What is vBonjour?
vBonjour is an alternative to vBAdvanced. It is an easy to install, modular portal system designed as a gateway to your site.
Why vBonjour?
This is pretty simple really. As the front page is the first thing that your visitors see, it is a welcome page. The first few names that were thought of were either very boring, or far too long winded and not at all catchy.
What is the Guest Message Add On? The Guest Message Add On adds a guest welcome message to your system. The default text is the first_visit_message phrase, but it is easily customizable to use your own message.
Why is it so modular? vBonjour is extremely modular to allow for maximum customization of the page. The idea is to make it as easy as possible to install the items that you want to have included, and not have anything which you would be simply turning off. By using a modular method it means that every site can easily achieve their own custom portal without having to know any coding.
I want to add something that isn't already included. How do I go about this? vBonjour makes use of the plugin system and includes it's own hooks. This allows easy devlopment of additional Add Ons and maximum flexability.
What about the ACP? Is it really complicated? Unlike other systems, almost all the settings for vBonjour are collected in one setting group in the vBOptions. Because you only install what you want to use, you don't need to have lots of settings. Anything which does not use settings in the Portal settings group is highlighted in the documentation for that Add On.
Ok, so where are the screen shots? Why have screen shots when you can have a live demo?
The demo is available at www.peterska2.co.uk
What versions of vBulletin does vBonjour work with? vBonjour will work with vBulletin 3.6.0 and above. Support for sites running versions earlier than 3.6.0 will not be given.
What versions of vBonjour does the Guest Message Add On work with? This module is currently compatible with vBonjour version 1.0.0
I hope that you like this system. Please remember to mark it as installed to recieve notification of updates and support. Support will only be provided to those who have clicked install.
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I still dont understand this mod. :-|
Can you explain what does it do, as the live board also seems to be confusing for me.
vBonjour is a portal or entrance to your site. Instead of your users and visitors being greeted with a list of forums, which can be quite daunting if you have quite a few, it shows them the latest news from one or two forums, who is online (via an add on), a navigation area (via an add on), the top posters, newest members and latest posts (via an add on), as well as a message for guests (via an add on) or for members (via an add on).
The idea is to make your site more user freindly by showing your users and visitors some up to date information about your site, which in turn will bring them into the site and hopefully register and start joining in with the threads which are highlighted on the vBonjour page.
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12-11-2006, 11:10 PM
