Making the Switch

[MamaCat83]

For several years I've been using phpBB on my website and I can't stand it anymore. With that said I've been doing some research trying to find the best message board system for my website and this one comes up time and time again, so here I am. Some things I need to know before purchasing if you'd be so kind to help me.

1. vBulletin.org....are you using just the vbulletin forums here or is this similar to a portal like phpnuke. I saw a site using vbadvanced that appeared similar to this one?

2. I site I regularly frequent uses vbadvanced and has features such as a chatroom and arcade, is that available on vbulletin?

3. Many of the vbulletin layouts I've seen are full screen width, it's important that I have a layout such as this one with a fixed width, are those available and where?

4. I'm having difficulty distinguishing the difference between the 160.00 owned liscence and the 85.00 leased liscence....my understanding is that for the owned liscence you pay an initial cost of 160.00 then 30.00 per year thereafter for upgrades and the leased license you pay 85.00 for the initial cost and 85.00 each year thereafter. Is this correct?

I know these are a lot of questions and I really appreciate any answers you can provide.

Thank you!!!

Catherine