I'm on 3.1.6 PRO and, believe me, half an hour skimming through the AM4 forum has got me in a cold sweat. There's NO way I'm making the move based on the avalanche of bugs and poor support that many are complaining of. I saw 4 had come out a long time ago and said to myself "I'll wait until the bugs are ironed out in summer/autumn.". And here we are and I'm getting the distinct impression it isn't ready for prime time yet. The problem is, if I take the plunge and something goes wrong...I post here on the forum, I post a ticket and 48 hours later, I'm still twiddling my thumbs. Meanwhile, I've to 50 angry e-mails from paid up members who are locked out of a bust system. so, hand on heart, if I don't yet need any "shiny new bells" that AM4 has, should I stay where I am?
Why upgrade when you're doing fine the way you are? You should be glad you've got a working installation. I haven't received any support all week and I'm still stuck.
Running version 4 on a production site with a dedicated box. Its stable and can handle whatever it needs to do. I don't know what kind of forum software you are using, but either way I would test the whole site on a local server first. This includes the upgrading process etc. So create a sandbox first, perhaps let some of your users test it, get some feedback layout wise
Sorry, but you forgot to mention you are trying to run aMember on IIS (which is not supported and it is stated on the order page), and that you are requesting support via forum (where we do not provide guaranteed support). On recommended environments, v4 is pretty stable (lot more stable than v3 ever was ) and bug-free.
I dove in and switched over to v4 a few months ago and am extremely happy with it. 110% better than v3. Although I am running on a Linux Centos 5 box too, I'd probably be very hesitant if I were on IIS as well.
I just thought I'd bump this thread, can't believe it's a whole year later! I'm on latest aM3 and still bit concerned when I see how many issues seem to be on the aM4 forum. Anyone regret switching? On a related topic, how long will the aM3 branch be supported for?
aM4 is great... a big improvement. I have no regrets using it as it has a lot more features and functionality.
I've got a few licences and turned well over 200k a year, for the last two years with this software! The only thing I would say is that the first set up with wordpress never works, but the guys have always managed to fix it for me. That's my only issue but once it's running, its the tits