Not what I expected.

[skilljunction]

I realize this is entirely due to my inexperience with vB, but I got this thinking the site would already have a framework laid out as can be seen on this page: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/content.php

Note the Home, Forum, Blogs, What's New and Projects buttons at the top that link to those areas of the site.

I installed 3.8 and my site is only a forum. None of the other items are there and it looks very different, like the common classic vB forums on the net. I expected to see Blogging, articles and other features.

Will this not be available until 4 is released?

[Nick]

What you see here is the vBulletin 4.0 Publishing Suite. 3.8 is the latest stable version, but it isn't the latest version.

[skilljunction]

Does 3.8 have the same functionality with the areas i mentioned, or does it only have forums?

[Jedric]

3.x Series and below are only forums.
4.x Series has both a Publishing Suite (CMS, Blogs, Forums) and a Forum Suite (Forums Only)

[icarusforde]

Jedric has it right. You can install a beta version of vB 4, but it is strongly NOT reccomended - no official support, the only help you will get is from fellow adventurous ppl who hang out in the vB 4.0 Beta forum.

[Nick]

Does 3.8 have the same functionality with the areas i mentioned, or does it only have forums?

Before vB 4, (i.e. in 3.8), you would buy your license which consists of just forums. Then you could buy the blog add-on separately. With 4.x, the whole licensing structure has changed. There are no longer separate add-ons. You can either buy the 4.0 Forums (forum only), or the 4.0 Publishing Suite (what you see here), which comes with the forums, the blog, and a new CMS. Hopefully this clarifies for you.

[skilljunction]

Yes, thank you very much for your help!

I tried the 4 beta but it wouldn't load for me. I guess that's why it's still in beta