[donnacha]

Originally Posted by TheComputerGuy

I'm really looking into this for my site.

Unfortunately, for the reasons discussed above, I don't think it will happen anytime soon, not unless vBulletin gets sold to smarter owners.

You should set up a test site and take a look at what WordPress can do for you without needing vBulletin, it has come a long way since the requests for this bridge were first shot down by the company. Of particular interest, the new version 3.0, due out in a couple of weeks, merge normal WPMU into normal WordPress, so, the installation is much more straightforward - the ability to run multiple sites from one WordPress installation will now just be another standard feature, call Multi-site.

Also, BuddyPress is now very impressive and no longer requires WPMU, it already works, as a plugin, for normal WordPress in both single site mode and the new multi-site mode.

Good luck with your site, the friendliest gun forum on the Internet sounds like fun