vbPortal

[wajones]

As you know we have a separate site for vbPortal, it's purpose is not to infringe on vBulletin.org in any way. This is also not a ploy to advertise, so moderators, feel free to delete, move etc if I'm stepping beyond my proper bounds here. We fully support vBulletin.org in it's concept and purpose. vbPortal is just too big a hack for handling on this site and would defeat the purpose here.

As most of you know, vbPortal is a free download, with the exception of the new beta release which is only in the members section until it's deemed stable.

Some have objected to our charging $20 to gain access to the members section where we provide addons and hacks for vbPortal. This is a necessity to keep the site dedicated to vbPortal and so we can afford to keep it going. We don't charge for the software and don't have enough time to provide extended support like we would very much like to do.

We do however offer free membership to those that participate in our affiliate programs, vBulletin being one, the primary one of course. We are very proud to say we are or were in the top 5 affiliate sales sites for vBulletin and that all these users have received free lifetime access to our members section.

We want to thank vBulletin and it's policies for making this possible and all the developers/moderators here equally. I also offer unconditional free membership to all vBulletin developers/moderators that want it, I understand some don't really care about it. It's just a an offer, vbPortal isn't for everyone.

I want to extend that offer to dedicated vBulletin hackers, those that have made considerable contributions to vBulletin. We can always use help. We don't contend to have the expertise of the developers over here, we are just trying to make something that will benefit the community.

So here's the thing, if you have a nice hack that could be included in vbPortal and are willing to share it we may possibly be able to include it as an official vbPortal addin and with that you will get full credit for the hack and free membership to our contributing member forums. please don't flame me, I know that some of you have no use for vbPortal, but others not so inclined or just starting out find it to be a good starting point for their sites, especially small to medium sites. however there are some very large site using vbPortal.

We will also offer free membership to those that make the top 10 in generic vBulletin hacks, no strings attached. You will have to contact me on this as I'm not able to check all the time. I'll also extend this to the hacker of the month/web site of the month here at vBulletin.org if that's still an on going thing.

Anyway for what ever this is worth, shoot it down, kill it, disregard it, if it's not proper for me to do flame me. It's just a thought.