Not so much pre - sale

[matthewhotdude]

just didnt know where else to ask

I have vbulletin on my website. But would it also be allowed to install in on my home server just for personal testing of features and trouble shooting?

[Sysop9001]

Yes, you are able to install a second vB board for tests, put it in a directory called /testvb and protect it by password to be inaccesible to public.

[Shamil.]

just didnt know where else to ask

I have vbulletin on my website. But would it also be allowed to install in on my home server just for personal testing of features and trouble shooting?

Yes you may, as long as it's not accessible by the public. If so, then you'll need to set it up in accordance with the licensing. Search the forum for further information.

[matthewhotdude]

Ahh Thank you

[matthewhotdude]

So can it be on a different server on a different domain name, it will be a home server with no public access

[Shamil.]

So can it be on a different server on a different domain name, it will be a home server with no public access

yep.

[Brandon_R]

Yes, you can install it on localhost if you like. There is a guide on it here.

[matthewhotdude]

You got a link to the guide?

[Sysop9001]

any server (if local best) as long as it is not accessible to the public by protecting the access with password, ergo, using .htaccess for example

[Sysop9001]

Wow, 3 replies at the same time heh

[Sysop9001]

There's a guide

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

[Brandon_R]

A quick google returned me this - http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39482

However it was posted in 2002 so i think you may need to download a later version of PHP, MYSQL and APACHE but the procedure should be the same

[Blackbook]

Just download 'wamp' and use the 'www' folder in its install as your FTP. Away you go. PHPMyAdmin included too for your convenience.

[Jobe1986]

any server (if local best) as long as it is not accessible to the public by protecting the access with password, ergo, using .htaccess for example

Wow, 3 replies at the same time heh

There's a guide
http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/

This may seem like an odd idea, but have you ever thought of using edit instead of triple posting?

Now back on topic, I've had my single testvb install all over the place on my domains, but only ever 1 at a time, my fav place so far has been on my test.<domain> sub domain (still in a testvb subdir of that like test.domain/testvb) At the moment though it's on the same domain as my public forum.