Forum on new web site? My SQL questions too?
 

I'll try to make this short, I bought vbulletin and made a site. Things happened and the site isn't up anymore, how do I start fresh and build a new site and use vbulletin?
Also is there anyway I can make my site and build it THEN sign up with a hosting place and upload it all?

Another thing I have a question on. I was looking at a package from Godaddy and one of their packages contains 25 mysql databases. Why would one person need so many? Don't you only need just 1 for vbulletin?

You can just follow the instructions for installing vbulletin. You do need php, mysql, and a web server. For test sites on my home computer I use a package called xampp that easily installs that stuff for you (and it's all free). You can use that to develop a site then move it to another server by exporting the database.


I don't know - I imagine that many customers don't need more than 1. Yes, vb only needs one, but you might use a second for a test site. Some people also use wordpress at the same time so I guess that would require another.

+1 for installing vBulletin locally.

Regarding databases, tThe typical rule of thumb is each application gets its own database. vBulletin is a little older, so it has support for sharing a database with other applications. This can be accomplished by prefixing the application's tables.

For example, if both wordpress and vBulletin installed, they could share a database.

wp_* tables belong to wordpress
vb_* tables would belong to vBulletin

This way there is no chance of both applications having a 'user' table or another common one.

Even if you only plan on having vBulletin, you may start installing other related applications on the same site which may not use vBulletin. For example: links system, gallery system, e-commerce, etc. Using 25 for a single site is extremely unlikely however.

Cheers

OOps, edit. NM

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Just got a new site and a few months of hosting. After the DNS is done I'll have to install mysql and start from scratch. I hope I remember how to do this. I may be asking for help