Features I need in order to buy

[Kino]

I'm a web developer that has been desperately trying to find a stable MySQL-driven message board system for a client for a few months. Whether it's free or cost $160 it doesn't matter at this point. It just has to work.

There are basic features that I need. Unfortunately, vBulletin appears to come up short for my needs.

I need to set-up 3 categories of forums in my board. One will be for admins only - announcements and that stuff with no comments from users. All visitors can read.

I need a Second category that is for "members" only - that is, private password protected boards that only authorized users can read and write to. It is critical that threads in this category only be started by the admin/mod, and the users can respond as they wish. Categories can be viewed, but Forums cannot unless you are an authorized user.

The final group will be a "public" forum, for all non-registered users to read only, and registered users to post. All user registration must be email verified.

The last feature I would like to have is the ability to email all registered users - say a monthly message with site and board updates.

I think the second category - private, password protected boards, with Admin starting all threads - is where vBulletin misses the mark.

Am I wrong, or is there a hack available for vB to allow the above to happen?

Thanks for reading this and your replies.

K

[klisis]

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All that is possible by editing "Access mask".

Edit : Oops, I forgot (again) that this is "Pre-sale" forum.

Well You can individually edit user access for each forum, which is what you want to do."

[Kino]

Editing accesses to a particular forum has to be dead easy. My client (or I) should be able to simply add (or remove) new email addresses or user IDs to the forum users. Is there an interface for this?

Thanks.

K

[George L]

Originally posted by Kino
Editing accesses to a particular forum has to be dead easy. My client (or I) should be able to simply add (or remove) new email addresses or user IDs to the forum users. Is there an interface for this?

Thanks.

K

yup the admin control panel you can see a demo at www.vbulletin.com/admindemo/ = http://www.vbulletin.com/admindemo/admin/

[JamesUS]

Forums cannot be protected by password - however you can very easily set which users can and cannot access a particular forum, which should bypass the need for passwords.