Member portfolios?

[arossphoto]

I run a forum for photographers that is currently using vB 3.6.4. The site has been on hiatus for a few years and I have been out of touch about changes to vBulletin, mods, etc. I want to get the site going again and one feature that I have always wanted to implement are member portfolios.

These would be photo albums were members could display their latest work, but when I looked in the past none of the album or gallery mods available offered the features I want.

Here's what I need:

- The target audience for these portfolios would be potential clients, so the portfolios need to be searchable by member's real name, their location, their specialties, etc. I would like all this info to be maintained in the vB profile. Every other album mod I've seen only lets you search for images.

- Must be integrated with paid forum subscriptions so I can offer different packages to paying members. Eg: free members can upload one image, but paying members can upload 12 and will rank higher in search results pages.

I notice that vB4 now includes "photo albums", but I haven't seen any examples of how they work or look, so I'm not sure if these are an option for me. I've also been looking for current mods, but still have found anything that fits the bill.

This site is a great example of tightly linked vB forums and member portfolios: http://portfolio.cgsociety.org/

Thanks in advance for any advice.

[John Tran]

BUMP, anyone have any suggestions of mods on how to create this? I've been searching thru the forum for days looking for all the mods needed. I found some that look like they could get some of the functionality but not everything I need.