Should I Upgrade SMF 2 RC3 - RC5?

[InsomniacP]

Hey there all,

I would like to know if I should upgrade my SMF forum to the latest version or would you recommend that I leave it as it is, I have a couple of questions about the upgrade should it be recommended!

• What are the benefits of upgrading to a newer version?
• Would I have to reinstall my theme & MOD's if compatible?
• And should i go for RC4 before moving straight to RC5 and if so where do I find that as it's not showing on the downloads page?

Here is a list of my present MOD's..

1.   Aeva Media   1.4c   
2.   Personal Messages to Membergroups   1.4.1   
3.   Tapatalk SMF 2.0 RC3 Plugin   2.0.0   
4.   Popos Smiley   1.0   
5.   Member Color Link   3.0.8
6.   SMF Arcade   2.5 RC1   
7.   Add Favicon.ico Support   1.101   
8.   SimplePortal   2.3.3   
9.   SMF Trader System   1.6   
10.   SimpleXBL   1.0.4   
11.   Birthday Posts   0.12.1 Beta   
12.   Emotions Smiley v1.0   1.0   
13.   PM to New Members   1.2   
14.   The SMF File Management Tool   1.0.1
15.   Force Topic Read On Login Mod   2.1   
16.   Member Awards   2.2.3   
17.   Page Management   1.4   
18.   Facebook_Like v.1.4   1.4   
19.   Xbox LIVE GamerTag BBC   1.5   
20.   Gamer IDs   1.01   
21.   Sitemap   2.2.0   
22.   Advanced Recent Posts   1.1   
23.   Skype Integration   2.1.2   

Thank you in advanced for your advice, please note my site is running and has quite a bit of activity  and if this could effect how it runs I might not consider it right now?

my URL is www.oldgamerz.co.uk should you need to look?

Kindest Regards,
Paul

[CapadY]

I'll strongly advise to upgrade.
But not to RC5. Especialy not because you have a lot of MOD's.

Just wait for SMF2 Gold version (it won't take long) and then upgrade.

[kat]

The basic reason would be security, mainly,

As V2 Final's due to be released VERY soon (weeks), I'd wait, if I were you.

NINJAD!!!