Question about the vbulletin agreement
 

Ok, so I have my regular forum, am I able to create another board without paying, as a test forum for Addons, styles, etc.?

yes you can do a test forum with same software but be sure this is only a test forum .

.htaccess password protect your test forum. It should not be publicly accessible.

From the License Agreement

ok ^^ got it

testvb with a pass...hm ok

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...wait :/

am I able to name it another directory than "testvb"?

no you are not.

you sure?... -_-' :/?

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EDIT: fine ^^' w/e

Strictly speaking, you should use testvb - but as long as it's not accessible to the public, I'm not sure if they will worry too much about the path name.

I am wanting to do this as well but, how do I hide from the public with a password protect?

Ok let me ask it this way seeing as though I missed the .htaccess post (I know I am going blind:) ). I have a couple other domain names, and I noticed in the vb software you can restrict new sign ups, is this a way that can be used to run a test site? Noone would be able to enter or register the site I would make all the test forums not accessible to visitors and so on.