vB Advanced

[AnthonyCea]

I have a few questions on vBulletin advanced, I want to know if this is an advanced portal platform and what this package includes :confused:

I was talking to a forum owner that has a vBulletin forum and I mentioned that we should start a vB Advanced portal and he told me that he never heard of it! :)

So what can be done with this package, forums, directories, photo galleries ??

[Greg]

We use vB Advanced here. It's a good portal. It supports add-in pages and add-in modules(boxes). Of course you need to be pretty handy with vB, html and perhaps php for an add in page.

I would suggest ya try it.

[AnthonyCea]

So what exactly does it include ?

What modules are built into it ?

Do you get a directory, photo gallery, what is included in the standard package ?

[Greg]

There is a good description of it at their site.

vBAdvanced CMPS (http://www.vbadvanced.com/products.php?do=productinfo&p=4)

Included Modules:

* Site Navigation - A navigation module allowing your users to easily navigate your CMPS pages and the rest of your web site.
* Welcome Block - Creates a login box for members to log into your site on the homepage, or shows logged in users their avatar, last visit, private message info, reputation info, and rank (all of which may be enabled/disabled).
* News - Pick specific threads, or just select a forum to pull posts from and have these posts displayed as news articles on your CMPS page. Additional options to show attachments, avatars, icons, ratings, images, HTML, and more in your news posts.
* News Archive - A condensed version of older news posts. Includes options to control the number of archived posts to show.
* Latest Topics - Show the latest threads started in your forum. Additional options to set the number of threads to display, pick specific threads or forums to pull threads from, show a preview of the first post, ratings, icons, last post info, and more.
* Current Poll - Show a poll and allow users to vote and see the results on your homepage.
* Buddy List - Show the user's buddy list for members who are logged in.
* Online Users - Shows a list of active users, including the stats for your 'most users ever online'.
* Stats - Shows statistics such as total members, threads, posts, top poster, and newest member.
* Today's Birthdays - Shows all members with a birthday today, along with their age and a link to their profile.
* Mini Calendar - Shows a mini calendar with links to days with scheduled events from the calendar you select.
* Search - Search box to allow users to quickly search your forums.
* Quick Moderation - Shows the number of posts, threads, users, attachments, and calendar events awaiting moderation for users that have permission to moderate these items.
* Custom Page Content - Allows you to easily specify a template to include the content from on a page.

[AnthonyCea]

Thanks, I hope some other users comment on how they use this package in this thread! :)

[dakar]

vBAdvanced CMPS works much like the portal systems from phpBB, just running a lot cleaner code all around. Having recently migrated to vB, I'm well aware that I've barely scratched the surface of what it's real capabilities are... but so far I really like the flexability it allows.

[GTOOOOOH]

I use it on both my sites.

www.orderofronin.com
www.limmac.org

[AnthonyCea]

Thanks for the responses guys, anyone else out there that uses this package please post your sites and make some comments on how we can get more out of this platform! :)