VBulletin
vBulletin (VB) is a powerful commercial internet forum software. The software written is written in PHP and MySQL database server used. Jelsoft Enterprises and vBuletin solutions, both subsidiaries of internet brands, are the producers of this software.
The powerful community solution makes it easy to add forum messaging systems to your website. It’s created using MySQL and PHP known for its efficient open source database. This feature allows creation of products that are both amazingly fast yet reasonably stable.
VBULETIN FEATURES
vBulletin offers a whole lot of compelling features for both the end users , the forum administrators and moderators. Some of them are:
Private messaging
Comprehensive similes and avatars
Separate and rich-feature administrator, moderator and user control panels
Versions of printer-friendly threads and posts
Available linear, threaded and hybrid views for threads
A built-in calendar
Comprehensive permission system based on user, user groups or forums
Queue moderation for user registration and posting
Attachments complete with thumbnails preview
Private forums
Ranking and user notes
Paid subscriptions(which use PayPal, World Pay, NOCHEX and Authorize.net)
Banning features
Editable FAQ system
Friendly engine search meaning you get better ranking in the search results
Interface response
Search speed(thanks to effective content indexing)
Instant availability of new/edited posts with no delays
Customization
Thanks to a variety of in-built tools the interface can be changed with the minimum knowledge of web programming languages. Also it’s easy and fast to customize. It offers the following:
Having a built-in template editing interface; there’s no need to mess about with FTP and text editors
A full access to all the board settings through custom interface
Customizing or adding multi-lingual support is made easy since built in texts are stored as phrases
Ability to create and store multiple styles, which can be applied to different forums and users
It allows you the user to write powerful and versatile codes since conditionals are supported in all templates
EASY MAINTAINANCE
The most stable discussion board also needs maintenance often to keep it properly running. Data backup and restorations are vital because the data stored in the discussion board is the backbone of the community. This includes:
Table repair functions, built in database backups and style backup.
To allow the automated running of many administrative tools it contains a task scheduler.
Extensive board statistics i.e. number of old and new users, new posts, new threads etc.
Automatic post pruning to keep database size manageable.
Extensive server settings and optimization options.
ADVANTAGES
Here are the top key benefits/reasons to base your community on vBulletin
Versatility/Versatile
Written in PHP vBulletin makes it fast, efficient and capable of running on a broad range of hosting platforms. Fully dedicated servers offer the greatest speed, power and flexibility on a substantially increased cost unlike the shared hosting which provides a cheaper option while the semi-dedicated offers more power for a higher price. Using MySQL database it stores data and settings. Attachments can be uploaded and stored in either the database or the server file system. Also it’s fully scalable so the database server and the web server can reside on separate computers for the ultimate power and flexibility.
It can be run on any system that supports PHP and MySQM meaning that the user has a wide choice ranging from Linux and Windows to Solaris, BSD and Macintosh. The important facility allows data from another forum to be converted into vBulletin format. This includes users, posts, avatars and private messages.
The import facility supports the following boards: Infopop’s Ultimate Bulletin Board, Invision, UBBThreads, OpenTopic, ezboard,phpBB and Ikonboard.
PERFORMANCE
No matter the size of your site, vBulletin is designed with speed in mind, so you & your users won’t be stuck waiting for pages to load whether on a dial up modem or a broadband connection. Fast page loading is one of its advantages.
To sum up, vBulletin is one of the most advantageous server. With the above features its hard to ignore it. Its the best in all the ways possible to use the server. The best option you could have and the best decision you could make.
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