Forum Upgrade to 4.0, major changes

[webmaster]

All,

I am posting this to update everyone of my intentions to upgrade our forum to the latest release of the vBulletin software. The new version, 4.0 was released the other day, and brings many major changes to the view, operation, and how you navigate the forum.

To see the software in action: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/
To see screenshots: http://www.vbulletin.com/index.php?do=screenshots

For the upgrade, many of the add-ons, including the chat function will be disabled and for the short term won't be reinstalled until they update their mods to make it compatible with the main forum software.

I ask that everyone please be patient with the transition, there will be website down times in addition to a few bugs here and there.

Happy Holidays to everyone,

John

 

[webmaster]

Back up and online..... sorta.... still making changes, but the forum appears to be functioning.

John

 

[Clux4]

Thanks Webmaster

 

[webmaster]

If there are any graphic pros out there that want to give a shot at the top "Airwarriors" logo, post it here. I give up, I can't get it to blend correctly.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

Do you have a screen cap of before the change? I know a few people that might be able to make it look good or maybe even great.

 

[webmaster]

Previous image/logo

Here you go.... it doesn't need to be the same, just something better than the POS that I have at the top now, lol....

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

I'll send it out to one of my buddies and see what he can do for you. Is this what you want again? Or maybe a little differnt?

 

[webmaster]

Eh, for now anything. I will be switching it all later to a different color scheme.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

I'll see what I can get done.

 

[HuggyU2]

Why the change of the overall fonts, colors, and layouts? I understand the need to upgrade peformance, but why the cosmetic changes?

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

I think it's inherent to the upgrade.

 

[MattWSU]

Threw this together, I kind of want to put a background photo in place of the blue but can't find a good one. The second one has a transparent background.

 

[Cron]

Here's a few.

 

[Steve Wilkins]

Why the change of the overall fonts, colors, and layouts? I understand the need to upgrade peformance, but why the cosmetic changes?

It's a completely new version of vBulletin, the forum software that is used.

 

[yak52driver]

Thanks for the hard work with the upgrade, both now and with the ongoing finishing work!