Please forgive me if this has been brought up in the past. I've tried searching both through this section and in the FAQ and failed to find an answer I was looking for.
I currently help run a forum that's running vb2.3.0. There are over 45,000 registered members and literally millions of posts (4.5 million last time I checked). Because our version is so old, we have to hack certain features we require into the coding (warning points, quick quote/reply, etc). I'm looking to upgrade to 3.6 but have a couple of concerns...
If/when I upgrade, how will it affect threads and posts already created? Will they be unaffected? Will I have to reset certain things like who moderates specific forums? Also, will my Usergroups stay as they are now? ie... will banned members stay banned and custom usergroups stay in their custom group?
I would like to upgrade to a newer version but because we have customized our current version so much with various things such as different usergroups, new smilies, and custom styles (among other things), it will be a gigantic pain to redo all of it.
Thanks for listening.
I currently help run a forum that's running vb2.3.0. There are over 45,000 registered members and literally millions of posts (4.5 million last time I checked). Because our version is so old, we have to hack certain features we require into the coding (warning points, quick quote/reply, etc). I'm looking to upgrade to 3.6 but have a couple of concerns...
If/when I upgrade, how will it affect threads and posts already created? Will they be unaffected? Will I have to reset certain things like who moderates specific forums? Also, will my Usergroups stay as they are now? ie... will banned members stay banned and custom usergroups stay in their custom group?
I would like to upgrade to a newer version but because we have customized our current version so much with various things such as different usergroups, new smilies, and custom styles (among other things), it will be a gigantic pain to redo all of it.
Thanks for listening.

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