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So I upgraded our test forum to vb 4.0.6 two days ago and its finally usable as far as I can tell. The only thing holding back the live upgrade is the themes. After I get a couple themes upgraded for use with vb 4, we'll upgrade the main forums/site. This could be this weekend, maybe next. It all depends on how long it takes me with these themes. The only theme that is currently done is the Yu Yu Hakusho theme. And of course the horribly blinding default vbulletin 4 theme. The sanji theme, maybe all blue and maybe one more theme will be done before we upgrade. yu yu hakusho theme is dark, the sanji theme is bright, (but not blinding like the vb4 theme), and all blue is medium. After the initial 3-4 themes are done, I won't work on any more themes until vb 4.1 comes out which is supposed to streamline the theme process.


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So I'm almost half way done with the sanji theme... good news tho, I'm done with my template edits and consolidated all my edits into a single .css file for easy implementations into different themes and easy upgrading without spending hours upgrading templates every time I upgrade vbulletin. Anyway, unless I can get this theme and one more done by this saturday (8/21/2010), I'll be pushing off any vb upgrade until the following weekend.

BTW, because of how the process to upgrade from vb 3.8 to vb 4 will take me some time, (maybe a day if I have to troubleshoot). I will actually leave the forums running while I do the upgrade. How? Simple. When I go to do the upgrade, I will make a copy of the database and upgrade it in a different folder. When I do this, you will see a noticeable announcement on the forums saying something like "All posts made at this point will not be on the new forums." And when the upgrade is done, I'll simply swap the forums and it'll be done. Of course, if my upgrade fails completely, I'll just take that announcement off and we'll keep using the current software until I can get a good upgrade working.


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Classic AC theme is about 80% done. Looks like we'll probably upgrade this next weekend.

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Classic AC, Sanji and Yu Yu Hakusho themes are finished.

I'm going to try to get Vash and All Blue done by the upgrade this weekend. If they are not done by then, they will be the first themes I finish after the upgrade.


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alright then, I'm pushing this off another weekend because I've been too busy in real life to have the time to dedicate to a time consuming upgrade like this. I figure I'll finish the vash and all blue themes in the mean time so we'll have 5 themes plus the vb default right off the bat.


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I'm still finishing up the vash theme. It may or may not be ready for the initial upgrade.

The upgrade will either begin tonight or tomorrow morning. When the database is copied, I will post an update about it and throw a huge announcement/notice on every page.


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