After You've Ordered....

[Duckxavier]

I'm still contemplating purchase... after you've gone through the ordering system, what happens then... do you get sent a disc, can you download the files? Is it a direct installtion or just a case of uploading files to webspace and then following a readme?

More Q's... once it's installed completely, then can you just follow an option menu and add/delete forums etc?

[WizyWyg]

If you pay online, you are sent an email with your customer id and password.

You click on it and it will take you to the members area where you can download it.

if you pay by mailing in a payment, you will be sent an email after they receive it.

[Duckxavier]

Ahh thankyou. What about the navigation, when creating the forums for your personal posting boards?

Also if you buy your own liscence rather than leasing will you be able to upgrade to V3 later on or is it worth waiting?

[Steve Machol]

Originally posted by Duckxavier
What about the navigation, when creating the forums for your personal posting boards?

I'm not sure what this means. Can you elaborate?

Also if you buy your own liscence rather than leasing will you be able to upgrade to V3 later on or is it worth waiting?

Either option gives you access to the Members Area for one year during which you can download any updates as they become available. With the lease option, however, you will have to stop running your forums when the lease is up - unless, of course, you renew the lease or purchase the full license.

[Duckxavier]

Originally posted by smachol
I'm not sure what this means. Can you elaborate?

Well once the files are installed on your server, how do you go about starting to create your boards, is it all HTML/PHP based or is there a VB page that will take you through setting up your boards?

[Wayne Luke]

It is all based on your server. There is a comprehensive control panel that you have access to. This control panel enables you to do everything from create forums to fine tune user permissions down to the forum level.

To see what you can do check out the admin demo at:

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