Some questions before license extend

vincitygialam · Oct 2nd 2018

Hello,

I'm thinking about whether to extend the license on my site, and I have a few questions.

-Will I be able to make the upgraded site look very similar to the current site?

-I bought a news plugin, I wanted to make a "news" tab and use the community bot to pull news from certain RSS feeds and keep fresh news there. I couldn't make it work right. I know, about plugins I will have to ask the plugin developers, but does the new Suite have a function that will make this easy to accomplish?

-the site is currently hosted in vultr. I am switching to ramnode (but keeping same domain). If I extend my license, can I install the new forum on my new server, and then deactivate my old WBB 4.1 after I succeed in the migration? In case it matters for migration: the reason for the vps switch is because I want to switch from Sentora (open source server system) to WHM/Cpanel.

-For a simple forum, is there a compelling reason right now to upgrade? I am already happy with 4.1.12.

**Alexander Ebert** · Oct 2nd 2018

Hello vincitygialam,

WoltLab Suite 3 has been redesigned from the ground up, including but not limited to a complete style rewrite that allows for the extremly flexible box system with up to a three column layout. While this does give you a significant amount of flexibility, it also means that styles for Burning Board 4.1 are not compatible and must be recreated.

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I wanted to make a "news" tab and use the community bot to pull news from certain RSS feeds and keep fresh news there.

Automated imports of RSS feeds are supported for forum threads only, where each item will be create as a new thread. This feature is available since Burning Board 4.1.

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If I extend my license, can I install the new forum on my new server, and then deactivate my old WBB 4.1 after I succeed in the migration?

You are allowed to run one public installation of our software, but you may use a second, private installation to prepare and test the migration.

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For a simple forum, is there a compelling reason right now to upgrade? I am already happy with 4.1.12.

For starters, please consider updating your forum now, the latest version for your software is 4.1.20, the version 4.1.12 was released 2 years ago!

In regards to your question, we have compiled two large lists of new features and improvements that should help you to make a decision, after all, everyone has different needs and priorities:

At the very beginning of each thread are links to more in-depth spotlights on major features of each version.

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