What is vBulletin (and modifications)?

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vBulletin (abbreviated as vBulletin) is a commercial Internet forum package produced by Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. Written in PHP using a MySQL database server, it is comparable to other forum software.


Yes that is the biggest feature of vBulletin.It creates you a community in less than 2 minutes.No longer have to learn coding and code hard stuff,vBulletin is here and just ready to be purchased.

OK I know what vBulletin is now, but what are vBulletin modifications?(I saw that many times here)

vBulletin is a forum software, but everybody is different.Somebody wants a blog for his forum,somebody a RPG , but as vBulletin is a commercial and global product it shouldn't have not necessary things, right?Like why would a hosting company need an RPG?So now it comes to coding itself.vBulletin has developed much during the last years and many modifications (also called hacks) have been created by many many coders from all around the world.The official source and most trusted source of vBulletin modifications is vBulletin.org.

Seeing that many people like to customize their vBulletin, Jelsoft though they should make it easier for them so they edited vBulletin and added datamanagers,plugin systems and that kinda stuff so it would be easier for third parties to customize it.

That's awsome!What about the history of vBulletin?

Well, the story begins.Once upon a time...

In 1999 James Limm and John Percival were running a Visual Basic website using Infopop's UBB.classic forum software on vBulletin Forums. As their site grew, they noticed that their software, written in Perl using a flat-file database, could not always cope with the number of users they had. In February of 2000, the two decided that it would be better to write their own solution as both were unfamiliar with the software's code and thus unable to optimize it. Initially, it was designed solely as a rewrite of UBB, but in PHP using MySQL, and was meant only for their forum. However, a few months later, other UBB owners expressed interest in the solution. Because of this, they offered to sell it to Infopop, but their proposal was rejected. As there was still a demand for the software, Limm and Percival created Jelsoft and released their work as a paid solution, thus becoming vBulletin 1.

After subsequent minor releases of their software, the two decided to start working on a new version that would be more than a rewrite of UBB: they wanted to turn their software into a competitive solution for forums. Rewriting the entirety of the product, vBulletin 2 commenced development. Shortly thereafter, Limm became the managing director and Percival the lead developer. To help with the scale of the project, two additional developers, Freddie Bingham and Mike Sullivan were brought on to help finish vBulletin 2. Kier Darby was brought on during the vBulletin 2.0 Beta phase to further development. The release of vBulletin 2 proved to be very successful and is what made vBulletin popular.

In December of 2002, vBulletin 3 was beginning development. Percival decided to step down as lead developer and product manager, turning his roles over to Kier Darby. vBulletin 3 was under development for a lengthy period of time—nearly 2 years—as it went from a mere improvement on vBulletin 2 to a complete rewrite. However, version 3 was finally released in March 2004. In 2005, vBulletin 3.5 was released that addressed some of the shortcomings of 3.0 (discussed later on). vBulletin 3.6 was released as a stable version on August 3rd, 2006.


Amazing.They've done a lot of things.Many people say that it is not worth the money.Is it true?

Definitely not.The guys at Jelsoft do the hardest they can.They give support 25/8!The easy administration of vBulletin is truly amazing and it is it's most powerful weapon.

Weapon?Is it gonna kill me?

No it was just a metaphor silly

Oh but I don't run an english site and the default style is boring.Anything for that

Sure.There is a language manager and style manager.Everything can be changed withing minutes.From english to german,from blue to black.Anything you want!

That was great thank you!I will be definitely buy vBulletin.How can I pay back to you for this great info.

Well a couple of things.Firstly, don't even dare to redistribute this without my permission!

Secondly, if you focus on vBulletin too you can link to us.

And um........nvm just go buy it


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