how easy is it to get some forums up and running?

[ladiving]

hello,

how easy is it to add a few simple forums to my website using Vbulletin?

do I just download the software, create a config file, ftp the files to my hosted server, create a few msql tables, and I'm up and running?

thanks!

[syrus.xl]

It really depends on how quickly you can configure a database and config files. vBulletin can takes less than 10 minutes to setup (that includes uploading all required files). Setting up the forum will take a bit longer because there is a fair amount of various settings you can set to own requirements.

vBulletin uses an HTML based templating system, which is quite easy to customize as you wish. I actually use Dreamweaver to edit the templates myself, most of the time I use Notepad though, because it's lightweight.

Changing the look of vBulletin is quite straight forward, if you know CSS... you can edit the values directly from with the Admin section.

[Andy Huang]

Sounds like a perfect situation to give our admin demo a spin. The admin demo will allow you to try all aspects of the software, such as creating forums and what not that you've mentioned. You can set one up for your own use from this page:
http://www.vbulletin.com/admindemo.php

The demo is active for 24 hours. If you feel you need more time, reply to this ticket with the DemoID and ask for an extension.

If you ever get lost along the way, this documentation guide can also be of good help:
http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/

[ladiving]

thanks syrus...

Andy - sounds great, I'll give it a try.