Major release of vBulletin coming soon - EVERYONE PLEASE READ

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  • Sam Conder
    Woodworker Once More
    • Dec 2002
    • 2502
    • Midway, KY
    • Delta 36-725T2

    Major release of vBulletin coming soon - EVERYONE PLEASE READ

    BT3Central,

    The forum software we use is vBulletin. Jelsoft, the developers of vBulletin recently announced the upcoming release of vBulletin Forum 4.0 and vBulletin Publishing Suite 4.0. The addition of the "Publishing Suite" option basically brings together the forum software, a blogging system (think project diaries) and a Content Management System (think front page and articles).

    This is a major release, most likely the most significant change since I started using the software. I am excited with the features and "bells and whistles" that it will bring, but am also a bit overwhelmed at the redesign of BT3Central that this suite will require. With that in mind, I will most likely work on a site redesign and implementation of the new features over the next few months with the hopes of a migration around the first of the year.

    The new software looks very "Web 2.0" and reminds me of Facebook. That is no surprise since vBulletin has been moving more and more towards a social networking application rather than just strictly a forum software. At first blush it looks like there is going to be a bit of a learning curve for administrators as well as the users, but I am confident we will work through all of it just fine.

    I just wanted to give everyone the heads up on what is coming down the pike...
    Last edited by Sam Conder; 10-14-2009, 09:55 AM.
    Sam Conder
    BT3Central's First Member

    "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas A. Edison
  • pierhogunn2
    Established Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 134

    #2
    woo-hoo

    Sam if you need some help, I have some spare cycles

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    • DUD
      Royal Jester
      • Dec 2002
      • 3309
      • Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA.
      • Ryobi BT3000

      #3
      Thanks Sam

      I know You can handle it.

      Bill
      5 OUT OF 4 PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND FRACTIONS.

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      • master53yoda
        Established Member
        • Oct 2008
        • 456
        • Spokane Washington
        • bt 3000 2 of them and a shopsmith ( but not for the tablesaw part)

        #4
        sounds good i kinda like the blog part for ongoing projects good luck and thanks for a very usable site as it is . Can you keep the maroon instead of using the blue that so many use .........
        Art

        If you don't want to know, Don't ask

        If I could come back as anyone one in history, It would be the man I could have been and wasn't....

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        • gjat
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2005
          • 685
          • Valrico (Tampa), Florida.
          • BT3100

          #5
          Who wants to bet that Crokett and dbHost are thinking "Dang! We needed the blogging thing a few months ago!"

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          • Alex Franke
            Veteran Member
            • Feb 2007
            • 2641
            • Chapel Hill, NC
            • Ryobi BT3100

            #6
            Cool -- thanks for the update. Sounds like it's going to be a neat improvement.
            online at http://www.theFrankes.com
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            • dbhost
              Slow and steady
              • Apr 2008
              • 9209
              • League City, Texas
              • Ryobi BT3100

              #7
              I would not suggest taking that bet... I use the blogs on other sites pretty extensively...
              Please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel. Please check out and subscribe to my Workshop Blog.

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              • gjat
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2005
                • 685
                • Valrico (Tampa), Florida.
                • BT3100

                #8
                Originally posted by dbhost
                I would not suggest taking that bet... I use the blogs on other sites pretty extensively...
                LOL. I know. I read 'em. But surely you're not dissing BT3??!!!!

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                • dbhost
                  Slow and steady
                  • Apr 2008
                  • 9209
                  • League City, Texas
                  • Ryobi BT3100

                  #9
                  In no way, shape, or form. This is absolutely my favorite WW site out there!

                  Actually way too frequently coming dangerously close to unintentionally advertising for BT3Central is more like it...

                  This is, hands down the best bunch of woodworkers on the net. Of course a lot of you guys and gals are in those other places!
                  Please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel. Please check out and subscribe to my Workshop Blog.

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                  • poolhound
                    Veteran Member
                    • Mar 2006
                    • 3195
                    • Phoenix, AZ
                    • BT3100

                    #10
                    Thanks for the heads up. project blogs sound cool.
                    Jon

                    Phoenix AZ - It's a dry heat
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                    • toolguy1000
                      Veteran Member
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 1142
                      • westchester cnty, ny

                      #11
                      what, exactly, is a blog?
                      there's a solution to every problem.......you just have to be willing to find it.

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                      • Sam Conder
                        Woodworker Once More
                        • Dec 2002
                        • 2502
                        • Midway, KY
                        • Delta 36-725T2

                        #12
                        Originally posted by toolguy1000
                        what, exactly, is a blog?
                        Sam Conder
                        BT3Central's First Member

                        "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas A. Edison

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                        • thestinker
                          Senior Member
                          • Oct 2005
                          • 613
                          • Fort Worth, TX, USA.

                          #13
                          Sounds real cool Sam. It also sounds like a heck of a project and wish I had more to offer in the way of help than "good luck."
                          Awww forget trying to fix it!!!! Lets just drink beer

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                          • leehljp
                            Just me
                            • Dec 2002
                            • 8429
                            • Tunica, MS
                            • BT3000/3100

                            #14
                            Originally posted by toolguy1000
                            what, exactly, is a blog?
                            I was a little surprised at the more technical aspect in which Wiki described it. I fully understood it personally, but to put it in the vernacular - the vast majority of blogs are similar to personal journals (dairies), personal soap boxes, personal opinions, personal editorials - written on a web site for all to see in order to gather "like thinking people".
                            Hank Lee

                            Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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                            • toolguy1000
                              Veteran Member
                              • Mar 2009
                              • 1142
                              • westchester cnty, ny

                              #15
                              thanks for the link and informed description.
                              there's a solution to every problem.......you just have to be willing to find it.

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