vBulletin 3.8.3
Although it's a little late according to the published release timetable, having been somewhat delayed by the effort being redirected toward preparing vBulletin 4.0 for its debut, vBulletin 3.8.3 is a maintenance version, rounding up all the bugs and issues fixed by the development team since the release of 3.8.2 at the end of March.
Please accept our apologies for the delay in bringing you this potentially final version of vBulletin 3.x. Resources are now almost exclusively dedicated to vBulletin 4.0 and we thank you for your ongoing patience.
Issues resolved by 3.8.3 include the following:
* Date picker in private message filter ignores start of week preference [27516]
* Last post title on profile page allows permission violation [27548]
* Potential for redundant SQL query when searching for posts [27575]
* List of members in social groups has no specified ordering [27636]
* Potential timezone confusion affecting statistics generation and display [27586]
* Inability to search for users with a specified custom field by entering text [27610]
A complete list of the issues resolved by 3.8.3 is available in the Project Tools.
Upgrading from Previous Versions
3.8.3 is a maintenance release. We recommend that all customers running prior versions of vBulletin 3.8 upgrade to benefit from bug fixes and stability improvements.
Full instructions for upgrading vBulletin are available here.
PHP and MySQL Requirements
Please note that vBulletin 3.8.x requires at least PHP 4.3.3 and MySQL 4.0.16 or later.
However, we recommend that vBulletin 3.8.x is run on PHP 5.2.9 with APC (or a similar opcode cache) and MySQL 5.1.32 for best performance and stability.
Download vBulletin 3.8.3
As usual, vBulletin 3.8.3 is available for all customers with valid, active licenses to download from the vBulletin Members' Area.
vBulletin Members Area
Templates with Mandatory Changes Since 3.8.2
None!
Templates with Non-Mandatory Changes Since 3.8.2
showthread_quickreply
Removed the not-Opera condition from the 100% width cell and the separator bar next to the IE-only spellcheck button.
pm_filter
Changed the start of the week argument to the vB_DatePicker JavaScript to $bbuserinfo[startofweek].
modifyoptions
Wrapped the "Default Thread Age Cut Off" option in conditionals to not show if no options will be displayed.
album_list
Removed invalid "margin-$stylevar[cellpadding]px" CSS line.
Files changed since 3.8.2
* group.php
* tags.php
* postings.php
* includes
o class_groupmessage.php
o class_bbcode.php
o adminfunctions_profilefield.php
o class_upload.php
o functions_digest.php
o class_vurl.php
o functions.php
o class_dm_poll.php
o class_dm_user.php
o class_userprofile.php
o functions_search.php
o class_core.php
* moderation.php
* memberlist.php
* poll.php
* install
o vbulletin-settings.xml
o vbulletin-adminhelp.xml
o vbulletin-style.xml
o upgrade_language_en.php
o upgrade_383.php
o vbulletin-language.xml
o upgrade.php
o install.php
* search.php
* showthread.php
* admincp
o thread.php
o stats.php
o user.php
* profile.php
Although it's a little late according to the published release timetable, having been somewhat delayed by the effort being redirected toward preparing vBulletin 4.0 for its debut, vBulletin 3.8.3 is a maintenance version, rounding up all the bugs and issues fixed by the development team since the release of 3.8.2 at the end of March.
Please accept our apologies for the delay in bringing you this potentially final version of vBulletin 3.x. Resources are now almost exclusively dedicated to vBulletin 4.0 and we thank you for your ongoing patience.
Issues resolved by 3.8.3 include the following:
* Date picker in private message filter ignores start of week preference [27516]
* Last post title on profile page allows permission violation [27548]
* Potential for redundant SQL query when searching for posts [27575]
* List of members in social groups has no specified ordering [27636]
* Potential timezone confusion affecting statistics generation and display [27586]
* Inability to search for users with a specified custom field by entering text [27610]
A complete list of the issues resolved by 3.8.3 is available in the Project Tools.
Upgrading from Previous Versions
3.8.3 is a maintenance release. We recommend that all customers running prior versions of vBulletin 3.8 upgrade to benefit from bug fixes and stability improvements.
Full instructions for upgrading vBulletin are available here.
PHP and MySQL Requirements
Please note that vBulletin 3.8.x requires at least PHP 4.3.3 and MySQL 4.0.16 or later.
However, we recommend that vBulletin 3.8.x is run on PHP 5.2.9 with APC (or a similar opcode cache) and MySQL 5.1.32 for best performance and stability.
Download vBulletin 3.8.3
As usual, vBulletin 3.8.3 is available for all customers with valid, active licenses to download from the vBulletin Members' Area.
vBulletin Members Area
Templates with Mandatory Changes Since 3.8.2
None!
Templates with Non-Mandatory Changes Since 3.8.2
showthread_quickreply
Removed the not-Opera condition from the 100% width cell and the separator bar next to the IE-only spellcheck button.
pm_filter
Changed the start of the week argument to the vB_DatePicker JavaScript to $bbuserinfo[startofweek].
modifyoptions
Wrapped the "Default Thread Age Cut Off" option in conditionals to not show if no options will be displayed.
album_list
Removed invalid "margin-$stylevar[cellpadding]px" CSS line.
Files changed since 3.8.2
* group.php
* tags.php
* postings.php
* includes
o class_groupmessage.php
o class_bbcode.php
o adminfunctions_profilefield.php
o class_upload.php
o functions_digest.php
o class_vurl.php
o functions.php
o class_dm_poll.php
o class_dm_user.php
o class_userprofile.php
o functions_search.php
o class_core.php
* moderation.php
* memberlist.php
* poll.php
* install
o vbulletin-settings.xml
o vbulletin-adminhelp.xml
o vbulletin-style.xml
o upgrade_language_en.php
o upgrade_383.php
o vbulletin-language.xml
o upgrade.php
o install.php
* search.php
* showthread.php
* admincp
o thread.php
o stats.php
o user.php
* profile.php
