Hard choice both great ....

I'm not using either right now but have played around with vBindex.

On my vB3 installations I'm going with a 'no hacks' policy - at least for now. I can deal with added files or template mods but I think I'm done hacking vB files - it makes it too hard to upgrade and I'm getting old and cranky ;)

vBindex needs a little work but doesn't require you to modify any vB files so once they get a few more of the bugs worked out I'll give it a shot. Right now I'm using a <VirtualHost> redirect to get folks to the board - it works a lot better than my old <meta refresh> deal did and it only cost me $20 to get somebody from rentacoder to show me how to do it ;)

I've had nothing but joy getting the features in my much-modded vB 2.3.0 board to work under vB3 and had to port a fair bit of data over to new applications but so far have it all working except vBtrader and a journal package I had working under vb2.

So - rather than lose functionality I choose a 'no more file mods' policy - at least for the time being.

Sorry about being long-winded, but once they get things smoothed out a little I think vBindex gets the nod from me.

BTW - I did lie just a little. My photopost integration thingie required a one-line include in index.php - but that's the last file mod I think I'm doing :D

Im waiting for vbportal to come out. It offeres catogorys and all which i need. Otherwise i like vbindex better.

I thought I had gave my opinion here already, but didnt' see it. I definately vote for vBindex. Not only does the hacker (NTLDR) give excellant support, but the latest spiffy version is ... quite spiffy. *nods* Very neat integrated admin panel makes adding/subtracting/moving things a snap! And it's easy to customize for your own forum/site's particular tastes.

I thought VbIndex was real easy to use.. And i dont even know much about PHP tooo boot..

I Love it..

WHen ever vbwar comes out, vbindex and vbwar together its going to be sweet my friend..

The support for vBadvanced has really dropped off lately, so I may give vBindex another try especially since there have been updates/fixes since I first tried it out.

For the HTMLly (is that a word? :) ) challenged, vBindex makes it much easier to manage the layout of the blocks.

I say vBadvanced, as it allows me to do everything I want with my portal. ^_^

Lee is going to disown me for this one, but I voted vbAdvanced. The reason being is that I understand Tigga's coding alot better and can manipulate the code to do what I want it to do easier. Lee's coding is excellent, but a little too advanced for me to start messing around with. I'm afraid I might break something and I don't want to get yelled at when I have to run to Lee to fix it. ;)

I'll move up to Lee's execllent portal when I feel confortable with playing with the code more. ;)

I just installed and un-installed vBindex now, i dit not like it at all.. :-/ why? I really dont know.. it had just to much extra space and things, i'd rather go for a full customization and a few hours of hard-coding on my own.

BUT is has lots of great features and is really easy to install / un-install and will make a good supplement to those who want an easy solution.

Bump in light of vbacmps.