[mccollin]

OK, I have my whole site converted using this script... took about 4 days total... I don't know whether to be impressed or bummed. It took me about 3 months to develop it to start with! I did reuse most of my template code, so that saved a lot time and trial and error. Here are some comments/suggestions/questions for you your new version.

- keep it this clean and simple - I looked at a lot of other portal scripts and they were powerful, but too complicated to use for a custom look and site. I didn't want the standard nuke look. Having one well written, well documented script is a good thing.

- static version possibly - you might want to create a skinnied down version of this that someone can use to create custom content pages. I am using it for that as well... basically a page that has the header, footer, left and right margins, and the user identity stuff... then a variable for a template so that someone can create "static" pages and use the vb control panel to maintain the html code. I did this, but have a slight problem because if I use the welcome header, its showing a different user than me! This is very odd, because all I did was remove the news, poll,shout, etc sections, and left all the info up top that handles users in there. I just removed the username until i can figure that out.

- I noticed you have a downloads and links section on your site. Can you say which hack you used for that, or did you write it yourself. I'm particularly interested in the downloads, because I haven't seen one for vB anywhere.

- At some point if you want vB V3 beta testers for your new script, let me know. I'll be throwing up a vB V3 test site soon.

Thanks for the good work.