I'm starting this thread to provide a place to ask questions and/or make comments regarding the May 26th upgrade. As a starter, here's what was done...
  1. vBulletin (the software package which runs the forum) was upgraded from version 3.0.8 to 3.5.4. The reason for upgrade was primarily to take advantage of the security and bug fixes released over the past year by the vendor. Several new features are present, but they mostly deal with how the forum accomplishes tasks and are not particularly visible, per se.
  2. The styles (aka skins, templates, etc.) were upgraded to be compatible where possible. Classic and SteelBlue are pretty much the same as they were, although they've changed a little in their look/feel. The WOW and EvilDave styles were not (easily) upgradable and have been dropped. Red2Black was also dropped due to the low number of members using it. I added SteelGreen as a replacement for EvilDave and SmartBrown as an alternative to WOW. I also added Arcade and Matrix to provide a little variety.
  3. vbChat was not only problematic, but the provider stopped supporting it. There are hundreds of affordable chat programs available... they seem to come and go like the wind, literally. We've chosen FlashChat as the alternative. It's very popular, has good support, and works fairly well. However, it is not as simple to use as vbChat... there are hundreds of options you can fiddle with to change the look and feel! I suggest you NOT do that, at least until not until you use it for a while. And, private chat messages work much differently in FlashChat... they open a mini chat window which is viewable only by you and the person you want to talking to privately -- a "mini-room" if you will. You would do well to arrange to meet someone in the chat room to "play" and get the hang of it before a real Sunday Night Chat occurs.