Portal System

[jluerken]

Hi guys,

I think I will go and install a portal for my board but I am not sure at all which one to choose.
Maybe this was discussed here a lot of times I have no idea if I should take vBAdvanced or vBPortal.

I took a look at both products but could not really see a difference.

Which experience do you have with those portals and what do you think is the best?

Thanks in advance
jluerken

[peterska2]

I have always used vBAdvanced and find it very easy to get it to do what you want.

I've never tried vBPortal, but I am aware of some incompatabilities between vBPortal and other hacks released here.

[TeaTree]

I have only ever used VbAdvanced, but it is a brilliant product and am sure it will be suitable for your board

[bashy]

Hi

I use MKPortal, it actually has some built in features such as a download section, Top Site (banners), Gallery, and other stuff...

Its always worth a look view it in action here (http://www.bashys-place.com/index.php) although many blocks are only availble to registered....

You should be able to see the mkportal link at the bottom should you want to
visit there site....

[Dr.Viggy]

i'm a fan of VBAdvanced and just put it in on my site yesterday as a matter of fact. i was on the fence about which to use as well and my final decision came from the level of support and amount of hacks around here for VBAdvanced.

[scotsmist]

I have always used vBAdvanced and find it very easy to get it to do what you want.

I've never tried vBPortal, but I am aware of some incompatabilities between vBPortal and other hacks released here.
FYI - there's only the one incompatible hack and that's because the author has choosen to use vbp_ as his table prefix, one which vbportal has used for years and afaik the author is intending to use another prefix in future.

[Lady Divus]

I, like bashy, use MKPortal. I have found it to be very smooth running and has alot of extra built in pages that the others dont, such as, a Blog for your members to start a Blog, it has its own Gallery, Toplist, Quotes system, Reviews system, all these things plus more already built in.

Hope this helps in deciding which portal to use...Be well -

Lady Divus