[Brueskie]

Originally Posted by iheartvb

are there any skins for vbadvanced that look good? they all seem.. to look the same. is vbadvanced or vbdrupal free? or is tehre a fee? what benefits are there to the paid versions..?

vbdrupal's page looks good!

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brueskie,

your site is amazing! thumbs up dude!

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does anybody have sites showcasing vbadvanced layouts? i saw vbdrupals cool layouts very verycool

Thank you. I heavily modified the vBdrupal frontpage, so I don't know that you want to take that as a typical look you'll get when installing it. No matter what software you use, the default layout and style tends to be quite generic, so you'll have to put in some work to make it look unique (or hire someone).

Oh, and vBdrupal is completely free.

Originally Posted by Chris-777

I use vBAdvanced: http://www.sevenstring.org/ (guest/guest for login)

They all do look the same though. menu column | content column | stats column.

Really a portal is a portal unfortunately unless you crank out something on your own.

Agreed. Some folks have done a lot to give vBadvanced and vBportal a fairly unique look but, to me, that always seemed to be more trouble than it was worth for the functionality you get in return. No matter what you do, those portals are tied to vBulletin, and can do little to nothing on their own.

Of course, that's all some people want: just a simple frontpage to sum up their forums, and there isn't anything wrong with that. It's just that I see a lot of people with these vB-based portals installed, yet wanting more functionality out of them than they can deliver.