ProBoards v5 Launch Date Announced!

[aRMY83]

Dec 21, 2012 3:34:03 GMT -8 Wormopolis said:

Any news on exporting plugin settings for when the beta boards go bye bye?

Don't mean to quote you here Wormo but I'd like to know if this is going to happen also, so... any input on this ProBoards Staff?

[testingfeatures]

Great news. Is there anywhere that has a list of all the major improvements and changes?

[Ryan Roos]

Dec 23, 2012 5:57:19 GMT -8 aRMY83 said:

Dec 21, 2012 3:34:03 GMT -8 Wormopolis said:

Any news on exporting plugin settings for when the beta boards go bye bye?

Don't mean to quote you here Wormo but I'd like to know if this is going to happen also, so... any input on this ProBoards Staff?

BetaZone will run until just after launch. Meaning you will have as long as the amount of time from when you convert your forum to v5 until then to copy things over. So potentially 3 months if you're on top of it.

[aRMY83]

Thanks Ryan for the input.

[endo]

So, when is this contest to switch to version 5 early? Not that I'll win, but I figure if I keep hounding the staff enough they'll push me through just to shut me up:)

[VS Admin]

Dec 26, 2012 22:23:34 GMT -8 endo said:

So, when is this contest to switch to version 5 early? Not that I'll win, but I figure if I keep hounding the staff enough they'll push me through just to shut me up:)

We plan to have the contest launched hopefully by this Friday. The contest is not a "us vs. them" type of contest - everyone can win this one

[smashwords2]

Dec 20, 2012 20:35:41 GMT -8 Wormopolis said:

the second part involves doing the staff's laundry.  especially Martyns.

Martyn probably go bunches of white socks for Christmas, so just use the old ones for dusting.

[AshFR]

Dec 26, 2012 1:43:33 GMT -8 testingfeatures said:

Great news. Is there anywhere that has a list of all the major improvements and changes?

There's Patrick[ASE]'s  site coming soon, so just bookmark the page and wait until somewhere after V.5 Is released or check around on Betazone to see for you're self, or the Testing board.

[CherubRam]

Dec 20, 2012 10:03:45 GMT -8 VS Admin said:

We are proud to announce that on ProBoards v5 will officially be launched on April 29th, 2013! Our next generation forum software comes with thousands of improvements and enhancements to your forum experience.

We have even more good news for you: The next phase of our Open Beta will start on January 28th. This phase will allow you early access to upgrade your existing forums to ProBoards v5! This means you can get all of the great features ProBoards v5 has to offer as early as next month!

For those that can’t wait until the end of January to upgrade their forum, we will be announcing a contest soon that will allow you to upgrade even sooner. Stay tuned for full details!

 

I have been waiting for a very long time for V-5. I deleted my first forum because it did not have UTF-8. My new forum has been on hold for a long time waiting for V-5. I hope to be one of the first to have V-5, so I can move forward with my forum.

[Former Member]

How do I get my forum into the contest? I'd like to upgrade sooner rather than later.

[moonbeam]

@ritab, did you see the contest announcement thread? In addition, you'll find details on your v4.5 admin panel.

[Former Member]

Just checked my Admin Panel.... guess what I found..... LOL

[kpatch]

Couple questions.

So how does the upgrade actually happen? Do we use our test site and request an account upgrade and that's how it happens? What is the exact process and how long from the time I say, yes, "upgrade my forum" until the upgrade actually happens. Is it immediate? Does it take a few hours? A day?

Also, are there step by step instructions I can post for my members on how to upgrade their account on the V5 Live site? It seems like it's different for admins because we all have at least two forums we post on: Our forum and the Proboards site. What do members do? I am anticipating there is going to be confusion as to whether they use their current password to sign in or create a new one. 

Thank you.

[moonbeam]

Dec 29, 2012 10:21:58 GMT -8 kpatch said:

Couple questions.

So how does the upgrade actually happen? Do we use our test site and request an account upgrade and that's how it happens?

The test sites will be deleted after v5 goes live, so that will have nothing to do with the upgrade process.

What is the exact process and how long from the time I say, yes, "upgrade my forum" until the upgrade actually happens. Is it immediate? Does it take a few hours? A day?

Staff will provide instructions at the time it becomes available, I'm sure.

Also, are there step by step instructions I can post for my members on how to upgrade their account on the V5 Live site? It seems like it's different for admins because we all have at least two forums we post on: Our forum and the Proboards site. What do members do? I am anticipating there is going to be confusion as to whether they use their current password to sign in or create a new one.

Perhaps you could point them to Ryan's video about Global Accounts. The short answer is that they should be able to use their existing password, even though it says "new password" in the field.

[kpatch]

Dec 29, 2012 18:29:19 GMT -8 moonbeam said:

The test sites will be deleted after v5 goes live, so that will have nothing to do with the upgrade process. 

I'm pretty sure I read that the test sites will NOT be deleted right after V5 goes live, that they will be available until August. That way, we can refer to the test site and copy whatever changes we've made that we want to replicate on the live site. At least I hope that's the case. 

As for logging in under V5, I want to give my members a heads-up about the upcoming changes and make them feel comfortable with the process. I have members who had trouble registering using the current process, so I want to mitigate any issues. I don't want to just refer them to a video. I guess you can say that I am a hands-on admin and my members are used to that. Most of them only need to get on to one site and the video seems to focus on linking their profile to multiple sites. Just looking for simple step by step instructions. Thank you.