3.8 Blogs

[Cynthia]

I have tried what I've found in threads about where to purchase the blogs feature for vB 3.8 and I can't find it. Would someone plese point me to it? Thanks.

~Cynthia

[terryfavors]

I don't think that is available for purchase now.

[Cynthia]

Oh no!

[Cynthia]

Is there a thread somewhere announcing this?

[MoMan]

Nope- but I contacted the staff and they said it wasn't. It also won't be released as a free add-on (as was originally announced). Indeed unfortunate Wish you guys would do something about this.

[Trevor Hannant]

It also won't be released as a free add-on (as was originally announced).

Where and when was that said?

[Cynthia]

Thanks Moman.

Trevor, can you confirm this? Is it true the Blogs feature is no longer available for 3.x?

[Homeworld'sa]

The Blogs feature has been discontinued for versions older than vB4. This was announced in the release of vB4 Gold.

[Trevor Hannant]

It's not possible to buy the Blog product other than for and with the vB4 Publishing Suite as per the many announcements and discussions held over the last 6 months or so.

[MoMan]

By a staff member quite a while ago- it might have even been Kier. I don't recall exactly.

I don't understand why you guys are preventing us from acquiring the blog for 3.8 when most of us (like myself) have a 4.0 license and are running 3.8, and have been customers for several years. Any possibility of changing this policy or making an exception? I have a very large site which is running a highly customized installation of 3.8, and moving to 4.0 would pretty much kill a bunch of features rather than being an upgrade at this time.

Thanks,

Adam

[Cynthia]

I understand the decision was made to take the Blog product off the market. But I agree with MoMan. Could you not sell the Blog feature for vB3.8 to those of us who have purchased 4.0? I fully intend to upgrade to 4.0 at some point but right now it is not possible and we do need the Blog feature.

[Anthony89]

New customers with a 4.0 Publishing Suit license should get access to the 3.8 blogs, IMO.

[Mark.B]

There was never any announcement about 3.8 blogs being available for free, that was project tools.

That said, I have to say that the "discussions" that took place over the discontinuing of the blogs for 3.8 amounted to "we are discontinuing them, like it or not, hard luck". There is never any consultation with customers on these matters, it's just "get everyone onto 4.0 at any cost". Well, some of us aren't going to.

Luckily I had already bought the blog for 3.8. Not that anyone uses it, don't waste your money. It's nicely coded but badly integrated and nobody even knows it's there. And it's no better on 4.0.

Nobody will ever use blogs until they show up as a content type in Today's Posts/New Posts. Since that's never going to happen, it's all a waste of space.

[Loco.M]

It's not possible to buy the Blog product other than for and with the vB4 Publishing Suite as per the many announcements and discussions held over the last 6 months or so.

not true
you can buy a used vb/blog license and get the 3.8 blog
as well as access it in your downloads if you buy the whole 4.0 package

[Cynthia]

not true
you can buy a used vb/blog license and get the 3.8 blog
as well as access it in your downloads if you buy the whole 4.0 package

And how would you I about doing that? Where would I purchase a used vB license with the 3.8 blog product?