Hey everyone!
We are a gaming YouTube channel with 100k subscribers & recently have started slowly pushing viewers to our website. http://www.xeraingaming.com
Over a year ago we decided to go with Vbulletin for our website. This was mainly because someone similar to us was using the same software & we thought if it is good enough for them, then it is good enough for us. Since then we have had VB 4 installed, Joomla, Wordpress & back to VB4.
With all the trials of different software solutions we have restarted the site several times & it wasn't until recently that we said to ourselves "OK we will stick with VB for now, unless we can migrate everything to another choice that comes up".
I recently set up VIP memberships, GIF's for VIPS, I added a Achievement plugin & we also use the CMS for articles.
One thing I absolutely hate about VB 4, is the look. I really hate the dated, slow look & that is why I am wondering whether we should upgrade to 5. I was looking at other forum companies however at the moment we don't have the funds (or want to invest MORE money into other software) especially when we spent so much on VB 5.
Do you think we should upgrade to VB 5? Is there a way to create a second backup of our current site & try and upgrade to see what happens (without touching the current active site)?
Can we still have the VIP membership?
Is the CMS in VB 5 good enough yet?
I don't mind losing the current plugins as long as...
VIP memberships stay
Permissions for VIPS stay
All posts carry over
We just feel like the site is slow & dated at the moment. However bad VB5 may be, surely it will improve the overall look of the site? We also have people saying they can't register or confirm their e-mails on the site fairly often too, so maybe VB 5 will help that.
It would also be good to improve the social element & bring users back more often.
Many thanks!
We are a gaming YouTube channel with 100k subscribers & recently have started slowly pushing viewers to our website. http://www.xeraingaming.com
Over a year ago we decided to go with Vbulletin for our website. This was mainly because someone similar to us was using the same software & we thought if it is good enough for them, then it is good enough for us. Since then we have had VB 4 installed, Joomla, Wordpress & back to VB4.
With all the trials of different software solutions we have restarted the site several times & it wasn't until recently that we said to ourselves "OK we will stick with VB for now, unless we can migrate everything to another choice that comes up".
I recently set up VIP memberships, GIF's for VIPS, I added a Achievement plugin & we also use the CMS for articles.
One thing I absolutely hate about VB 4, is the look. I really hate the dated, slow look & that is why I am wondering whether we should upgrade to 5. I was looking at other forum companies however at the moment we don't have the funds (or want to invest MORE money into other software) especially when we spent so much on VB 5.
Do you think we should upgrade to VB 5? Is there a way to create a second backup of our current site & try and upgrade to see what happens (without touching the current active site)?
Can we still have the VIP membership?
Is the CMS in VB 5 good enough yet?
I don't mind losing the current plugins as long as...
VIP memberships stay
Permissions for VIPS stay
All posts carry over
We just feel like the site is slow & dated at the moment. However bad VB5 may be, surely it will improve the overall look of the site? We also have people saying they can't register or confirm their e-mails on the site fairly often too, so maybe VB 5 will help that.
It would also be good to improve the social element & bring users back more often.
Many thanks!
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