Support Question

[Arckanghel]

So I saw this thread http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107757

I would like to do something of the same nature, but my question is this, what exactly does VB support? Will they still support your board if it has been changed on a minor basis such as this? I mean the extent of this modification in question is changing the references of some DBs. I just would like to know exactly what is being supported.

Is there a way to make a forum require a certain reputation to post there?

EDIT: I answered my own quesstion on the Reputation:

By setting up a system of promotions, that promote based on reputation, you can have users promoted to a usergroup. You can do this for users with a high rep or low rep. You then set each usergroups' permissions as you would like to make those of certain reputation have certain rights. This means a user with a high rep can be given rights by promotion, and a user with a bad rep can be promoted to a user group with less rights. Which leads to a new question:

What takes precedence when a user belongs to multiple user groups?

[Floris]

I am not sure about your first question, so I leave that to someone else. (Since you want to know the exact details).

The second question about reputation.
You can make an additional usergroup, and a promotion.
The additional usergroup can get permission to post in this forum, whereas the rest can't.
The promotion can get setup to add a user to an additional usergroup, if he gets x amount of reputation points.

[Floris]

Here is an example of a promotion for users from one of my usergroups, if they make 100 posts and have more then 1000 reputation points, they get added to an additional usergroup which gives them more forum access.

(You can also just use reputation points, but I prefer to use reputation and posts)

[Arckanghel]

Thank You for the answer Floris. I must have posted just before you, so do you have an answer to my resulting question about what user groups take precedence?

[Floris]

We have an indepth online documentation that explains the inheritance of permissions between usegroups.
http://www.vBulletin.com/docs/html

Usergroups and Permissions

vBulletin organizes permissions for various functions with a usergroup system. By default there are seven usergroups including Administrators, Super Moderators, Moderators, Registered Users and Guests.

You can use the Usergroup Manager to edit the various permissions for each group, or even add new usergroups to create a specialized permissions system unique to your own board.

Also under the usergroups section, you will find the necessary tools for setting specific usergroup-based permissions for individual forums, and the all-important Administrator Permissions tool, which allows Super Administrators to limit the powers of their co-administrators.

Links from this section:

An Introduction to Usergroups and Permissions (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/introduction_usergroups)
Managing Usergroups (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/usergroup_management)
Adding or Editing a Usergroup (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/usergroup_add)
Join Requests (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/usergroup_join_requests)
Usergroup Promotions (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/usergroup_promotions)
Managing Forum Permissions (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/usergroup_managing_forum_)
Additional Forum Permission Tools (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/usergroup_additional_fp_t)
Practical Examples of Permission Schemes (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/usergroup_examples)
Administrator Permissions (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/usergroup_admin_perms)

[Arckanghel]

Thanks again.