vBulletin Plugin System and how it effects you

[PHPGeek2k3]

Hey guys,

with the latest series of vBulletin (3.5.x) what do you think of the plugin system and does it make you job of customizing / hacking your installation easier.

Honestly i love it makes the job of a lazy coder / admin easier.

Thanks
- James

[SoftWareRevue]

Yeh. The plugin system makes some of us lazier. :blush:

[Aussie Bob]

Lazy is good, especially for the older folks. It's fine for the young whipper snappers to be buzzing around, hacking this, coding that, but for the older types, they need a much rest time as they can get. :D

Seriously now, what examples of these plugins are there? I'm not familiar with their application, as I haven't used VB 3.5 backend.

[PHPGeek2k3]

Lazy is good, especially for the older folks. It's fine for the young whipper snappers to be buzzing around, hacking this, coding that, but for the older types, they need a much rest time as they can get. :D

Seriously now, what examples of these plugins are there? I'm not familiar with their application, as I haven't used VB 3.5 backend.

Well i dont have any prime examples but you can surf vbulletin.org and see what people have came out for the 3.5.x series alot of hacks are brought over onto the new backend. basically what it does is makes it so you dont have to rehack the code every time you upgrade to a new version and the installation is just uploading a xml file via a web based form in the AdminCP

thanks
- James

[The Prohacker]

The plugin system has made my life much easier. I have changed 90% of our standard modifications to plugins. There are a few changes I have to make to files, but for the most part its all in the database now. Upgrades are much easier from a file maintenance prospective. DB updates for upgrades can still be pain though. It’s not fun to watch an query alter a 4gb posts table for 3 hours :)

[kb3mol]

I have never had enough money for vB, so I am not sure, but if I ever do get a license I will try out this new plugin system.

[adb22791]

The plugin system is excellent. Not only does it allow for easier hack creation, but it allows for the updating of your forum to be faster and have less downtime. I would like to see a plugin system like vBulletin's integrated in all boards (since SMF's is horrid).

[Jan]

I seem to have a bit of trouble getting them to work :bawling:

[SoftWareRevue]

Yur a gurl. That's understandable.





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[PHPGeek2k3]

The plugin system has made my life much easier. I have changed 90% of our standard modifications to plugins. There are a few changes I have to make to files, but for the most part its all in the database now. Upgrades are much easier from a file maintenance prospective. DB updates for upgrades can still be pain though. It’s not fun to watch an query alter a 4gb posts table for 3 hours :)'

ouch yeah i would say that would take quite a while to update and make sure that anything dont get affected.

Thanks
- James

[Dave]

I seem to have a bit of trouble getting them to work :bawling:

Care to elaborate, maybe one of us can help you.

Dave