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  • Securing your vBulletin Forums (Part 2) (April 3, 2012):
    *Securing your vBulletin Files.* Access to your vBulletin files should only come through a web browser in most instances. However sometimes someone will start poking around on your server and you...
  • vBulletin 4.1.12 (March 30, 2012):
    4.1.12 is only a few days away from release, and should be going on vb.com very shortly. Its a mix of fixes, improvements and of course Forum Runner integration. In the CMS quite a few bugs...
  • vBulletin 4.1.11 - Promote post as article (March 7, 2012):
    In vBulletin 4.1.11, 3 new settings has been added when you promote a post to an article. These settings are: * Keep Original Thread * Move to Comments Forum * All Comments Attachment...
  • vBulletin 4.1.11 Mobile Master Style (February 28, 2012):
    In vBulletin 4.1.11, a separate master style for mobile styles has been added. This means that as of this version, mobile styles will be handled in a completely independent way from the standard...
  • vBulletin 4.1.11 CDN Support (February 28, 2012):
    With the release of vBulletin 4.1.11, we have added remote CDN fall over support for the YUI and jQuery JavaScript libraries. You have had the option to load YUI from either Google or Yahoo for a...
  • vBulletin 4.1.11 & CMS Template Caching (February 28, 2012):
    The number of queries that run on every CMS page is still a big issue to many people, and one of the causes is the lack of virtually any template caching. On an average page (in my test systems) I....
  • Securing your vBulletin Forums (Part 1) (February 3, 2012):
    As time passes on, websites and the software behind them get more complex and intertwined. It really wasn’t long ago that a websites consisted of a series of static webpages with minimal user...
  • vBulletin 4.1.10 "Remove Orphan Stylevars" Tool (December 30, 2011):
    In vBulletin 4.1.10, we added a new "Remove Orphan Stylevars" tool (VBIV-8845) to clean up any orphan or deprecated stylevar data that exists on your installations. The new tool is located at: ...
  • 4.1.10 Hooks : Part 2 (December 30, 2011):
    Its now a few weeks since my original post about hooks being added to vBulletin 4.1.10 The list is basically now final - all the following have been added & approved. Its not really practical...
  • 4.1.10 StyleVar Changes (December 22, 2011):
    In vBulletin 4.1.10, in addition to fixing any know bug affecting the stylevar functioning in the front-end, we've done some changes to make stylevars and the stylevar system in general more usable:.....

Darkshenron

  • vBulletin 4.1.11 Mobile Master Style (February 28, 2012):
    In vBulletin 4.1.11, a separate master style for mobile styles has been added. This means that as of this version, mobile styles will be handled in a completely independent way from the standard...
  • vBulletin 4.1.10 "Remove Orphan Stylevars" Tool (December 30, 2011):
    In vBulletin 4.1.10, we added a new "Remove Orphan Stylevars" tool (VBIV-8845) to clean up any orphan or deprecated stylevar data that exists on your installations. The new tool is located at: ...
  • 4.1.10 StyleVar Changes (December 22, 2011):
    In vBulletin 4.1.10, in addition to fixing any know bug affecting the stylevar functioning in the front-end, we've done some changes to make stylevars and the stylevar system in general more usable:.....

Wayne Luke

  • Securing your vBulletin Forums (Part 2) (April 3, 2012):
    *Securing your vBulletin Files.* Access to your vBulletin files should only come through a web browser in most instances. However sometimes someone will start poking around on your server and you...
  • Securing your vBulletin Forums (Part 1) (February 3, 2012):
    As time passes on, websites and the software behind them get more complex and intertwined. It really wasn’t long ago that a websites consisted of a series of static webpages with minimal user...
  • My Suggestions for the vBulletin 4.0 User Interface. (July 5, 2007):
    Here is a list of my suggestions that I would like to see in the vBulletin 4.0 user interface. These aren't necessarily design issues but things I would like to see. 1) Reduction of dropdowns. I.....

Zachery

  • Introduction to basic concepts for using vBulletin. (November 23, 2011):
    In this blog, and going forward in future blog posts we’re going to discuss basic concepts and work flow of vBulletin. There are very basic concepts of using the software that often get confused,...

Paul M

  • vBulletin 4.1.12 (March 30, 2012):
    4.1.12 is only a few days away from release, and should be going on vb.com very shortly. Its a mix of fixes, improvements and of course Forum Runner integration. In the CMS quite a few bugs...
  • vBulletin 4.1.11 & CMS Template Caching (February 28, 2012):
    The number of queries that run on every CMS page is still a big issue to many people, and one of the causes is the lack of virtually any template caching. On an average page (in my test systems) I....
  • 4.1.10 Hooks : Part 2 (December 30, 2011):
    Its now a few weeks since my original post about hooks being added to vBulletin 4.1.10 The list is basically now final - all the following have been added & approved. Its not really practical...
  • 4.1.10 Hooks, Hooks & More Hooks. (November 19, 2011):
    Ive spent the last week adding new hooks into 4.1.10 The current [proposed] list has over 50 new hooks, as listed below ; strip_bbcode css_complete template_render_output...
  • Template Changes in vBulletin 4.1.8 (October 30, 2011):
    The following Templates have been added or deleted in vBulletin 4.1.8 *_Templates Added_* blog_taglist forumhome_subforums reputation_ajaxdisplay *_Templates Deleted_*
  • Stylevar Changes in vBulletin 4.1.8 (October 30, 2011):
    These are the Stylevars that have been added or removed in vBulletin 4.1.8 *_Deleted Stylevars_* editor_buttonclicked_background editor_buttonclicked_bordercolor editor_buttondisabled_opacity....
  • Comma List Changes in vBulletin 4.1.8 (October 21, 2011):
    *_Comma Lists_* These are the lists anywhere in vBulletin that have items separated by a comma - for instance the list of members viewing a form, or logged in members on Forumhome, or sub forum...

IBxAnders

IB Adrian

  • vBulletin Mobile Suite Released (April 20, 2011):
    The world is going mobile - go mobile with it! Today we are proud to announce the long awaited vBulletin Mobile Suite which breaks new ground by empowering users to interact with your community via....
  • vBulletin Mobile Suite (March 3, 2011):
    I am happy to announce the forthcoming vBulletin Mobile Suite, encompassing our Android (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vbulletin.vbulletin) and iPhone...
  • vBulletin 4.1.2 now available (February 16, 2011):
    vBulletin 4.1.2 is now available to be downloaded from the vBulletin Members Area at: http://members.vbulletin.com vBulletin 4.1.2 includes: *Skimlinks Integration*...
  • vBulletin 4.1.2 with Skimlinks (February 15, 2011):
    As part of vBulletin 4.1.2, vBulletin is happy to announce it has integrated with Skimlinks. Skimlinks is a leading affiliate technology provider, more information on Skimlinks is available *here*...
  • vBulletin 4.1.2 Vertical Response Integration (February 10, 2011):
    As part of vBulletin 4.1.2, vBulletin has integrated with VerticalResponse. VerticalResponse is a leading e-mail marketing provider, more information on VerticalResponse is available *here*...
  • vBulletin update (January 18, 2011):
    Everyone, I hope that the New Year is treating you well, and that you and your family had a pleasant holiday season. Share with us what you did! We are back into "the swing of things" at...
  • vBulletin 4.1.1 now available (January 11, 2011):
    vBulletin.com is now powered by vBulletin 4.1.1 and is available to download. *vBulletin 4.1.1 download is available from members area:* * members.vbulletin.com (http://members.vbulletin.com) ....
  • vBulletin 4.1 - Now Available (November 30, 2010):
    I would like to announce that version 4.1 of vBulletin Publishing Suite and vBulletin Forum is now available. If you have an active vBulletin license, you can download your copy of 4.1 from the...
  • vBulletin iPhone app - available at the iTunes store (November 11, 2010):
    vBulletin’s native iPhone app is now available to download from the iTunes store. The app will enable you to interact with vBulletin.com/forum from your Apple device via this native application. ....
  • vBulletin 4.0.8 - now available (October 20, 2010):
    I would like to announce that version 4.0.8 of vBulletin Publishing Suite and vBulletin Forum is now available. If you have an active vBulletin license, you can download your copy of 4.0.8 from the...
  • vBulletin iPhone app (October 20, 2010):
    ... I would like to introduce you to this little chestnut. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ngT6F-zqgI Thoughts are welcome :)
  • vBulletin 4.0.7 - Now Available (September 14, 2010):
    I would like to announce that vBulletin 4.0.7 Maintenance Release of vBulletin Publishing Suite and vBulletin Forum is available. If you have an active vBulletin license, you can download your copy...
  • 4.1 feature - Improved Upgrader (August 28, 2010):
    As part of vBulletin 4.1, Freddie (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/member.php?224-Freddie-Bingham) has been working on an overhauled upgrade process. It enables upgrades to be performed seamlessly...
  • Upcoming feature - New Editor (August 19, 2010):
    As part of vBulletin 4.1, it will incorporate a new editor. This is part of vBulletin's refactoring process, the editor will be common across the CMS, Blog and Forum. It will enable "paste from...
  • vBulletin 4.0.6 - Now Available (August 11, 2010):
    I would like to announce that vBulletin 4.0.6 Maintenance Release of vBulletin Publishing Suite and vBulletin Forum is available. If you have an active vBulletin license, you can download your copy...
  • 4.0.8 feature - Customizable user profiles (July 29, 2010):
    It returns! I am going to be doing a series of blog posts about what we are including in vBulletin 4.0.8 The first of which, is customizable user profiles. We have expanded on the functionality...
  • vBulletin 4.0.5 - Now Available (July 15, 2010):
    I would like to announce that vBulletin 4.0.5 Maintenance Release of vBulletin Publishing Suite and vBulletin Forum is available. If you have an active vBulletin license, you can download your copy...
  • vBulletin 4.0.4 - Now Available (June 18, 2010):
    I would like to announce that vBulletin 4.0.4 Maintenance Release of vBulletin Publishing Suite and vBulletin Forum is available. If you have an active vBulletin license, you can download your copy...
  • vBulletin 4.0.4 Style Generator (May 21, 2010):
    One of the features that has been requested heavily for vBulletin has been a way in which to make the creation of customer styles much easier. In 4.0.4 (to be released soon - currently being QA'd),.....
  • Facebook F8 conference (April 26, 2010):
    Michael (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/member.php?266078-Michael-Henretty), one of our developers, was at the F8 conference where Facebook was sharing their new Graph API, and other features that...

David Grove

  • vBulletin 3 to vBulletin 4 Style Conversion Tool (February 28, 2011):
    As vBulletin 3 approaches EOL (end of life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-of-life_%28product%29)) when it will no longer be actively developed, we have developed a style conversion tool to...

eva2000