A Portal, a Portal, my kingdom for a Portal...

[afterglow]

Originally Posted by Zachery

Screwed your templates?
I find that very hard to believe and considering the number of people who have installed the software you must be alone.

i think most users just used the vbulletin default template where it is officially made from so the chances of having a problem is lesser than those who have custom skins.

and nope, i'm not a newbie when it comes to this as i run more than 3 different nuke portals, a mambo portal, a geeklog, 3 mkportals 4 types of boards that includes pnphpbb, simplemachine, invision board and lastly vbulletin. and oh i also have 3 commercial dating sites, i'll put all my sites on my signature later just to let you know i'm credible enough to give my verdict based from an end user perspective as i installed all of them. i also have a paid vbportal which i have installed but didn't use at all coz it has less features. my views are strictly my own ( i have already said that in my post) after testing all of them but not necessarily for everyone so i said, go ahead and test if you want to know which of them gives you more. that's fair enough as far as i'm concerned. i'm not putting down all the other portals, i'm just giving an informed review of what i know about the portals. everyone is entitled to post their review on just about any script and so were you. but just be sure you know more than just hearsay before posting anything. and it is also a MUST that you install this portal to be able to give a sound verdict.

as for my templates, u can check my previous threads both here, at vbadvanced and at vbstyles and you'll find all my posts about my problems with vbadvanced template system. for your info, i used mecka, thumb and tech2 templates from vbstyles and using vbadvanced produced a gap both at the header and at the footer of the template. and it also stretched my right block when i created a calendar block though there's nothing wrong with the codes and a programmer have in fact attested to that. it's the vbadvanced templating system. i've already put the right path for all the images and mind you i've done all types of path to fix the problem but there's some more things that needed fixing which vbstyles support did for me. credit to the guys out there most especially to Miko for doing great service to their clients.
and yes, there's not a chance you'll have problem with vbadvanced if you try it with the default skin...the original vbulletin template. but using a customized one, the chance of having a problem like mine is higher.

anyway, i've used all of my orginal vbstyles templates for use at my mkportal sites and i don't have to go to vb admin panel to change all the template setting and changing paths to every images that is used for the header and footer. it's a pain in the neck doing it especially if the end user is a non-programmer and not used to the system. i selected the vbforum and voila, my portal used all of my vbstyles templates. that is how easy it is to use mkportal. no more messing up with vb's complicated style manager. but don't get me wrong, vbadvanced paid modules are very good and close to photopost the last time i look at it. but then, this does not come with the free package, the very basic install of the portal. as i have already mentioned in all of my posts, i made the comparison based on the basic package that comes with each portal. and i made the recommedation based on ease of use and management too. can u say it's easy to create a block and module with vbadvanced? there are several steps to do that no? does vbadvanced's basic package include a built-in shoutbox? gallery? blog system? toplist? chat? and analog clock block? well, i'll go ahead and re-install my vbadvanced just to show you the difference between it's basic install and that of mkportal and people can make their judgment. and if you want a thorough review of how each portal functions right from creating a module with both, i'll try to take a screenshot and maybe you'll see the big difference.

my final word is this and ONLY for the end users, do not trust the STAFF's judgment if they promote only things that they're a part of coz they have a biased opinion...rather experiment and install them both and see the difference. if vbadvanced or vbindex style worked for them then that is their choice. i also have mine. and oh before i forget, i've also installed vbindex when i'm still using vb 2.3.2 and i liked it a lot but i've stopped using them coz it took a while for them to upgrade to vb's newer version.

well, so much for this Zachery. you're just doing yourself a discredit. as a moderator and as a VB staff member, isn't it your job to listen to users and to give them informed opinions. your attitude towards taking sides really bothers me as reflected on your various posts. this questions your credibility and reliability as a STAFF and MODERATOR of vBulletin.

if i'm the vbulletin owner, i would have fired you for participating and taking sides on a user initiated thread not to mention your remarked about mkportal being a PAID PRODUCT without doing some research first. if you are a good moderator, this is my advise, Always, Always exercise TACT and never ever post anything you are not sure of especially if it's a sensitive subject.

regards,
afterglow