Hi,
I'm on the brink of setting up and ordering a VBulletin forum for an audience of 5,000 users here in the UK. I'm comfortable with all aspects of moderation, graphics, content etc although am a self confessed novice when it comes to how VBulletin functions with MySQL, PHP etc. I've read through the documentation on this site and just wondered if anyone could give me a quick "Idiots Guide" of if how I'm thinking is correct -
From reading around, the MySQL database size is important for the VBulletin forum to function, additional space will be required e.g. 200MB, 300MB etc. as the forum grows over time - does this space need to be bought directly from MySQL or do VBulletin / MySQL do combined packages at point of sale (some of my uncertainty has come from me having to download from different websites
)
Any advice appreciated - I'd just like to have some basic understanding on how the hosting / databases etc. are set up so that I can get on with the actual purchase and site building.
many thanks
I'm on the brink of setting up and ordering a VBulletin forum for an audience of 5,000 users here in the UK. I'm comfortable with all aspects of moderation, graphics, content etc although am a self confessed novice when it comes to how VBulletin functions with MySQL, PHP etc. I've read through the documentation on this site and just wondered if anyone could give me a quick "Idiots Guide" of if how I'm thinking is correct -
- I understand I'll need to download and purchase the VBulletin software / licence etc for a set cost. This will give me all the relevant set up and moderating features as a direct download (I've used a free phpBB before - that's about it)
- I gather I'll also need to download applications(?) from both php and MySQL (for database space) - from what I read these will be free of charge to download from their respective websites
From reading around, the MySQL database size is important for the VBulletin forum to function, additional space will be required e.g. 200MB, 300MB etc. as the forum grows over time - does this space need to be bought directly from MySQL or do VBulletin / MySQL do combined packages at point of sale (some of my uncertainty has come from me having to download from different websites

Any advice appreciated - I'd just like to have some basic understanding on how the hosting / databases etc. are set up so that I can get on with the actual purchase and site building.
many thanks
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