Assistance with removal of vBPortal and upgrade to vBulletin 5

[bplinson]

My site currently runs on vBportal and vBulletin 3.8.5. I would like to remove the vBportal and upgrade to the current vBulletin version but I am not sure if I have the knowledge or skills to do this....

[bplinson]

I currently run 3.8.5 and am considering upgrading to VB 5.

My server currently runs:

PHP 5.1.6
MySQL 5.0.95

VB 5 requires

PHP 5.3.0
MySQL...

[bplinson]

Will this also work with 3.8 version? Any idea when the app will be available?

[bplinson]

I use cari.net and am very happy with them.

[bplinson]

It is pretty obvious and the method has been in use for quite a while.

In Russia they are paying people to register on sites and spam them. - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/14/c...

[bplinson]

These registrations are not from bots. The are humans being paid to do the work....

[bplinson]

The mod on post 2 is working good for me. Only a few got through today.

[bplinson]

I just installed the mod. Will see how it goes.

[bplinson]

I will definately be installing the mod tonight.

[bplinson]

Yes it does. I have been banning them. At first I was deleting the accounts but they kept coming back. I am also banning the networks they are coming from. It is slowing down a bit by banning the networks...

[bplinson]

It is not spambots. In Russia people are getting paid to register on forums and spread spam.

[bplinson]

I am getting them also. Most are coming from Russian and Ukraine IP addresses. I am banning their network ranges as they come.

[bplinson]

Your question makes no sense because the app will only work on an iPhone. Apple approved iPhone apps are only available on iTunes. It does you absolutly no good to download the software if you don't have...

[bplinson]

Ouch....I had the same problem yesterday with my postindex table.

See here: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...able-DB-errors and http://www.vbulletin.com...

[bplinson]

My forum is really taking off now and I am getting complaints that the Server Busy message is coming up quite a bit. I had it set to the default of 5 and then switched it to 0 to turn it off.
...

[bplinson]

Ok....I also notice that threads older then when this error began are not updating the New Posts when replied to.

[bplinson]

Also noticed now I can not pementently delete posts. When I try I get this error.

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.5:
Invalid SQL:
DELETE FROM vb3_postindex WHERE wordid IN (0,1258,545,953,588,591,88564,813)...

[bplinson]

More examples of the error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.5:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT postid,...

[bplinson]

I am getting a lot of the following error.

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.5:

Invalid SQL:

...

[bplinson]

The look like the same person to me.

I use the Multiple Account Login Detector plug in here: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=125871 to stop people from do this.