vBulletin Manual - The Control Panel

After installing the vBulletin software on your server, the first main task is to log into the admin control panel - to do this, visit http://www.yourwebsite.com/vbulletindirectory/admin/. You will be presented with a log in form:

Type in the username and password you specified during the vBulletin installation procedure, and click the "Log In" button. All being well, you will be transported into the vBulletin admin control panel:

Take a moment now to familiarise yourself with the admin control panel interface. The screen is divided vertically into two sections... the section on the left hand side contains numerous links to functions within the control panel. The right hand side of the screen contains the "Welcome to the control panel" page by default. When you click on any of the links in the left hand section of the screen, the corresponding page will appear in the right hand side. Easy eh?

In the remainder of this document, we'll be examining in detail each of the admin function available via the left-hand links:

Options
Announcements
Forums and Moderators
Threads
Users
User Titles
User profile fields
User Groups and Permissions
Avatars
Icons
Smilies
Custom BB codes
Backup database
Import & Maintenance
Stats
Styles
Replacement variables
Templates