ATRL.net Upgrade
Well it's official, vBulletin will later this week release version 3.7.0 of their software. This means that the ATRL.net upgrade will commence shortly after that. They have said that 3.7 will be released later this week, and once the final version is available we will install it on our beta board, and then once we see all is working will get ready for the upgrade on the main board. So far there have been no bugs or anything and the beta board is working wonderfully.
Overview of the new features
The ATRL upgrade will bring us the following new stuff:
- Thread prefixes to help forums stay organized
- New member profiles w/ visitor messages
- Groups that you can create, join, and discuss
- Thread tagging for better searching
- A proper blog system, not the thread-hack thing we have going on now
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More details here! (Please note ATRL will not look like the screenshots, they are for example purposes only)
Pick a permanent user name now!
After we upgrade to the new version of vBulletin, you will no longer be able to change your user name.
Please click here for information about picking a permanent user name.
The Plan
The upgrade process could take up to two days so the plan is: We will close the board Tuesday Night at 11:00 PM and I will begin backing up the data in case something happens. Wednesday we will begin the actual upgrade (remember no users, posts, threads, pm's will be lost) and we will keep the board closed until Friday morning to make sure that there are no bugs, or glitches in the upgrade process. We will then reopen the board and everything will be upgraded and all the new features will be here. We have worked very hard for you guys and hope that everyone enjoys what we have done.
Schedule
Apr 22 - We close the site and begin backing up data (11:00 PM)
Apr 23 - We Begin the actual upgrade Process
Apr 24 - We keep the board closed to check for bugs and Glitches
Apr 25 - We reopen the boards and you enjoy the new features (8:00 AM)
Questions
If you have any questions or comments feel free to use this thread to ask those questions or post any comments.