[Hyperz]

Yup its officially coming to a PC near you. I didn't expect I would have to worry about a revamp of C-P so soon, but when IPS drops IPB 3.0 in front of your nose you - or should I say "I" - can't ignore it. Anyway, to get straight to the point, today I purchased Checkered (that would be the skin we all love, this one) for IPB 3. Most sites go for a complete new look when they decide to do a big update. But I think that in this case it isn't worth the risk. You know, the "Don't change a winning team" thing . The update to IPB 3 alone will be a big step forward.

The bad news:

Yup, there is some of that. Nothing from IPB 2.3 will work on 3.0. This means our dual column layout, section icons, VIP post highlights etc will no longer be there after the update . The propz system is going to sink to the depths of the seven pirate seas as well along with the total amount of propz per user.

The Good news:

But don't panic! All of that is just temporary. Those futures will be rebuild one by one and put back into place. That could take a some time but the result of bringing that back and moving to IPB 3 will be well worth it in the end.

When:

That depends on how smooth the test conversions go. This afternoon I ported a weeks old backup to IPB 3 without any big problems. Just a tiny issue here and there that didn't look like anything big.



If all goes smooth the update should arrive one of the next days. If not it'll be some time later this month. Obviously I'll need to shut the site down during the process. That should take anything from 1 to 48 hours, again depending on how things go.

That's about it. If any of you have questions regarding this now is the perfect time to ask .

Update 1:

IP.Shoutbox (the shoutbox software we use) has released version 1.1.0 RC 1 some days ago for IPB 3. Tested it today and it contains a huge bug. No one can shout, lol. I'm not going to upgrade if we're not going to have a working shoutbox from day one. For that reason I'm waiting for a fix. This means I'm gonna have to sit here and wait before I can continue v2.

Update 2:

I resolved the shoutbox issue. It turned out it wasn't a bug but me who failed to notice some added options in the usergroup permissions ... This means V2 is now just around the corner. At this point I'm still poking around the database to see if I convert users propz amount to IPB 3 native reputation.

[Demon_Dog]

Only have a couple of questions,

A. What are the new features that are going to come with the upgrade? Or at least the ones the site will use?

B. By propz system disappearing, you mean a reset or no more propz system at all. [Either way don't mind that one.]

C. Will there still be a Blue Verison or Mobile Verison?

Take all the time in the world you need when it comes to fixing the site Hyperz, remember, you talking to someone with the patience of a monk. [ BF:Heroes ]

[Hyperz]

A) The new futures include (obviously ) all the new stuff from IPB 3 (don't ask me to list that please ^^) as well as some newer versions of mods being used here right now.

B) IPB 3 comes with its own out-of-the-box reputation system. This will be used as replacement for the current propz mod and its more advanced and flexible in terms of modding it. I'll try and sync the propz amount of each user but I think it won't work at this point.

C) The blue skin is 2.3 so it will be lost and maybe rebuild for IPB 3. For mobile version I will use IPB 3's lite skin which is like an advanced version of our mobile version.

The comment) LoL

[Codemaster]

Hope the site will improve even more with the C-P v2 Keep it up Hyperz

[Demon_Dog]

Hyperz, on Jul 7 2009, 03:10 PM, said:

A) The new futures include (obviously ) all the new stuff from IPB 3 (don't ask me to list that please ^^) as well as some newer versions of mods being used here right now.

B) IPB 3 comes with its own out-of-the-box reputation system. This will be used as replacement for the current propz mod and its more advanced and flexible in terms of modding it. I'll try and sync the propz amount of each user but I think it won't work at this point.

C) The blue skin is 2.3 so it will be lost and maybe rebuild for IPB 3. For mobile version I will use IPB 3's lite skin which is like an advanced version of our mobile version.

The comment) LoL

Alright, Cool.

That's all the questions I had, Keep Up The Great Work!

[Phamous]

Awesome, can't wait for IPB 3. Hope it'll have a dual colum layout too.

[Skipper]

IPB 3 is the shit ! Can't wait ... I hope you wont have to delete all the downloads from katz because of ipb's new seo links.

Keep up the good work

[ZakuzA !]

Oh Snap! Bring on v2!

Proud member of C-P!

[Hyperz]

Skipper, on Jul 8 2009, 06:14 AM, said:

IPB 3 is the shit ! Can't wait ... I hope you wont have to delete all the downloads from katz because of ipb's new seo links.

Keep up the good work

I'll have to, the links I submitted to Katz wont be compatible with IPB 3's way of links. So I'll have to contact Katz about that. But requesting them to delete all links won't be a big problem for us .

[K3V]

Good Luck with the Update, Hope all goes smooth & well