I have heard people say how customizable vBulletin is....but I never realized just how customizable it is. I just used that free demo at their official site and logged into the admin panel. Those forums are indeed extremely customizable.

The thing I would like to ask is..sis it worth it? Can someone help me out here?

This post has been edited by microscopic^earthling: Aug 26 2005, 04:06 AM

Seeing as you can get free forums (like PHPBB) that can also be customised, I doubt it.
Although, I've never used vBulletin so I wouldn't know whether it's easier of not.

yes, Vbulletin is very very customizable just go into the admin panel and go to customiz window select select all forums and then just klik customiz and ....tada your Vbulletin board is very very smaller

All bulletin boards a highly customisable, but I too agree vBulletin makes it very easy to do some very neat stuff. Although im still very much in favor of SMF (www.simplemachines.org) vBulletin does hold some glory in all its options.

I am a fan of phpBB because that is the bulletin board system that Hailboards runs on, and I like them.

Though, I may have to look into vBulletin.....

Sorry for the double post, for some reason I couldn't edit...not sure if we are not allowed to or if there is a time limit...Anyway, I want to know:


What do you mean by that?

Im pretty sure he is just explaining a way to make the forum smaller and more managable

As for top forums, i like vBB and IPB. But i lean toward vBB because it has a wider range of hacks and skins, and as everyone says, its very customizable, you can change alot of things on this board, you could change so much that it wouldnt even look like a vBB board any more

Also i completely agree with you when you say PhpBB is customizable too, the number of hacks and skins that come with PhpBB is unbelievable, some say that if you find the right hacks you can make PhpBB look just like vBB, the thing i really dont like about PhpBB is the admincp, the lack of options really frusturates me, thats why i stick with vBB or IPB

I agree, there is a lot missing from the phpBB ACP, however, I still prefer this over any other free bulletin board. Now, if I were not so cheap, I would probably go with vB.

However, there are A LOT of Hacks for phpBB. Though, the problem is that I am a novice and am not too good with installing them.

If you would like, you could email me or pm me and i can help you out with that, ive done alot of forum installing and editing, several times over ive installed vBB IPB PhpBB WowBB MiniBB YaBB, and a few other boards, so if you got some hacks you like and would like me to install them for you i would be more the happy to help you there.

yes it's worth it. vbulletin may not be the most famous bulletin board but it sure is the best!