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DKW · #1 04-03-2009, 04:11 AM

I'm the Admin of a local forum, we currently have PHPBB3 and are wanting to switch to VBulletin. However, there are a few issues with the current software that we have that we're hoping to get a fix for by switching to this software.

We want to create a forum for posting photos but we don't want any post made in there to increase the users post counts. Is this possible with VBulletin?

Does VBulletin allow guest posters to our forum that don't have to register in order to post? We want to allow guest to post in certain sections only, can we do this?

Can you password protect your forums, like a forum for only Admin's and Mod's? Can you make forums hidden from registered users, like not allowing certain groups to view that forum?

Just a few questions and I'm sure I'll think of more a little later. Any help or input on these would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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