At some point in the near future vpsBoard will be updated to IPB 4.0.X.
IPB has been letting me down lately in terms of support for issues that have occurred and with the release of IPB 4.0.X they seem to be pushing users towards that. I considered new platforms, but after testing things out I feel like any platform switch would be too much of a shock. The past month or so I have been testing IPB 4.0.X on a dev server and recently imported a backup DB to populate data. I've actually personally come to like the site as an end-user / member like you. (Admin area is awful though =/ ).
Anyhow, it's inevitable that an update will come eventually. I have attached some screenshots below for feedback. Please let me know what you think and take into consideration that the existing vpsBoard themes you are used to have not been copied over and I have simply attempted to "recreate" them by modifying the default theme to have a similar color scheme. The vpsBoard 2013 and vpsBoard 2014 templates are like this, with a new vpsBoard 2015 template that will be the default for new viewers.
vpsBoard 2015 (Can also remove the gradient... Unsure if I like it or not)
vpsBoard 2014 - I should be able to get this looking more like the vpsBoard 2014 theme that most of you already use now.
vpsBoard 2013 - Still a work in progress.
Updates that I do enjoy include a better "Questions and Answers" section, much improved private messaging system and overall an improved appearance when browsing. People who have upgraded claim a performance increase in the new system as well. Member profiles have been updated as well and appear much nicer. I do not believe there is really anything significantly different that will cause confusion after the upgrade is complete, however I am still testing things out. Most the complaints I have are related to administering the forum and not so much related to any end-user feature(s).
If you want to check out forums running IPB4, please see: https://community.invisionpower.com/or https://theadminzone.com/threads/forums-running-ipb4-ive-found.134167/
Yay or nay?
IPB has been letting me down lately in terms of support for issues that have occurred and with the release of IPB 4.0.X they seem to be pushing users towards that. I considered new platforms, but after testing things out I feel like any platform switch would be too much of a shock. The past month or so I have been testing IPB 4.0.X on a dev server and recently imported a backup DB to populate data. I've actually personally come to like the site as an end-user / member like you. (Admin area is awful though =/ ).
Anyhow, it's inevitable that an update will come eventually. I have attached some screenshots below for feedback. Please let me know what you think and take into consideration that the existing vpsBoard themes you are used to have not been copied over and I have simply attempted to "recreate" them by modifying the default theme to have a similar color scheme. The vpsBoard 2013 and vpsBoard 2014 templates are like this, with a new vpsBoard 2015 template that will be the default for new viewers.
vpsBoard 2015 (Can also remove the gradient... Unsure if I like it or not)
vpsBoard 2014 - I should be able to get this looking more like the vpsBoard 2014 theme that most of you already use now.
vpsBoard 2013 - Still a work in progress.
Updates that I do enjoy include a better "Questions and Answers" section, much improved private messaging system and overall an improved appearance when browsing. People who have upgraded claim a performance increase in the new system as well. Member profiles have been updated as well and appear much nicer. I do not believe there is really anything significantly different that will cause confusion after the upgrade is complete, however I am still testing things out. Most the complaints I have are related to administering the forum and not so much related to any end-user feature(s).
If you want to check out forums running IPB4, please see: https://community.invisionpower.com/or https://theadminzone.com/threads/forums-running-ipb4-ive-found.134167/
Yay or nay?
