.1 fix?

I quote:

Security Flaws and Data-Loss Bugs

And they'll never tell you specifics on that lol

oh and also, 3.7.1 can't use a php version less than 5.0 and luckily we have the latest

but it was only released yesterday so I don't know what else they fix and many are still confused on why they should upgrade, including me

[LiNuX]

I am happy I never upgraded because 3.7.1 has a huge security bug that they realized and set up a patch just yesterday after a few forums were hacked and shut down, way to go!

I am still not gonna upgrade because they still aren't sure of the rest of the bugs - i already know a few annoying ones for 3.7.0 that I am facing, but its mostly on my end

They may release PL2 (Patch Level 2) of 3.7.1 in a few days if they find another security bug.

[jakncoke]

gahh hackers suck. lol @ them messing up though. Just a thought is vbulletin like the best out there? If so is there anything close to it's level?

[LiNuX]

gahh hackers suck. lol @ them messing up though. Just a thought is vbulletin like the best out there? If so is there anything close to it's level?

well depends on what you mean by "best" because that could be just an opinion - it is one of the most used and safest cms for forums still.

there are others that use javascripts, perl, and even flash forums which are much safer to work with because they are nearly hack proof. but these cms cost a hell of a lot more than vB too.

there is one that has a record of 0 forums hacked, its some other language, forgot what it is but i'll see if i can find it again, i had a huge list of cms on my other pc but i formated the hard drive so no point in looking there, just gotta research again.

[jakncoke]

well depends on what you mean by "best" because that could be just an opinion - it is one of the most used and safest cms for forums still.

there are others that use javascripts, perl, and even flash forums which are much safer to work with because they are nearly hack proof. but these cms cost a hell of a lot more than vB too.

there is one that has a record of 0 forums hacked, its some other language, forgot what it is but i'll see if i can find it again, i had a huge list of cms on my other pc but i formated the hard drive so no point in looking there, just gotta research again.

I just thought it was the best cause nearly every forum I visited used it.

[LiNuX]

I just thought it was the best cause nearly every forum I visited used it.

smf still hosts thousands of forums, yabb is fully perl, nearly impossible to hack cuz its a hard language to learn and it has thousands of users although i doubt it has a lot of boards anymore since its so hard to configure

phpBB is still a large free forum software and it is THE largest free forum software (my stats are coming from 2 years ago though)

and there is also IBP boards which is also paid and decent but not nearly as cool or as safe as vBulletin - and i am sure you have seen all those free forum softwares including invisionfree

they are all different softwares lol - i am part of mostly vbulletin forums too, and usually the vB forums are the ones that have been going for a while because they are paid - im not saying free forums aren't great, vb just out does all free boards out there in usability, modifications, looks, and safety

[jakncoke]

ya I've seen basically all you've mentioned just not nearly in the number that Vbulletin..perhaps I'm in the wrong section of the internetz...and ya invisionfree...I have about 20 failed forums through it

[Blackbird]

I don't think it's necussary to begin to upgrade it now, well yeah like you said wait for next week if there have any updates. xD