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vBulletin 5 Connect Beta 21 is now available for vBulletin 5 Connect license holders to download, as well as, for vBulletin 3 and 4 customers to preview and demo at www.vbulletin.com/vb5demo/ OR start a 3-day trial at http://www.vbulletin.com/vb5-trial/.

vBulletin 5 Connect is fast approaching "Gold" quality. Both our development and testing teams have put in a tremendous amount of work on the software, and we invite you to check it out for yourself. You can kick the tires of vBulletin 5 Connect by testing it in our live demo or signing up for a trial.

For a more "out-of-the-box" experience, our demo site is the way to go; however, if you'd like to experiment with vBulletin 5 Connect's customization controls, then you'll definitely want to activate a trial session.

When you sign up for a trial (at no cost to you), you'll have 3 days (72 hrs) to familiarize yourself with the software and play with its customization controls. And if your time allotment expires before you're done exploring, no worries! Just wait an hour after your previous demo has expired and sign up for a fresh new one.

Beta 21, our most recent update, addresses 144 issues, including:

19 bugs that deal with Channels

11 Content-related bugs

5 Permissions bugs

8 Admin Control Panel bugs

7 bugs that deal with User Settings

4 Install/Upgrade related bugs

3 Registration-related bugs

3 bugs dealing with Languages/Phrases

3 bugs dealing with The Site Builder

8 StyleVars/Customization improvements

7 bugs related to the Activity Stream

6 bugs that improve Posting functionality

5 Performance bugs

5 bugs dealing with Inline Moderation

4 bugs that improve Albums/Gallery Styling

3 bugs dealing with Attachments

3 bugs that involve Online Users

3 bugs dealing with Private Messaging

The vBulletin 5 Connect Beta 21 announcement is here; and the feedback discussion for our licensed customers can be found here (however, you must be logged in to view the feedback discussion). We appreciate the feedback you'll provide there, as well as that from our beta testing program.

(Note: As with all beta releases, we aren't able to provide phone or ticket support for beta 21. Customers purchasing a vBulletin 5 Connect license will receive 30 days of free ticket support starting with the gold release of the software.)