Looking hard at Vbulletin...Need some questions answered

[kholland]

Hello,



I have a Wordpress Blog that is doing quite well and now I am going to add
either a message forum and or a 'social network'. I have searched around
on the forums here and developed ideas but I'm still not sure if vbulletin
will bethe solution or not.


I hope you guys and gals out there in this fine community can help me out.


Here is a rough outline of what I want to do...can vbulletin (either through the core or vb.org) accomplish
the following or be extended to:


1. Are there any social network plugins/mods (also see #4 below)? I know this is a bit vague but something
that can expand the core VB beyond what is is now? Recommendation in vbulletin.org?


2. Photos: Photos and videos will play a BIG part in my forum/sn. A place where members can create a
gallery and upolad photos/videos (as well as hi-res ones) plus watermarking and copywriting (like Flickr).
Also, does a mod exist for users to sell images?


3. What is 'Pictures Manager'? I've heard this referenced.


4. I've read on the forums here about Social Groups but I don't really know what the feature is. Can anyone
point me either to a site or a detailed explanation of the feature?


5. Does vbulletin have a built in cache or is there a mod for this?


6. Awards and gameification: I've seen some mods for this...and recommendations?


7. Is Facebook and Twitter login available? Mod??


8. VB integration with Wordpress: I know there's not a core integration (there should be!! ) but any
recommendations on mods for this? REALLY good ones.


9. A bit confused on this: Vbulletin has forum runner now, so does that take place of the Mobile Suite??


That's basically it for now...and I thank all of you for taking the time to read this and to the ones who
respond...it's much appreciated.


Ken

[SteveLV702]

Hello,



I have a Wordpress Blog that is doing quite well and now I am going to add
either a message forum and or a 'social network'. I have searched around
on the forums here and developed ideas but I'm still not sure if vbulletin
will bethe solution or not.


I hope you guys and gals out there in this fine community can help me out.


Here is a rough outline of what I want to do...can vbulletin (either through the core or vb.org) accomplish
the following or be extended to:


1. Are there any social network plugins/mods (also see #4 below)? I know this is a bit vague but something
that can expand the core VB beyond what is is now? Recommendation in vbulletin.org?


2. Photos: Photos and videos will play a BIG part in my forum/sn. A place where members can create a
gallery and upolad photos/videos (as well as hi-res ones) plus watermarking and copywriting (like Flickr).
Also, does a mod exist for users to sell images?


3. What is 'Pictures Manager'? I've heard this referenced.


4. I've read on the forums here about Social Groups but I don't really know what the feature is. Can anyone
point me either to a site or a detailed explanation of the feature?


5. Does vbulletin have a built in cache or is there a mod for this?


6. Awards and gameification: I've seen some mods for this...and recommendations?


7. Is Facebook and Twitter login available? Mod??


8. VB integration with Wordpress: I know there's not a core integration (there should be!! ) but any
recommendations on mods for this? REALLY good ones.


9. A bit confused on this: Vbulletin has forum runner now, so does that take place of the Mobile Suite??


That's basically it for now...and I thank all of you for taking the time to read this and to the ones who
respond...it's much appreciated.


Ken

a lot of them yes your best bet would be to search the vbulletin mod site at vbulletin.org

[kholland]

Thanks for the response Steve. I've been a bit overwhelmed at vb.org so I'm trying to maybe get some recommendations as a starting point.

Ken

[SteveLV702]

ok about to leave for sons T-Ball Game but if nobody answered by time I get home ill try to respond

[kholland]

Thanks Steve, look forward to it.

Ken

[AusPhotography]

Have at look at what we've done given we are a common theme site.

• Photo Gallery
• Photo critiques
• Library of resources (wiki)
• Competition system

If you join, PM me on AusPhotography (Kym) and I can give you a detailed tour

[kholland]

Have at look at what we've done given we are a common theme site.

• Photo Gallery
• Photo critiques
• Library of resources (wiki)
• Competition system

If you join, PM me on AusPhotography (Kym) and I can give you a detailed tour

Hi Kym,

I PM'd you on your site.

Thanks!

Ken

[AusPhotography]

Hi Kym,
I PM'd you on your site.
Thanks!
Ken

Replied. Sorry for the delay, was busy on a support issue.

[kholland]

Thanks for the responses and help so far...it's been much appreciated.

If I could get a VB admin to answer some of my queries above that would be great. Trying to decide fairly quickly if I'm going ahead with VB or not.

Thanks!

Ken

[AusPhotography]

You can see a lot now you have an account on our site.

1. Are there any social network plugins/mods (also see #4 below)? I know this is a bit vague but something
that can expand the core VB beyond what is is now? Recommendation in vbulletin.org?

A: Various. FB connect. is built in, but we don't use it.



2. Photos: Photos and videos will play a BIG part in my forum/sn. A place where members can create a
gallery and upolad photos/videos (as well as hi-res ones) plus watermarking and copywriting (like Flickr).
Also, does a mod exist for users to sell images?

A: vB has personal albums and attachments on posts. We also have Photopost vB Gallery and our competition system.



3. What is 'Pictures Manager'? I've heard this referenced.

A: Asset manager, i.e. manage the content that has been uploaded.
We have an additional plugin that allows Gallery, Album, Attachments and Comp assets to be inserted into a post.



4. I've read on the forums here about Social Groups but I don't really know what the feature is. Can anyone
point me either to a site or a detailed explanation of the feature?

A: vB has a Social group facility, it is active on our site.



5. Does vbulletin have a built in cache or is there a mod for this?

A: Yes. It's called the datastore. It's internal and use MySQL.
It can be enhanced to use memory cache technology, eg. memcached or xcache.



6. Awards and gameification: I've seen some mods for this...and recommendations?

A: Via vb.org etc. 3rd party addons - esp arcade.



7. Is Facebook and Twitter login available? Mod??

A: Yes. FB is bundled by default.



8. VB integration with Wordpress: I know there's not a core integration (there should be!! ) but any
recommendations on mods for this? REALLY good ones.

A: Yes via 3rd party vb.org etc.



9. A bit confused on this: Vbulletin has forum runner now, so does that take place of the Mobile Suite??

A: No. They are different technologies. We use FR and Tapatalk but not MS.

[kholland]

Are all these above accessable on the demo?

Ken

[kholland]

A couple of questions:

1. Do you know of any 3rd party 'social expansion' plugins 9on vb.org) I could look at?

2. Photopost VB Gallery and comp...this on the demo. Cannot find it.

3. Social Groups...on the demo, having trouble finding it.

4. Can I use VB with a CDN?

5. FB/Twitter Login. A particular one you recommend?

6. Wordpress/VB integration: Recommendations?

7. I'm confused. So vbulletin does not use Forum Runner?

Thanks.

K

[SteveLV702]

1) ya several like i am running a twitter addon

2) no can probably find one at vbulletin.org

3) no

4) yes there is a add-on/mod i have enabled on my sites

5) v4 has Facebook built in... think I saw a twitter one before on vbulletin.org I don't use it.... Then on my gaming site I have a steam login mod..

6) don't use Wordpress anymore as got the VB Publishing Suite so don't need WP anymore

7) version 4.1.12 has Forum Runner Support built in.......