vBulletin System Requirements

Minimum Requirements

vBulletin is a web-based application and as such has a few minimum requirements. To run vBulletin 5.1.0 or higher, you need a web hosting provider that includes the following things:

• Web Server - Apache 2, IIS 7.5+, or NGINX
• PHP version 5.5.0 or greater
• MySQL version 5.1.5 or greater
• A pre-registered domain name
• 1 Gigabyte of hard drive space
• Rewrite Engine – A rewrite engine is needed for vBulletin’s Friendly URL routing to work. Popular rewrite engines

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According to the most current industry data, mobile web usage is not only here to stay, but it’s fast becoming the preferred mode of internet browsing for more and more people around the world. The global web community is “going mobile”, and now you have the opportunity to position your forum on the cutting edge of this trend.

The vBulletin Mobile Suite is a premium mobile solution that allows for the creation of branded mobile apps customized specifically for your forum. The Suite...

Here is a basic FAQ for vBulletin's mobile applications.
This FAQ will be updated.

Basics
What is it?
The product that will be available is an "app builder", it allows you to build a branded custom iPhone and Android app for your vBulletin website.

Can I try it out?
Sure. - Apple
(here it is running on vBulletin 3.7)
And here too. - Android


What platforms are you going to support? Apple devices runni...

Monetize your vBulletin forum with Skimlinks

vBulletin is happy to announce it has integrated with Skimlinks. We feel their free technology is a neat addition to help monetize a forum in an unobtrusive fashion, and we’ve negotiated a bonus earnings offer just for vBulletin customers if you enable Skimlinks via vBulletin. Since 2008, Skimlinks has been helping thousands of forums earn money when they drive purchases online, without altering the look and feel of the forum a...

Testing iPhone on Simulator

Required software

• MacOS 10.6.x (Snow Leopard)
• XCode for iOS SDK from Apple developer website (http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action)

Installing the application on the simulator

1. Grab the latest build package for the simulator. The filename is something in this format: -Simulator..zip.
2. Copy the file in the application folder (/Users//Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.1/Applications).
3. Unzip the file, it will create a fo

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Here is a basic FAQ for vBulletin's mobile applications.
This FAQ will be updated.

Basics
What is it?
The product that will be available is an "app builder",