vBulletin 5 Connect Beta 23 has been released

vBulletin 5 Connect Beta 23 is NOW AVAILABLE for vBulletin 5 Connect license holders to download.

Prospective customers may preview vB5 Connect at www.vbulletin.com/vb5demo/.

The vBulletin 5 Connect Beta 23 feedback thread for licensed customers is HERE. We use your feedback to improve vBulletin.

Beta 23 addresses 103 issues. However, we recommend you not utilize vBulletin Betas for live sites.

Note: As with all Beta releases, no phone or ticket support will be provided for Beta 23. However, customers purchasing a vBulletin 5 Connect license will receive 30 days of free ticket support--with a start date commencing upon the Gold release.

1. VBV-6530 Assign Homepage: Not yet implemented (remove non implemented feature)
2. VBV-6327 Using the Add Photos dialog in an album on the Media Tab overwrites the whole album
3. VBV-6379 New channel missing a routenew record.
4. VBV-3900 VBV-3175Stylevars not being inherited by child styles
5. VBV-6319 Moderator Actions are Not Logged for display in the ACP (continuation)
6. VBV-6012 Pagination is broken, it's not displaying all the posts after upgrading
7. VBV-6526 search follow filter is not working properly
8. VBV-6639 Attachment list shows in subsequent posts after attaching an image
9. VBV-5444 Channel manager doesn't show any channels after upgrade
10. VBV-3962 Debug Error Message displayed after enable products and hooks from the Admincp.
11. VBV-5922 Making profile Activities only viewable by Subscribers removes the Subscribe, Visitor Message, and Private Message buttons
12. VBV-3387 Database error when editing a language
13. VBV-2945 Database error when creating a new Language
14. VBV-6186 Unable to send visitor messages (Sorry, you are not authorized to view this page )
15. VBV-6443 New photo topic with one photo displays "allowed amount of pictures exceeded' error message even though AdminCP is set to "0" (unlimited)
16. VBV-2785 COPPA registration not working on IE9
17. VBV-1536 "Minimum Time Between Searches" setting doesn't work
18. VBV-5204 Upgrade Bug: max_packet_allowed exceeded in the Admin CP after upgrading 1.6 Million Post site.
19. VBV-5032 Upgrade from 4.2 should respect 4.2 activity stream expires setting
20. VBV-4270 After upgrading, links to the original post for quotes are wrong
21. VBV-1559 Conversation Detail Module can't be edited
22. VBV-3941 VBV-3726Usergroup Permission "Maximum Stored Messages" doesn't work
23. VBV-5654 Error in Admincp when saving settings
24. VBV-6360 Content Unit tests are failing
25. VBV-6555 When posting a Visitor Message, the plain editor is not automatically transformed into ckeditor
26. VBV-6464 datastore getValue performance can be improved
27. VBV-6463 Memory cache writeCache and purgeCache are inefficient
28. VBV-4897 API allows creating a thread starter of content type text with no text
29. VBV-5675 "User List Cache" in vB_Api_Follow doesn't preserve result rows
30. VBV-6374 Old Widget Definition records are not removed
31. VBV-1535 "Search Engine Enabled" setting doesn't work
32. VBV-6487 Saving usergroup changes causes Home Page channel permissions to show as customized (regression)
33. VBV-2630 Include attached script in download package to build config.php files.
34. VBV-5983 Usergroup Setting: Can Use Signatures setting turns off all signature permission settings when set to No. Doesn't return them back when set to Yes.
35. VBV-675 Admins/mods cannot reply to closed threads
36. VBV-6519 userContext::getChannelPermission is inefficient.
37. VBV-6330 Search Page Broken Under Certain Circumstances
38. VBV-6366 Need to manually clear cache for some permission changes to fully take effect
39. VBV-6576 Image Verification for Registration cannot be enabled after disabling
40. VBV-5537 A blank notification is received when your poll is voted on
41. VBV-6597 Lost Password Page inaccessible when Can View Channels Channel Permission is set to No
42. VBV-6687 Quoting does not work
43. VBV-2051 Improve the Error message when inputting an invalid MSN username.
44. VBV-6451 Album doesn't check first photo for album size restrictions
45. VBV-3750 Creating private message folder doesn't display it until page is reloaded
46. VBV-6318 VBV-6360lastcontentid is not being updated when deleting a node
47. VBV-1985 Private Messages "Preview" div will display out of place
48. VBV-3730 "lastvisit" column in user table not updating properly
49. VBV-6305 Quotes from nodes not being properly fetched when passing an array of nodeids to the content link api
50. VBV-6375 VBV-6360Cache not being properly cleared when deleting nodes. [text unit test]
51. VBV-4974 Read Marking options don't work
52. VBV-6397 Mark Channels Read doesn't work
53. VBV-6462 Topic/Forum Read Marking Type "Database (automatic forum marking)" doesn't work properly
54. VBV-6425 IE - "Write something here" text is not removed in Post Reply editor
55. VBV-6361 Improve the <meta> html tag for X-UA-Compatible attribute
56. VBV-6527 Missing HTML code in 'banned_page' template
57. VBV-6525 Forums as default in activity module
58. VBV-6528 Upgrade does not detect proper version number (upgrading from 380 & 414)
59. VBV-1012 Can't alter my profile in frontend if the user is unalterable
60. VBV-6243 Guests Can Access Special Channel
61. VBV-6494 Unexpected error message on session timeout
62. VBV-3948 VBV-3726Usergroup Permission "Can Edit Profile Privacy" doesn't work
63. VBV-2645 Display like count when users are not logged in
64. VBV-6188 Search Tips link missplaced
65. VBV-6497 PHP error in getSGInfo socialgroup API method [unit test]
66. VBV-5347 "buttons" should be capitalized
67. VBV-5049 Phrase has invalid varname: "error_saving vote"
68. VBV-4835 Add debug information back to database error.
69. VBV-6241 Templates don't use post url routing
70. VBV-6563 Reply notification not showing correct username & count
71. VBV-6386 Notification is received for each individual reply
72. VBV-4193 Polls are able to be saved without a description
73. VBV-3988 Go advanced & Preview don't work when editing in activity stream
74. VBV-466 The Flag Reports folder does not display number of items waiting for moderation
75. VBV-2937 Forum Manager links in Page Manager pointing to core directory
76. VBV-4590 Forum channel list in home always shows all channels as containing unread posts
77. VBV-6050 Saving usergroup permissions no longer redirects
78. VBV-2322 Difficulty in re-focusing recipient field after un-focusing when sending Private Message
79. VBV-5915 IE8 - Private messages do not remove the "Write something here" text upon clicking into the field
80. VBV-3311 Typo in phrase
81. VBV-6482 (IE only) User Profile - Media - Upload Photos: "Write something here" default text in description box does not hide when typing text
82. VBV-6489 Row divider goes straight through Last Post text
83. VBV-6185 "Can poll" phrase should be "Can create poll"
84. VBV-6610 Post Settings buttons are in reverse order during Group creation
85. VBV-6575 Registration title text is too small
86. VBV-1365 Social Group Icons not resized on upload
87. VBV-1468 Tabs Styling
88. VBV-2636 Like system produces "reputation" error
89. VBV-4366 Rename "Plugin/Hook System" Group in Options
90. VBV-2805 Improve wording of error message that is displayed when you cannot ban the specified user
91. VBV-6491 Blog Title will not be trimmed on blog admin
92. VBV-6211 Edit Footer shows "Main Navigation Bar" in edit form
93. VBV-6217 Incorrect signature option in Default Registration Options
94. VBV-5837 Modules are referred to as Widgets in Error Message
95. VBV-5978 Improper error message for seach module when there are no results
96. VBV-6102 Error messages phrasing improvements
97. VBV-5861 display_contenttype_conversationreply_threadview_Poll template has a hardcoded phrase
98. VBV-5729 Typo: Change user setting "Show profile picture" to "Show Avatar"
99. VBV-3107 Confusing phrasing on subscribed tab under user profile
100. VBV-6145 Grammar issue for phrases involving "X...[and] me"
101. VBV-5979 Typo for no_permission_images phrase value, has a " mark at the very end.
102. VBV-6109 "Email Flood Check" setting lost its description
103. VBV-6574 See All Notifications button is right-aligned (not centered)

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Haven't tested the latest 2 betas but the bug fixes are going well.

 

I haven't messed with the last 5 or so, betas.

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The developers are making progress albeit not nearly fast enough for the liking of some.

 

From what I've seen, people are still complaining that there is code from vb2 still in the vb5 release.
Also the lack of key elements like infractions and promotions will stop many from upgrading.

 

Problem is, is a complete vBulletin rewrite even plausible now?

For one thing, Internet Brands is so incompetent in terms of programming and what not that making them rewrite it would absolutely kill vB stone dead, you'd end up with a worse and likely more buggy messy than even vBulletin 5.

Do you really want to even imagine what you'd get if Internet Brands made all new forum software from scratch via only their inhouse programmers and whoever they outsource to?

Secondly, it might be financial suicide to rewrite it, especially now. Now, I'm not saying it's good business sense to do what they're currently doing, but look at it this way:

Many, many big companies aren't starting new things from scratch any more. Heck, I don't think Microsoft or Apple even make things from scratch any more instead of building on their past work. And in the gaming industry, even companies like EA, Activision, Ubisoft, Nintendo, etc are reusing engines more with their newest products, likely because of the recession and costs.

And Internet Brands is no different. Heck, their business and finance people are probably demanding vBulletin releases a new major product every year or so, quality be damned. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that vBulletin 6 was already being planned and if vBulletin 5 was marked as being released as is some time in the first quarter of this year. A complete rewrite is probably seen as too much of a 'risk', since you'd either have to rush it out the door (in what's likely a terrible state, like an even worse version of vBulletin 5) or spend a few years working on something you're making no money from prior to release and that could still turn out to be a complete failure.

Should they use a full rewrite and tear everything down? Probably. But Internet Brands is a business, and it's probably seen as business suicide to do so.

 

I haven't really posted any feedback for the devs as of late tbh. :\