vBulletin 3.6.0 now Gold

[Tyler]

vBulletin has gone gold with 3.6.0 and has also released 3.5.5

"vBulletin 3.6.0 is now our stable, fully supported version, superseding both
3.0.x and 3.5.x. While we will continue to support 3.0.x and 3.5.x with critical
bug remedies and security fixes, these lines are no longer in active
development."


---------------- WHAT'S NEW IN 3.6.0? ----------------

Many customers have been keeping track of the new features that have been added
to 3.6 via the vBulletin Community Forums, but for those who have not, this is a
brief summary of what's new:

* Multi-Quote
* Linked Quotes
* Mark Forums Read With AJAX
* New Buddy / Ignore List Editor
* Options Backup And Restore
* Private Message Preview In Notification Emails
* Auto-Resize Oversized Image Attachments
* 'Reason For Editing' On Quick Edit
* Unique Unsubscribe Link In Emails
* Plugin Manager Sorted By Product
* Save Search Preferences With AJAX
* Infraction System (Warning system)
* Default Sorting Option Per Forum
* Rate Threads With AJAX
* IP Resolution With AJAX
* Improved Proxy Support In Session Handling
* More AJAX Auto-Completion
* Paid Subscription Permissions
* Show Threads Or Posts From Quick Search Popup
* Phrase Types Identified By Field Name Only
* LastPostID Column In User, Thread And Forum Tables
* Extensive Signature Permissions
* Uploadable Signature Image System
* Improved Image Verification (Captcha)
* Enforced Required Profile Fields
* 'Find Updated Phrases' System
* Pop-Up List Of Attachments In A Thread
* Validation Of Admin Options
* Product Dependencies Support
* Paid Subscription Logging And Statistics
* APC Support For Datastore
* Description Field For Scheduled Tasks
* RSS Poster Robot allows import of RSS feeds into forums
* Latest version check and product URL for products
* Receive private messages from Buddies only option
* Show private forum option per forum
* Give reputation using AJAX
* Error prevention in upgrades
* Option to disable scheduled tasks
* Parsed signature storage for performance boost
* CRON tasks, profile fields, subs, holidays now phrased
* Option to sort forums by thread creation time
* Super moderator permissions
* Welcome private message at registration
* WYSIWYG front-end editing for announcements
* Plugin execution order control
* Flexible username validation
* Private message quota warning system
* Private message admin quota override ability
* Plain-text BBcode parser
* Cache of syndication data (external.php) for improved speed
* Email logging for diagnostics
* Improved performance in datastore failure handling
* Instant view of deleted / ignored posts using AJAX
* Centralized area to view posts awaiting moderation / deleted
* Admin help, scheduled tasks, FAQ now include product support
* CCBill support for paid subscriptions
* Attachment permissions per usergroup
* List posts / threads selected for inline moderation
* Full BCC support in private messages
* Podcasting support
* Atomic flood checking
* Image verification (Captcha) for guest posting
* Thumbnail display options - border / dimensions etc.
* Copy posts using inline moderation
* Announcements show when viewing new posts
* New built-in option types
* Resume paused attachment downloads
* Better webserver logging for POST requests
* Automatically remove thread redirects after set time
* Announcement DataManager
* Persistent D.O.B cookie for COPPA
* Improved master / slave database support
* Improved RSS syndication system

For more information on all these features, take a look at this thread, which
contains illustrations and detailed descriptions:
http://www.vbulletin.com/go/36features (http://www.vbulletin.com/go/36features)

[Tyler]

Obviously there's an insane amount of new features/upgrades. My personal favourite by far is the Signature Permissions.

[camuk19]

"* Welcome private message at registration"

Thats a nice feature :)

[kaizan]

Obviously there's an insane amount of new features/upgrades. My personal favourite by far is the Signature Permissions.

I totally agree.

And just so this isnt a hump post, i like cake.

No really this feature has allowed me to stop some very nasty people making stupid reply posts just to get their links in. On one forum sigs kill the design so we have them off now. It looks fantastic.

[Gareth]

I'm loving the new features, will be installing it on my new site I have planned :)

[Tyler]

Just an update - the 3.6.0 is worth upgrading to for the better CAPTCHA spam protection alone. I was getting about 2 new spambot registrations per day on each of my nine forums before. Since upgrading I haven't seen one...

[aloksingh]

That's good. VBulletin is very good for creating forums. With this upgrade I think that they can dominate the entire forum business. That is to say, until somebody else doesn't come up with better software.

[Submerge]

It's a shame that I shell out over $100 a license and only get a year of updates. Ah well, I'll wait until I need to upgrade a forum.