How about updating to a newer version of VB while your at it?
ya, that's on the list too. soon, I hope.
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And maybe a new theme?
ya, that's on the list too. soon, I hope.
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Say you move to vB v.4, would you use the CMS built into it for the Front Page vs keeping the the other front end like Wordpress (or whatever you use)?
Just my advice, hold off on vB 4 for awhile. I've helped migrate a site to it and there are still a lot of bugs, even in 4.0.2. IMO it should still be in beta status, it definitely feels like it was rushed. I would wait until 4.1, or at least wait for a couple more minor point releases for them to get the kinks worked out.
So then, would it be possible to switch the entire search function over to MRoogle instead of relying vB's junky search?We're not going to 4.0, and even if we did, we wouldn't use their CMS.
The biggest hurdle in upgrading is supporting search on these forums. vBulletin's search doesn't scale well for large forums, so we're dependent on some hacks which can be version dependent.
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So then, would it be possible to switch the entire search function over to MRoogle instead of relying vB's junky search?
Ok, well, I'll just keep on using MRoogle.
I would think that is proprietary information.just curious, but how big is the database?
i don't see how google search is better, and is already an option under the search menu.
Not Google search. MRoogle which is google tweaked with several MR-custom options. And yes, it is far, far, far better than the VB search. I don't think you yourself use the VB search much, or you would realise how dire it is.