Looking for CMS to go with vBulletin
 

Hi,

I've had my web site for many years however it was a static HTML one which is quite labor intensive to mainain. I had phpBB forum on it which I recently upgraded to vBulletin3. I'm looking into upgrading the rest of the web site to have a dynamically generated content under some sort of CMS which would integrate well with vB (user database etc).

My web site is mostly about providing custom software and services as well as it contains various articles on graphics and programming techniques. You can see it here: http://www.oberonplace.com/

I want the upgraded site to have the following sections:

- My products (have a listing of products, their descriptions, prices, manage/track downloads and possibly provide user comments etc). - see the current list: http://www.oberonplace.com/products/index.htm

Some products will have a rather large sections with several pages. For example, http://www.oberonplace.com/products/...zard/index.htm. This could be done as a separate section of the web site and then just cross referenced from the product directory

I can see that http://www.vbadvanced.com/products.php would be something I'm looking for (at least).

- Articles (something similar to this: http://www.oberonplace.com/dtp/halftone/index.htm). One thing which is important, I need to be able to inline graphics (rather than have them attached at the end of articles).

- Have a downloads section where users can share their own scripts/macros (similar to this: http://www.oberonplace.com/vba/drawmacros/index.htm). This should have categories/subcategories and different content type (macros, scripts, symbols, etc)

It would be nice to have some sections have different permissions depending on users/usergroups (so I can have some content shown only to registered users, for example).

I have looked at vBadvanced, vbPortal, and SubDreamer and none of them seem to meet my requirements completely. I realize that I might need to create some custom modules to do exactly what I want, but I'd like to get the "off-the-shelf" solution as close to my needs as possible to start with.

Are there any mod/modules for vBa, vbPortal that you know of which would help me achieve what I want?

Is there anything you guys could suggest?

Thanks a lot.

Check http://www.vbadvanced.com

Its what I use along with many others.

As I said, I have already looked at vBadvanced. Unless I missed something, it is more of a front page that pulls data from forums and other modules together, rather than a CMS which would allow me to create product pages, various articles, etc. Am I wrong with my assumption here? (I hope I am).

Also, from your experience, what add-ons could help me solve my other problems (product directory with descriptions, prices, download managers, etc)?

In some sense, I would like the site to behave like, well, let's see..., this one: http://www.bazon.net/mishoo/

That is, the articles look like separate pages rather than posts in a forum, yet people can add comments to articles, and the articles are searchable. Of course it is important to have article index and even it would be nice to have news/upadates with RSS feeds and stuff, but all this advanced stuff can be added as a custom mod, I suppose. I just wanted basic framework to be in place to start with.

The thing with vBadvanced is you can create pages yourself. It makes it rather simple as long as you know some html/php coding.

And as for the add-ons, there are article hacks, download hacks, etc.

i would really be the wrong person to point in that direction.

But you could also post over at vbadvanced's website. The guys there have been rather helpful when I had questions as with others.

Jaxx? [Mortal Kombat] is right, someone will be making that at vbadvanced.com that does what u just said and or getting it from the webmaster that has that module that pulls as u say from diff. parts of forum. I was there and it is not done or nobody is making it. :nervous:
or go to http://www.phpportals.com/index.php

I currently use mambo: www.mamboserver.com

I am waiting for a full integration with VB and Mambo to make the site look and feel professional.

hey, i just decided to make my own CMS ontop of vbulletin (with some help).

65% done.

vB Bridge is released : http://forum.mamboserver.com/showthr...5&page=1&pp=10

And it is free and works ! :D

I recommend www.mkportal.it - excellent. :)

Try http://www.subdreamer.com/

They have a full integration with vb

Also checkout --> www.virtuanews.co.uk fully integrated with vB350 also.

Time is money.

There's no point in learning 2-4 products to run your site. A system that is tightly integrated with vb (uses same interface, templates, functions, images) will save you money in the long run.

You are not going to find everything in one package. I highly recommend hiring a qualified programmer that can build a product that can give you everything you want.

If you know how to code -- you can save money by doing it yourself. :up:


good luck

Will Mkportal work with 3.5?Never mind..... Went there to look for myself....... :D

It actually looks pretty good..... Waiting for the 3.5 version....

Here, I just installed you a nice CMS to take a look, as above mentioned, subdreamer is your choice

http://213.239.221.114/testforum/

Version 3.5RC2 installed by the way

And, the integration is 1000%, the skin I have installed (the one for subdreamer) takes over EVERY skin / style of vb :D :D :D even custom once ...

It is a bit late, but i would remonend vBPortal. It have a few modules included, which could fit your requirements. I dont have them active on my side, otherwise i would show it to you.

Best regards
hj