Integration and functions

[srcnix]

Hi all, first post and quite a detailed one at that.

I'm looking at developing a new community site. I don't wish to give too many details however I do have some questions about vBulletin before I purchase a license.

Firstly, I am looking at having the forum as the underlying system. So user management and the forum controlled through vBulletin however I was wondering if the vBulletin code is open?

If so, does the system contain documentation on integration functions. For example on how to manage users (sessions, for validating a user for example) when integrating vB?

That's about it for now.

Thanks.

[Boxy]

vBulletin is visible source and you are free to modify the code to suit your site but you are not permitted to redistribute the code as your own.

There is API documentation, http://members.vbulletin.com/api/

[srcnix]

Thanks for the response. That library pretty much consists of everything I need.

I will purchase a license shortly.

[galt]

WoW!!! Last time I looked at VB was v2.x, which was just a bear to try and manage. All teh include files and poor docs made getting up the learning curve a full time job for a while. Integration was ugly too. Objects seem to have made this a much cleaner proposition.

Is there any sample code of any page that shows how the mainline code is implemented? I just want to see how readable the source code is, I don't care what the page does as long as it is reasonably complex. It does not even have to be the whole php script, just enough (50-100 lines?) to see coding style.

[Carnage-]

cant post you any code i'm afraid as that'd be against the liscense, however this: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/codestandards should give you an idea of how vb 3.6 is coded