Vba dynamics or just a forum for article ?

[lovevn]

I would like to ask for your ideas about the following thing:

I am buildng a new site. It contain a forum(using vbulletin), classifieds (using photopots classifieds).

Plus the above things,I want to have an aritcle zone, a download zone. My question is should I use vba dynamic(which let me install as many copy as I want with its multiple license) for article and download or should I just creat a category in my forum and use it as article zone, and creat another category for download zone?

I think that the site would look professional with vba dynamics but vba dynamics will take time when upgrading in the future

Anyone has idea please let me know
Thanks

[ryans]

You know, i've been pondering this idea for years. should I use a cms system or vbulletin, or a vb hack. after many installed hacks vb is just the best. most hacks don't have the a search feature. you can see what i've done here:

http://www.sromagazine.com/boards/technical-installations/

I just started migrating my articles so I don't have a lot but you can see what can be done.

[lovevn]

Thanks for your idea! You are doing good thing on your sites. Yeah, most hacks uses their search engine seperate from vbulletin. And one more thing: posting count, ranking, points ... can not be intergated to vbulletin members.

Do you intend bring links directory to your vbulletin page too?

[ryans]

I'm using the vbadvanced links directory and it works pretty good. I just made a small change to it so when people click the link it doesn't take them to the info screen about the site, it just takes them right to the site. I found that feature a bit annoying.

btw, i've tried all cms systems. ++++++++++, subdreamer, wordpress etc.

the cool thing about using vb is you can take good threads people already wrote and just move them into the right category.

[lovevn]

btw, i've tried all cms systems. madebymary, subdreamer, wordpress etc.

the cool thing about using vb is you can take good threads people already wrote and just move them into the right category.


Yeah,
This is a big advantage using vb but not an addon of it.
I am using vbportal on one of my site. And this new one will go with vba cmps and photopost classifieds and might be (or not) vbadynamics