vBulletin Announcements

With the exciting release of vBulletin 6 on the way, vBulletin 5 Connect and vBulletin Mobile Suite will begin the sunsetting process. Please see below for important End of Life details for these products: vBulletin 5 Connect After the release of vBulletin 6, no further vBulletin 5 Connect version updates will be released. The latest version of vBulletin 5 Connect – version 5.7.5 – will continue to receive any necessary security patches until 08/31/2024, approximately 1 year from now. Please note that only the latest version of vBulletin 5 Connect will receive these continued patches. vBulletin Mobile Suite New vBulletin Mobile Suite licenses are no longer available for purchase. Current vBulletin Mobile Suite licenses can...

Your server must meet the following requirements before vBulletin can be installed on the machine. Most shared-environment hosting providers meet these qualifications already. If you're unsure, you can always use vBulletin Cloud to host your vBulletin website. Minimum Requirements vBulletin is a web-based application and as such has a few minimum requirements. To run vBulletin, you need a web hosting provider that includes the following on their systems: PHP version: 7.1.0 MySQL version: 5.6.10 (see note below) As an alternative to MySQL, you can use MariaDB version: 10+ A pre-registered domain name 200 Megabytes of hard drive space 128 MB per PHP Script. Rewrite Engine - A rewrite engine is needed for vBulletin's Friendly URL...

vBulletin 6.1.1 Changes and Updates vBulletin 6.1.1 is now available to download. In the upcoming weeks, vBulletin Cloud customers will be automatically upgraded to the new version. Front End Changes Forum Card View Administrators can choose to display forums in tabular or card formats. The Channel Display Module offers an option to select the format. Card View shows a simplified layout of your forum channels with a modern appearance. It is controlled by a module option. This simplified view will not show Categories unless the module's forum depth is set to 1. Entering the forum will show its sub-forums. Due to the simplified view, the Card format is more suitable for sites with a simple channel structure. If you use custom channel...

vBulletin 6.1.0 Changes and Updates A preview release of vBulletin 6.1.0 is available for download. Preview releases are for testing upcoming releases and should not be used on production servers. Front End Changes Bookmarks Users may want to mark their favorite posts. To accomplish this, we have added a bookmark feature. Users can bookmark any post by clicking on a icon in the upper right corner. These can be accessed through their user profile. The bookmark will go directly to the post and multiple posts in a topic can be bookmarked. Forum Categories Users can collapse forum categories that they are not interested in. The collapse state is stored locally on the browser. Administrators can designate channels to collapse in the...

vBulletin 6.0.8 is now available for download by self-hosted (download) customers. vBulletin Cloud sites will be automatically updated in the upcoming weeks. Front End Changes Go to New Post A new link in the topic toolbar will take the user to the newest unread post within the topic. This link does not apply to the Latest Activity tab, which shows the posts in reverse order. Readmarking Changes This system has been refactored to facilitate the above and handle read marking more atomically. In previous versions, visiting the last page of a topic marked the topic as read. Readmarking will now mark individual pages of posts as read. Users should be able to return to a topic and continue from where they left off if they have not read the...

vBulletin 6.0.7 is now available for download by self-hosted (download) customers. vBulletin Cloud sites will be automatically updated in the upcoming weeks. Front End Changes Site Builder Quick Setup Several new options have been added to Site Builder's Quick Setup tool. This tool helps onboard new vBulletin sites after installation. Site Owners can edit the Site Name within Quick Setup. Top-level forum channels can be marked as private or public within Quick Setup. The ability to turn off the Forum, Article, Blog, and Group sections has been added. Deactivating any of these sections will remove their tab from the header of the page. vBulletin will re-add the tab when a section is enabled again. However, Administrators will need to...

vBulletin 6.0.6 is now available for download by self-hosted (download) customers. vBulletin Cloud sites will be automatically updated in the upcoming weeks. Front End Changes Calendar Module Improvements Site Administrators can choose to display birthdays and holidays on Calendar Modules. These are not event nodes and do not allow replies or comments. The information is for display only. Birthdays This feature shows the birthdays of users who have been active within a specific period. This will show active all members who have been active in the last 30 days. These settings can be changed in the AdminCP under Settings -> Options -> User Profile Options. When a user clicks or taps on a birthday in the Calendar, the user's profile...

vBulletin 6.0.5 is now available for download by self-hosted (download) customers. vBulletin Cloud sites will be automatically updated in the upcoming weeks. Front End Changes Global Advertising Management In previous versions, each ad was unique to the Ad Location. Unique ad lists made reusing Ad code difficult across modules. Starting in vBulletin 6.0.5, Ad Locations will list all available Ad units/templates in the system to make reuse easier. Email Handling Outgoing notification emails will include a global one-click unsubscribe link, which complies with requirements set by many email providers. Transactional emails (e.g., password changes) do not include the link. Emails also include a header that allows email providers to show...

vBulletin 6.0.4 is now available for download customers. vBulletin Cloud customers will be automatically upgraded over the coming weeks. Home Node Permissions Handling the channel permissions of the Home Node has been refactored. The Terms of Service page, Privacy Policy page, and AdminCP login will always be available even if guests cannot view the Home Node. You can now assign viewing permissions per page in the AdminCP under Usergroups → Page Permissions. Page Permissions allow control over page viewing to fit your site's needs. Special Groups (i.e., Channel groups) will not be listed in the Page Permission Manager. These groups are managed internally. Paypal API Paypal's Payment API has been added as a vBulletin Gateway. The new...