vBulletin Registration Page Modification

[memory14]

Hey all. For our site, we're planning to integrate our registration scheme with the vBulletin login system. So what we're planning to do is to make some modifications to the vBulletin login page to make it look like the rest of our site. In addition, we may add a couple of fields to the registration page such as "Sign up for our Newsletter?" A couple of questions:

1. Has anyone had any experience doing something similar to this? If so, is there anything we should be watchful for?

2. What is best way to do the graphic editing of the log-in page? Is there a template page in vBulletin that we can modify or do we need to create a page from scratch with all of the same fields and then pass that information to vBulletin (I'm guessing and hoping it's the former rather than the latter).

Thanks!

[Bad Bunny]

Are you referring to vb2 or vb3?
If I'm not mistaken, I don't think there is an actual login page for vb3 (but there is an error page with a field to log in - like if you try to go to your usercp while not logged in)

[memory14]

Well it'll probably be vb3 (we haven't installed it yet on the site but will be doing so during the next couple of weeks). I think I incorrectly referred to the page as the "login page" when it actually is probably the "registration page" that I mean. In other words, when a user registers for the site we want to customize that page and add a couple of options such as the ability to have them sign up for our newsletter.

[Bad Bunny]

Well, I know from experience that you can set different options to be available at the time of sign up. As far as templates go, you can make it look like any other part of your site.

[Bad Bunny]

Oh yeah. I thought I should mention that with portals or various "hacks" you can build a site that is powered completely by vbulletin. My site does just that ( www.centeredmusic.com ). I mean, it's not perfect, but it's something like what it SOUNDS like you're talking about.

[DVD Plaza]

when a user registers for the site we want to customize that page and add a couple of options such as the ability to have them sign up for our newsletter.vB already provides the ability for you to add custom fields - for example you could add a checkbox for your newsletter. You can also customise the registration page by simply editing its template.

However, ultimately you get the vB source code when you purchase the software so you can completely rewrite it to your heart's content (just bear in mind upgrade complications).

For example on my site I wrote my own multi-purpose registration/login/password reset system (at the bottom of the welcome panel on every page at www.dvdplaza.com.au (http://www.dvdplaza.com.au) - ignore the horrid colour scheme that's changing shortly).

[memory14]

What is the name of the file that serves as the template for the registration page?

[Zachery]

If your running vB3, as they said, it will require no template or file modifcations to add custom profile fields to the registration page. And no templates are stored in the filesystem, they are all in the database.

[memory14]

I'm not asking for the purposes of adding fields, rather I'd like to make modifications to the look of the registration page. Which is the page I look at to start from?