Upcoming vB4 RC1

[Ray Morgan]

The vB team is happy to announce that we have updated vBulletin.com with the latest snapshot from our development trunk. The next milestone in the development of vB4 will vBulletin 4.0 RC1 and will be...

[Ray Morgan]

We're happy to announce the release of vBulletin 4.0 Beta 5.

The reason this release has not been designated a release candidate as originally planned is that it includes several new features,...

[Ray Morgan]

Good summary, and that was the plan.

We have decided to go ahead and open up beta to the largest possible audience. Instead of waiting for the gold release, active license holders will be...

[Ray Morgan]

We are excited to announce a major milestone on the path to vB4 - the release of Beta 3 to all customers who have purchased (or upgraded to) the new vBulletin 4.0 Forum or Publishing Suite licenses....

[Ray Morgan]

See http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enfor...ofac/programs/...

[Ray Morgan]

The Beta release of vBulletin 4.0 Publishing Suite here on vBulletin.com has been updated to include the all-new CMS component.

The public view of the CMS is the same as users on your site...

[Ray Morgan]

Yes, unfortunately this is correct. As a US company, we are prohibited from selling vBulletin in Iran, as well as a few other countries. We are looking into what this means for existing customers in those...

[Ray Morgan]

Besides it being the wrong thing to do, the difference is that with an illegal copy, your host will eventually receive a take-down order, and your site and community may disappear without notice....

[Ray Morgan]

Randi,

This problem lies with Metacharge, and we are working daily with them to make this process easier.

[Ray Morgan]

Not as part of the first release, but this is planned as an extension of Impex....

[Ray Morgan]

Yes, new Publishing Suite licenses are still available for $235. Upgrades from existing active licenses to the Publishing Suite are $160.

Please see the FAQ for more details....

[Ray Morgan]

The decision to extend the pre-sale was just made this afternoon. An official announcement about this and more will be coming shortly....

[Ray Morgan]

No, there is no plan to extend the pre-sale. We are working on getting CMS up and running on vb.com as quickly as possible. We are hopeful, but I can't promise that it will be running here before the...

[Ray Morgan]

Yes, this is correct. It won't be too much longer....

[Ray Morgan]

This functionality is standard in vBulletin 4.0....

[Ray Morgan]

Please see this post....

[Ray Morgan]

Correct - there are no more renewals for either Forums or Suite....

[Ray Morgan]

This is correct. We have just a few remaining showstoppers holding this up, and those are the bugs that are getting all of the attention right now.



We're working on it!...

[Ray Morgan]

Yes, Don is presently deep into getting the roadmap ready to release. As soon as it's ready, we'll publish it here on vb.com....

[Ray Morgan]

Yes, we're planning and roadmapping; we're just not coding....