Before I buy vBB

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Hi folks.

Well I've been using phpBB and ipb for long time. I own web server and I have tested all forum softwares there are. Anyway before I bore you to death I shall do right in. I need forum software that I can build site around. I am actually building a own portal system. The reason why I build portal around forum is so I can have usergroups control. So it's vital that user can be part of many groups.

Also I need a way to register users from an outside page (portal register.php) and external login is vital (I think vB has that). Also I need to way to find out if user is logged and if he is then get his info (avatar, numbers of groups he belongs to, which groups and so) so I can have level based access. Also does vB do cookies only? Since php sessions are a lot more secure. Since portal will be based around vB it has to be secure. Also I don't want to upgrade software a lot (damm those phpBB updates every 2 month). Also I need to be able to implement forum into site design.

Those are that come to mind right now...also I don't care how much vB costs as long as it does what I need it to do.

Thank you in advance for your help