I wanted to let you all know that I will be backing up the board and upgrading at about 12:30 am tonight. This upgrade Should only take about 15 minutes. I hope to have an uneventful upgrade.
here is a change list of what is new on the new version.
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[li]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.[/li][li]Inline moderation allows multiple threads or posts to be have moderation actions performed without a visit to the admin or moderator control panels[/li][li]Completely rewritten message editor with ability to instantly switch between standard and WYSIWYG modes[/li][li]Thread title editing on forumdisplay via AJAX[/li][li]Thread opening and closing on forumdisplay via AJAX[/li][li]Super-Quick Reply on showthread via AJAX[/li][li]Inline post edit on showthread via AJAX[/li][li]Username suggestion for PM recipients and search by user via AJAX[/li][li]Data manipulation APIs (Data Manager) for centralized data saving[/li][li]Template History & Comparison for easy tracking of changes[/li][li]Database-based thread and forum read marking[/li][li]MySQL Full Text Search[/li][li]Additional Datastore Storage Methods[/li][li]SMTP Mail Wrapper[/li][li]MySQLi Wrapper[/li][li]PHPDoc’d Source Code[/li][li]Moderator log language abstraction[/li][li]Webkit support for style manager color picker[/li][li]ImageMagick 6 Support (alternative to GD)[/li][li]Calendar events support start/end times[/li][li]Custom avatar and profile picture resizing[/li][li]Profile pictures can be saved to filesystem[/li][li]Statistics ordering[/li][li]Each attachment image type can be individually set to generate thumbnails or not[/li][li]Each attachment image type can be individually set to open in a new window or not[/li][li]Moderated posts and threads do not contribute to post count until approved[/li][li]Language chooser in footer[/li][li]New bbcode parser now corrects invalid tag nesting to ensure valid HTML[/li][li]New [attach] bbcode tag for placing attachments inline with messages[/li][li]New [noparse] bbcode tag for disabling bbcode parsing within[/li][li]Word wrap excludes contents of PHP/CODE/HTML blocks[/li][li]Search engine spider configuration via XML file[/li][li]New ‘Can View Thread Content’ permission[/li][li]New ‘Can Upload Animated GIF’ permission[/li][li]Attachment upload via URL in addition to local upload[/li][li]New (hopefully foolproof) method for setting cookiepath/cookiedomain[/li][li]Forum description field no longer limited to 250 characters[/li][li]Completely rewritten Paid Subscriptions system - now known as Payment APIs. New support for 2checkout, Worldpay and Authorize.net[/li][li]‘Always Moderate Group Posts’ permission replaced with more logical ‘Follow Forum Moderation Rules’ permission[/li][li]Threads containing posts awaiting moderation have indicator icon on forumdisplay for moderators[/li][li]Right-to-left language support improved[/li][li]Additional ‘Execute SQL’ auto-queries added[/li][li]Image verification for sendmessage to avoid spam issues[/li][li]Improved registration image verification to out-fox those pesky bots[/li][li]Control panel navigation controlled by XML for easier addition of links[/li][li]Upgrade system now imports styles/languages/options only after upgrade complete rather than after each script[/li][li]Ability to preview signature edits[/li][li]Calendar event email reminders[/li][li]And of course, numerous bugs and annoyances resolved. [/li][/ul]