Hi there-
I am very interested in switching to vbulletin from PHPBB but I have a few questions.
1. What is used for spam protection? For example registering for accounts or allowing guests to post?
2. PHPBB has security updates every month or so. Installing them can be a major pain if done by hand. How are the updates done for vbulletin? Manually like PHPBB or is there some type of system?
3. My site requires the need to use vbulletin accounts for other areas of the site. How usuable are the vbulletin accounts for other areas of a website?
For example, a user logs into the vbulletin forums. I want to create a custom area of the site where that user can access additional content custom to them using their vbulletin account (and session). I am aware I would have to code all of this but is vbulletin flexible in this way?
Any guides or tutorials to explain how to utilize the vbulletin sessions?
4. Last thing. My site also requires the need to be able to have automated forum thread creation. For example if I add a news item on my site I want to use the same news item title and description to create a new thread in the vbulletin forums for discussion.
Are there any built in functions to assist in this kind of thread creation or will i have to make it myself?
Thanks for all the help and i look forward to purchasing vbulletin if it sounds good!
I am very interested in switching to vbulletin from PHPBB but I have a few questions.
1. What is used for spam protection? For example registering for accounts or allowing guests to post?
2. PHPBB has security updates every month or so. Installing them can be a major pain if done by hand. How are the updates done for vbulletin? Manually like PHPBB or is there some type of system?
3. My site requires the need to use vbulletin accounts for other areas of the site. How usuable are the vbulletin accounts for other areas of a website?
For example, a user logs into the vbulletin forums. I want to create a custom area of the site where that user can access additional content custom to them using their vbulletin account (and session). I am aware I would have to code all of this but is vbulletin flexible in this way?
Any guides or tutorials to explain how to utilize the vbulletin sessions?
4. Last thing. My site also requires the need to be able to have automated forum thread creation. For example if I add a news item on my site I want to use the same news item title and description to create a new thread in the vbulletin forums for discussion.
Are there any built in functions to assist in this kind of thread creation or will i have to make it myself?
Thanks for all the help and i look forward to purchasing vbulletin if it sounds good!
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