Ok, I just finished the easy part, upgrading the forum software to 3.5. Now the hard part of re-installing all the mods begins... and those other mods that I have to wait for them to upgrade to 3.5.
 
So, you will probably notice a number of features missing, and new ones added (especially the moderators).
 
Right now I notice that the ranking system is all jacked up, and displaying multiple usergroups for mods and supermods...
 
Anyways, here is what 3.5 does for you:.
				
			So, you will probably notice a number of features missing, and new ones added (especially the moderators).
Right now I notice that the ranking system is all jacked up, and displaying multiple usergroups for mods and supermods...
Anyways, here is what 3.5 does for you:.
The following is a rough summary of what has changed between vBulletin 3.0.x and 3.5.0
- Product/Plugin system with over 550 'hook' locations strategically placed in the code. Allows modification and extension of vBulletin without physical alteration of the vBulletin PHP scripts.
 - Inline moderation allows multiple threads or posts to be have moderation actions performed without a visit to the admin or moderator control panels
 - Completely rewritten message editor with ability to instantly switch between standard and WYSIWYG modes
 - Thread title editing on forumdisplay via AJAX
 - Thread opening and closing on forumdisplay via AJAX
 - Super-Quick Reply on showthread via AJAX
 - Inline post edit on showthread via AJAX
 - Username suggestion for PM recipients and search by user via AJAX
 - Data manipulation APIs (Data Manager) for centralized data saving
 - Template History & Comparison for easy tracking of changes
 - Database-based thread and forum read marking
 - MySQL Full Text Search
 - Additional Datastore Storage Methods
 - SMTP Mail Wrapper
 - MySQLi Wrapper
 - PHPDoc'd Source Code
 - Moderator log language abstraction
 - Webkit support for style manager color picker
 - ImageMagick 6 Support (alternative to GD)
 - Calendar events support start/end times
 - Custom avatar and profile picture resizing
 - Profile pictures can be saved to filesystem
 - Statistics ordering
 - Each attachment image type can be individually set to generate thumbnails or not
 - Each attachment image type can be individually set to open in a new window or not
 - Moderated posts and threads do not contribute to post count until approved
 - Language chooser in footer
 - New bbcode parser now corrects invalid tag nesting to ensure valid HTML
 - New