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- English
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vBulletin: A Users Guide
About this book
Using a highly graphical, practical style the experienced authors show you how to get the most out of vBulletin. This book is written for new and intermediate users of vBulletin, who want to manage and maintain a vBulletin discussion forum as easily as possible. No experience of web programming is required.
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Building Forums with vBulletin
Table of Contents
Building Forums with vBulletin
Credits
About the Authors
Preface
What This Book Covers
Conventions
Reader Feedback
Customer Support
Downloading the Example Code for the Book
Errata
Questions
1. Introduction to the vBulletin Board
What is vBulletin?
Why Have a Discussion Board?
Benefits of a Discussion Board
Why vBulletin?
History
Development
The vBulletin Advantage
Versatile
Performance
Customizable
Easy to Maintain
Other Features
vBulletin Licensing Options
Leased License
Owned License
Choosing a License
Example vBulletin Sites
Summary
2. Installing and Configuring vBulletin
Requirements
Disk Space
Bandwidth
System Resources
Shared Hosting
Semi-Dedicated Hosting
Dedicated Hosting
Other Options
Installing vBulletin
Tools
Downloading the Installation Files
File Extraction
Upload Preparation
Creating the Database
Command-Line Database Creation
cPanel Database Creation
File Editing
Uploading the vBulletin Files
Running the vBulletin Installation Script
Troubleshooting
Database Access Issues
Images/Styling Not Showing
PHP Errors
The vBulletin Control Panel
Importing Data into vBulletin
Downloading the ImpEx Script
Compatibility
Preparing for Upload
Editing the Configuration File
Target Database Settings
Source Database Settings
Upload the ImpEx Script
Running the ImpEx Script
Default Usergroups
Securing vBulletin
Help & Support
Summary
3. A Tour of vBulletin
The vBulletin User Experience
How to Get to the Board?
What the End Users See
Site Logo
Forum Title, Login Box, and Navbar
Welcome Banner
Main Body of the Forum
What's Going On
Footer
Touring the Main ForumāUnregistered Users
No "New Threads" for Unregistered Users
Registering on a vBulletin Board
Touring the ForumāMembers
New Threads
Replying
Editing a Message
Private Messages
BB Code
What Does BB Code Look Like?
Using BB Code
User Tools
Display Modes
Navbar Changes for Members
The vBulletin Administrator Experience
Forum and Thread Tools
vBulletin Options
vBulletin Option Tools
Forum Management
Editing and Adding Forums
Editing Existing Forums
Moderation Options
Forum Styling
Access Control Options
Forum Posting Options
Enable/Disable Features
Branding
Changing the Logo
Undoing the Change
Summary
4. Customizing Your vBulletin Board
Types of Customization
CSS Modifications
Changing the Table Title Text
Viewing Changes
Undoing the Changes
Phrase Modifications
Searching for Phrases
Making Changes
Viewing the Changes
Undoing Changes
Template Modifications
Accessing Templates
Exploring a Template
Template Structure
Adding a FORUMHOME Sidebar
Two Changes
PHP Code Modifications
PayPal Modification
File Modification
Hacks
Pros and Cons of Hacking a vBulletin Board
Finding a Hack
Installing a Hack
Backing Up a Hack
Commercial Hacks
Summary
5. Administering Your Forum
Setting Up a Forum
Creating the Forum
Forum Permissions
Viewing Permissions
Opening the Forum
Super Administrators
Creating a Super Administrator
Other Changes to the config.php File
Admin Log Viewing Permission
Admin Log Pruning Permission
Query Running Permission
Undeletable and Unalterable Users
Maintaining the Database
Backing Up the Database
Repairing and Optimizing the Database
Some Maintenance Issues
Smilies
Editing a Smil...
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