That was the longest 15 minutes

[chilliman64]

of my life, when the system re-booted today. I started thinking stupid thoughts, like, I wonder if there are other pepper forums as good as THP that I should look for in case it never re-opens. gladly I don't have to search (and I know there is not any better!!!)

[thehotpepper.com]

:lol:

[Omri]

It was a simple upgrade. relax. :shocked:

*looks at all the cool new features*

[bentalphanerd]

hmm - what happened to growing peppers?

[Omri]

hmm - what happened to growing peppers?
You're the mod. :shocked:
http://www.thehotpepper.com/forumdisplay.php?f=108

[chilliman64]

It was a simple upgrade. relax. :shocked:

*looks at all the cool new features*

what new features? can we please have a posting in 'Announcements' detailing what they are?

[POTAWIE]

Ya,I here you. Back in 15 mins was a lie.:lol:

[chilliman64]

I wouldn't call it a 'lie', more an optimistic speculation that was not very realistic ;) it had me hitting the refresh button every minute or so for what seemed like an eternity. I think I nearly got RSI of the return key finger

(my 1500th post)

[thehotpepper.com]

Yes, there are tons of new features, give me a couple days to sort is all out.

[Omri]

There are many new features and improvements to existing functionality in vBulletin 3.7.0 over vBulletin 3.6.x, most of which have already been described in the release announcements for the various pre-release versions, and in the First Look (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=249460) thread that was posted at the beginning of the beta process, but here is a brief list of just a few of the highlights.

Inline spam management & prevention (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450764#post1450764)
Thread tagging (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450765#post1450765)
Search cloud / tag cloud (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450765#post1450765)
Thread prefixes (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450766#post1450766)
Reciprocal friendships between users (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450767#post1450767)
Public visitor messaging on profile pages with 'conversation' feature (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450768#post1450768)
User picture galleries with user comment facility (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450769#post1450769)
User-created social groups with invite only and moderated membership options (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450770#post1450770)
Extended member profile pages (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450771#post1450771)
Customizable member profile pages with admin-controlled styling abilities (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450772#post1450772)
Inline editing of custom user profile fields (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450773#post1450773)
Lightbox viewer for attached images (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450774#post1450774)
Viewable and comparable history maintained for post edits (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450775#post1450775)
Extended re-authentication for inline moderation actions (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450776#post1450776)
Notices system for navigation bar (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450777#post1450777)
Multiple human-verification systems including reCAPTCHA, image verification and Q/A (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450778#post1450778)
User change history (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450779#post1450779)
Social bookmarking integration (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450780#post1450780)

You can also try this:
vBulletin 3.7 Documentation (http://files.vbulletin.com/vBulletin-3_7-Manual.zip)

[thehotpepper.com]

LOL, yeah, I know, I'm saying I need time to mess with it. But thanks.