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Originally Posted by dc496

Hello all, first let me apologize for the length of this post. I am starting a sports discussion website which is geared mainly towards college sports fans. I had a few questions about vBulletin before I committed to purchasing a license.

The site will be mainly forums, but also needs a "homepage"/website end where the staff can post articles, etc.. I also need a way to add some other interactive features into the website.

1) Is there a fully integrated solution for a main website page? Like a CMS. I have heard of vBAdvanced.. would that be sufficient?

2) Does vBAdvanced support articles? How are articles added? Is it a totally seperate posting system or can I post threads in the forum and then mark them to appear on the main page?

3) How does the skinning for vBAdvanced work? Do you have to skin it seperately or is it considered a "component" of vB.

4) What is the best reputation system?

5) Is there a system which allows the owner to input games/matchups and the users can pick who they think will win and are awarded points? I have heard of vBPool.

6) Is there a "awards" system? A way to award users "poster of the month", etc.

7) What are some popular modifications which would be good for a sports website.

Thanks a lot for reading and I thank you in advance for any answers.

1. Yes there are multiple ones, as well as integration to other things such as Joomla and drupal

2. You can make threads to appear on your front page, and you can also make seperate pages with ease with vbACMPS

3. Most skins will automatically skin vbA.

4. The built in one?

5. Dunno

6. Yes

7. Dunno