I currently run an SMF forum on my website, having switched to them from phpBB2 after the constant security issues. I am now have "issues" with SMF in relation to things I want to be able to do, and am looking into VBulletin. I have a couple of questions though if I may...
First and foremost important question, does the ImpEx work with SMF forums? I have read some thread's about SMF > VBulletin imports, but the documentation I read doesn't actually list it as one of the installed importers.
SMF has the ability to Merge one topic with another, will I have this ability with VBulletin?
SMF also has the ability to limit the height of a forum signature. For example I could set in a max height of 300 pixels, and if someone put in a signature image that was say 500 pixels high, it would provide 300 pixels of space with a scroll bar on the side. The scroll bar was only in the 300 pixel signature area... Can I do this with VBulletin? If not, is there a similar feature to limit the height some people's signatures take up?
I just LOVE how you can add in additional forum profile fields!! As a gaming related website, being able to put server and character names under each poster (instead of the "What server do you play on" thread) is a huge plus! I was wondering though, how hard it is to have the profile information appear down the left side instead of the top? Is it a simply inbuilt feature I can tick one or the other? Or does it involve theme alterations?
(( I actually have minimal theme creation experience when I made my SMF theme... well I altered the colours =p ))
How does the licensing work on sub-domains? For example I might have www.mysite.com as the main site that I want the forum for, but I also have a blog at www.blog.mysite.com, am I allowed to install the forum software on that as well on a single purchase?
First and foremost important question, does the ImpEx work with SMF forums? I have read some thread's about SMF > VBulletin imports, but the documentation I read doesn't actually list it as one of the installed importers.
SMF has the ability to Merge one topic with another, will I have this ability with VBulletin?
SMF also has the ability to limit the height of a forum signature. For example I could set in a max height of 300 pixels, and if someone put in a signature image that was say 500 pixels high, it would provide 300 pixels of space with a scroll bar on the side. The scroll bar was only in the 300 pixel signature area... Can I do this with VBulletin? If not, is there a similar feature to limit the height some people's signatures take up?
I just LOVE how you can add in additional forum profile fields!! As a gaming related website, being able to put server and character names under each poster (instead of the "What server do you play on" thread) is a huge plus! I was wondering though, how hard it is to have the profile information appear down the left side instead of the top? Is it a simply inbuilt feature I can tick one or the other? Or does it involve theme alterations?
(( I actually have minimal theme creation experience when I made my SMF theme... well I altered the colours =p ))
How does the licensing work on sub-domains? For example I might have www.mysite.com as the main site that I want the forum for, but I also have a blog at www.blog.mysite.com, am I allowed to install the forum software on that as well on a single purchase?
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