Five Must Have Hacks

[friendly]

Hello Everyone!

I just want to say, I LOVE vBulletin! It has to be one of the wonders of the digital age - a definite killer app.

In the dot com era, I worked for a company that created (in coldfusion) instant messaging, message boards and chats for companies like VH1, MTV, and Oracle amongst others. The costs were in the thousands of dollars.
It's no wonder we died when inexpensive and democratic solutions like VB exist.
I'm grateful to VB creators and to those coders and designers who take the time to create hacks and additional functionalities to VB without asking for much in return. To me, it's up there with the invention of television. I still don't know how they get all those people in a box. :rolleyes:

Anyhow, I'm sipping on green tea which makes me introspective and philosophical and just wanted to share some love.

Here's my question... If you had to install only five hacks on your site, what would those hacks be? You can also include how these hacks have improved your community.

Love.

[TruthElixirX]

vB Advanced
Shoutbox
Adavanced Warning System
Store
Statistics

edited ot say advanced instead of index.

[DavidN]

I have the following installed but we havent gone fully live yet:

1) Quick Edit : rocks. :D
2) extended ipInfo : neat tool
3) vbaCMPS + news digest : cool CMS
4) Close Post Reason : should be useful
5) Advanced Editing : to stop idiots re-editing their posts

[friendly]

Thanks, please keep them coming. These should help myself and others decide what hacks to install, I'm sure. There are so many, it get's a little overwhelming.

[RichieBoy67]

Arcade
Articles - Either one though I use Cings
RSS Feeds
Latest Threads
VB advanced

[friendly]

"Latest Threads" is awesome! I'll install that ASAP. Thanks!
I hope this is the right one. (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=60544&page=11&pp=15&highlight=3.07)

[Adrian Schneider]

vBulletin is just fine the way it is. ;)

[friendly]

Of course it is, but it's so much fun to pimp it up!

[amykhar]

It depends on the kind of site you are running but there are some that are more useful than others. These mods help administer your site, help make conditionals easier, and help your site bring in more revenue:

is_member_of improvement (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=61149&highlight=is_member_of)

Reoccurring Paypal Subscriptions:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=64834&highlight=recurring+paypal

PM or email a user, with a post quoted
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=81323

Quick Account Switch v1.2
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=70971

Amazon Associates Hack for VB3
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=72560

[Zachery]

It depends on the kind of site you are running but there are some that are more useful than others. These mods help administer your site, help make conditionals easier, and help your site bring in more revenue:

is_member_of improvement (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=61149&highlight=is_member_of)

Reoccurring Paypal Subscriptions:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=64834&highlight=recurring+paypal

PM or email a user, with a post quoted
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=81323

Quick Account Switch v1.2
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=70971

Amazon Associates Hack for VB3
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=72560
Personally, aside from some custom things I've applied, which don't do that much, my board would carry on fine.

[angelicGrace]

my 5 would be:

Shout box
quote it 2
mod management
Ushop/Ucash
Delete pm before user reads.

Granted I still haven't added two of them to my forum yet cause I am a lazy sod, but that is beside the point. lol

[David_R]

quickedit
logicians forum home annoucment
staff can post hidden posts
arcade ofcourse
nothing much better @ the moment

[friendly]

Terrific. The Amazon and shoutbox hacks are the next installs we'll make.
Thanks everyone.

[nymyth]

quickedit
auto cron job
AJAX open & close thread
statistics
hidden text

Peace

[yoyoyoyo]

here are 4:

Add Zachery to your vBulletin Credits (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=79154)

Super - Kniffel (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=59554)

vB Pizza Boy (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=78281)

Helvetica BB Code (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=82963)

[bigcurt]

VbAdvanced CMPS
Logicians WEBTemplates
Trader Ratings Hack
Article Bot

~Curt