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If I had the time for doing this, my bid would be in the range of 2-5000 depending on the number of features and estimated time. The 5-6 figure sum I was talking about would be how much it'd take for me to get it done now as i'd have to hire a developer or two to work with me.

If your php isn't very strong I'd recomend starting here: http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.php read that section at least twice through. Make sure you understand it, it'll help a lot when you come to dive into code.

Second, install a development board. I'd suggest a clean copy of vb for the moment installed to a separate location. Password protect this install using .htaccess (as required by liscense agreements) Put this into debug mode ($config['misc']['debug'] =true; in config.php)

Read the following articles:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228078 (and the two blogs linked at the bottom) https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=217570 https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231525 https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228112 Read them again. Once you are fairly sure you understand them, add your own template to the MASTER STYLE to experiment with the concepts.

If that dosn't take you most of the weekend, you probably didn't cover them in enough detail. As a bit of light reading for sunday bedtime; try these two blogs http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/entry...S-Content-Type
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/entry...et-Programming

There are a lot more things to read up on like the $vbulletin object the $db object but i've not found good referances for them yet