Few Questions Before Buying

[ScottRowan]

Hi,

I have had my forum around 1 year now and its been quite popular. I am running phpBB2 at the moment.

I decided to start fresh (but keep members, posts and topics)

So I asked around and vBulletin seems the best. It has a good forum, a portal system, nice skins, and all the mods I would ever need.

£91 for the forum for life with no other extra monthly fee's sounds good.

So before I buy I would like to ask a few questions that I have:

1) Can I take the members, posts and topics from phpBB and convert them over to a fresh vBulletin forum board?
2) When I get a template/skin, if I have the portal system (vbAdvanced I think its called) does the same template work on both at the same time?
3) Once I pay £91 and get my vBulletin software, do you get it via download, or does it get mailed out to you (please say download)?
4) In the future if I decide to shut my site down, is it legal for me to sell my vBulletin board subscription over to someone else?

Thats all the questions I have just now, hope to hear back soon.

Thanks,

Rowan

[Steve Machol]

1. Yes, we have an import script for phpBB. You can read about it here:

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/impex_phpbb2

2. vBAdvanced is a third-party add-on so you'd have to ask them, but I'd be surprised if they didn't use the vB style settings.

3. You get a customer number and password which you can use to access the members area and download the software.

4. The policy states:

Jelsoft may, in its discretion, allow you to transfer your license to another party, providing the license:
- has not already been transferred in the previous 12 months; and
- was purchased more than 3 months in the past.
-is an active owned license
*Please note, leased licenses are not eligible for transfer

You can read this policy under the license agreement here:

http://www.vbulletin.com/order/license_agreement.php

[ScottRowan]

Thanks man, that cleared all that up. I think I will buy today, then my members are going to donate to me to help cover the costs.

When I mean about selling it it will be in like a couple of years when I cant run the site anymore and want to pass it on to a younger member of staff.

Thanks again and look forward to using vBulletin.

[ScottRowan]

Ok I just bought the full version there for £106.

I just noticed though it says expires May 07th '08.

I thought it was full, and it was yours forever.

[Knight Rider]

It means that the ability to upgrade to the higher versions is good for one year. You can still use any versions created up to your expirery date forever.