Before I buy vBB

[Forse]

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

[Reeve of shinra]

VB3 has the option to use multiple usergroups. As for the rest, some of the portal hacks might be able to accomplish what your looking for ...

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by Forse

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

You should be able to do most of what you want with vBulletin 3 vBulletin has a single point of login (login.php no matter where you login from the data goes though that file as far as im aware) and the template system is awsome for just about anything

[Forse]

Can I dig user info from forums to external page? I mean I have for example page called something.php and on top I want to display users avatar and status of his PMs (if new pms) for each logged user. I can currently do that with IPBSDK like this:

echo "<img src=".$user['avatar'].">";
echo $user['newpms'];

It's not actual code but u get the point...Is something like this possible to do with vBB? Also is there a way to get user member groups to external page and other info...? If yes I am off to buy vBB

[Wayne Luke]

Originally Posted by Forse

Can I dig user info from forums to external page? I mean I have for example page called something.php and on top I want to display users avatar and status of his PMs (if new pms) for each logged user. I can currently do that with IPBSDK like this:

echo "<img src=".$user['avatar'].">";
echo $user['newpms'];

It's not actual code but u get the point...Is something like this possible to do with vBB? Also is there a way to get user member groups to external page and other info...? If yes I am off to buy vBB

If you include vBulletin's global.php file in your project, you can access the entire vbulletin engine from user information, group information, template system, forum information, whatever you need.

[Forse]

Originally Posted by Wayne Luke

If you include vBulletin's global.php file in your project, you can access the entire vbulletin engine from user information, group information, template system, forum information, whatever you need.

Okey I am off to vBB to buy it

PS. I hate that I have to pay using wire transfer. Takes too long.