vBulletin 3.5? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

TheBrit · 11-02-2005, 12:28 AM

You're still running 3.0.3
The transition to 3.5 is fairly seamless, takes about 30 minutes to an hour or so.
There's a fair few new features, including a very snazzy AJAX quick reply option.
If you need help, I'm more than happy to lend a hand, having done it myself.

Any admin feedback?

spectre · 11-02-2005, 08:02 PM

Hal's usually pretty good about keeping the versions up to date. He's been pretty busy lately, so I don't know when he'll have a chance to update, but I'm sure he will once he has the opportunity.

sailor · 11-26-2005, 08:24 AM

Ditto this. Especially the AJAX reply functionality--it could potentially save a good bit of bandwidth on the site, and given the financial troubles we're always in, that's a good thing

Psycho Dad · 11-26-2005, 12:33 PM

What is AJAX?

sailor · 11-27-2005, 02:13 AM

Asynchronous Javascript And XML. It's a way of doing things with webpages, mainly submitting and receiving data, without refreshing the page. Think about GMail. The functionality I'm referring to allows you to use the quick reply box and submit, and it automatically posts the post without having to refresh the page. This saves the site bandwidth as it isn't having to resend everything on the page, just the little bit that changes.

Basically, it makes the web more like a real application. It's pretty cool technology.

Psycho Dad · 11-27-2005, 06:46 AM

Thank you sailor. That does seem to sound like quite a nifty feature for larger boards with a lot of posts. I've seen posts with several high resolution photographs that attempted to kill my machine loading the first time and I been hesitant to reply because I didn't want to endure that a second. I assume AJAX would eliminate that.

sailor · 11-27-2005, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Psycho Dad

Thank you sailor. That does seem to sound like quite a nifty feature for larger boards with a lot of posts. I've seen posts with several high resolution photographs that attempted to kill my machine loading the first time and I been hesitant to reply because I didn't want to endure that a second. I assume AJAX would eliminate that.

Sure thing. AJAX would get rid of most of that. In that case, the images probably wouldn't have been reloaded because most browsers cache them for that reason, but yes, in any case, AJAX would have prevented that.

Redlemon · 03-22-2006, 08:26 AM

Just a little bump, because I was searching to see if the Journal software had been updated, and I found that there's a vB Journal 1.5 Beta 3 - Page 3 - vBulletin.org Forum that needs vBulletin 3.5 (there's also a 1.01 that works with our version). The Joural code seems rather buggy, it takes forever to pull up "all journal entries by this user", and I'm afraid that I'm strangling the server when I try to use that option.

NotAnAlias · 04-06-2006, 10:15 PM

AJAX is magnificent. I run VB 3.5.4 on a site, and it makes things run so much smoother. The vb guys did a magnificent job of integrating it. It's so damn good.

Hightly recommend it, it's win win - lower bandwidth usage (on big sites such as TFP and for big threads) and easier to browse - you can go back after using quick reply and it will take you to the forum index/whatever you clicked to get there.

11-02-2005, 12:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
TheBrit Psycho	vBulletin 3.5? You're still running 3.0.3 The transition to 3.5 is fairly seamless, takes about 30 minutes to an hour or so. There's a fair few new features, including a very snazzy AJAX quick reply option. If you need help, I'm more than happy to lend a hand, having done it myself. Any admin feedback?

11-02-2005, 08:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
spectre Junkie	Hal's usually pretty good about keeping the versions up to date. He's been pretty busy lately, so I don't know when he'll have a chance to update, but I'm sure he will once he has the opportunity. __________________ "Fuck these chains No goddamn slave I will be different" ~ Machine Head

11-26-2005, 08:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Ditto this. Especially the AJAX reply functionality--it could potentially save a good bit of bandwidth on the site, and given the financial troubles we're always in, that's a good thing __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

11-26-2005, 12:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
Psycho Dad Mulletproof Location: Some nucking fut house.	What is AJAX? __________________ Don't always trust the opinions of experts.

11-27-2005, 02:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Asynchronous Javascript And XML. It's a way of doing things with webpages, mainly submitting and receiving data, without refreshing the page. Think about GMail. The functionality I'm referring to allows you to use the quick reply box and submit, and it automatically posts the post without having to refresh the page. This saves the site bandwidth as it isn't having to resend everything on the page, just the little bit that changes. Basically, it makes the web more like a real application. It's pretty cool technology. __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

11-27-2005, 06:46 AM	#6 (permalink)
Psycho Dad Mulletproof Location: Some nucking fut house.	Thank you sailor. That does seem to sound like quite a nifty feature for larger boards with a lot of posts. I've seen posts with several high resolution photographs that attempted to kill my machine loading the first time and I been hesitant to reply because I didn't want to endure that a second. I assume AJAX would eliminate that. __________________ Don't always trust the opinions of experts.

03-22-2006, 08:26 AM	#8 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	Just a little bump, because I was searching to see if the Journal software had been updated, and I found that there's a vB Journal 1.5 Beta 3 - Page 3 - vBulletin.org Forum that needs vBulletin 3.5 (there's also a 1.01 that works with our version). The Joural code seems rather buggy, it takes forever to pull up "all journal entries by this user", and I'm afraid that I'm strangling the server when I try to use that option. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

04-06-2006, 10:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
NotAnAlias Tilted Location: Auckland, New Zealand	AJAX is magnificent. I run VB 3.5.4 on a site, and it makes things run so much smoother. The vb guys did a magnificent job of integrating it. It's so damn good. Hightly recommend it, it's win win - lower bandwidth usage (on big sites such as TFP and for big threads) and easier to browse - you can go back after using quick reply and it will take you to the forum index/whatever you clicked to get there.