Checkout this mega hack I'm working on :)

[Mystikal]

<a href="http://ixius.element80.net" target="_blank">http://ixius.element80.net</a>

Full-featured content management system with vBulletin user database as backend.

Seperate (optional) database can be used for content, otherwise the same database as your forum can be used. I'm still working on a way to wrap the connections so that only 1 connection is made if you use only 1 database, but currently 2 are made: 1 to the accounts database, and 1 to the content server database.

Expanded template system. You can now auto-load certain templates from the database so that things display correctly... there are some problems with vbulletin's current template system which I don't have time to explain right now =). Templates are now grouped easier. Same with replacements.

Caching System - This thing kicks some serious ass. It caches every query you want on the page, with little to no code changes in your system. Instead of using $databaseclass->query you just do $cache->query. If the cache exists, it will use the cache file on the server. (*This works with safe mode*) Otherwise, it will produce the query and update the cache. Also, whenever content is updated on the site, including who's online, etc, certain parts of the cache are flagged and automatically updated the next time they are requested. I intergrated this into our vBulletin at blizzforums.com and it drove the server load average waaaay down.. we were having server issues and our loads were around 3 usually.. yea.. they're usually under 1 now =) (Gotta re-impliment it since we upgraded to vb 2.2.9 though..).

Modules System. No.. this isn't Post-Nuke. The modules are all class based and only certain ones are loaded when you tell them to. Modules are VERY easy to create with the class system I'm using.. I'll write up some documentation on it before the "hack" is released.

This system is meant to run a full-featured website, whether it's a business site or a gaming site. So far I have a sections module and a news module and a banners module done.

I have to go but I'll explain more later.