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General vBulletin
Version
4.1.5
Release Date
2011-07-26 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2011-08-25 (12 years ago)
Author
vBulletin Solutions
URL
Free and Open Source
No
License
commercial / visible source
License cost
$285 Suite or $195 Forum
Main View
Thread-Type
Threaded or Flat
Setup vBulletin
Installation method
wizard
Upgrade method
wizard with manual interactions
Hosting available
No
Technology vBulletin
Programming Language
PHP
UTF-8 Support
Yes
Data Storage
1
MySQL Database
Other Storage
Source Code Repo
Issue Tracker
Posts vBulletin
BBCode
Yes
HTML
Yes
Emoticons
Yes
Formatting Toolbar
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Quoting
Nested
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Attachments
Multiple files
Tags
Unknown
Mark as solved
Forums vBulletin
Categories
Yes
Subforums
unlimited
Last Post
Yes
Redirect Forums
Yes
Trashcan Forum
Yes
Anti-Spam and Security vBulletin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Groups
Multiple groups
Flood Control
Yes
ACLs
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Warnings
Yes
Suspension
Yes
Bans
Yes
IP-Block
Yes
Audit Logging
Yes
User Reports
Yes
Other
Akismet
Notification vBulletin
RSS/ATOM
Yes
E-Mail
Yes
Instant Messaging
Bookmarks
Yes
Community vBulletin
Avatars
Yes
User Ranks
Yes
Rating/Karma System
Yes
Signatures
Yes
Users Online List
Yes
Private Messaging
Yes
Custom profile fields
Yes
Moderation vBulletin
Moderators
global and forums
Move Threads
Yes
Split Threads
Yes
Close Threads
Yes
Shadow Topics
Yes
Sticky Threads
Yes
Important Threads
Yes
Search vBulletin
Full-text search
Yes
Author search
Yes
Advanced search
Yes
Unread Topics
Database tracked
Customization vBulletin
Languages
0
Mobile View
Unknown
Templates
global and forum specific
Custom BBCodes
Yes
Skin-Editor
Yes
Smiley Packs
Yes
Plugins
Yes
Special Features vBulletin
Statistics
Yes
Polls
Yes
Calendar
Yes
Friendly URLs
Yes
Data Management vBulletin
Available Importers
Pruning
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Export Formats
Single Table CSV, Single and Multi-Table SQL
Export private messages
Yes
Lo-Fi View
Yes
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