How much of my site do I create in vBulletin?

[Firtle]

This may be a stupid question, but here goes...

I want to use vB for my forum, but the forum is just part of my site - I also have photo galleries, news pages etc. I need to know whether I can create those other pages within the vBulletin software, or do I need to create my site in html, and then 'link' to vB just for the forum.

I'm looking for the simplest way to set this up - as you can probably tell I'm a newbie.

Thanks to anybody who can help.

[King Kovifor]

There are ways for your to integrate most things into vBulletin using APIs and other features. But, detail and code cannot be provided until you purchase a license.

[Firtle]

Thanks for your reply.

I need to create 100-200 pages that are not part of the forum - I'm just wondering whether this is 'too much' to do within vB, and they should be set up separately.

I will be purchasing the vB license either way, I just really don't know the best way to set the whole site up.

[King Kovifor]

What kind of pages would these be? If they are just 'pages' (static) there are several CMS's that are popular within the vBulletin Community (vBAdvanced CMPS is a huge modification). If they are 'dynamic' and mostly based around each other, it shouldn't be too hard.

[Firtle]

Thanks

Most of the 'non-forum' pages would be static, some video players and photo galleries but the rest would be text and updated frequently.

I want a consistent template across the whole site, so the ideal would be create it all within vBulletin if possible.

This is a big step forward for me, so thanks very much for helping.

[King Kovifor]

There are several out there that could accomplish what you want. Some of them being:
vBAdvanced CMPS (as stated earlier)
vBDrupal

And I also believe there is another one posted around here somewhere.

[Ohiosweetheart]

Logician's Web Templates works perfect for this also. I use it for all my extra pages on my sites.