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| General | vBulletin  |
|---|---|
 Version |
 4.0.6 |
| Release Date |
2010-08-11 |
| Author |
vBulletin Solutions |
| URL |
www.vbulletin.com |
| Free and Open Source |
 No |
| License |
commercial / visible source |
| License cost |
$285 Suite or $195 Forum |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
| UTF-8 Support |
 Yes |
| Type |
Threaded or Flat |
| Installation method |
wizard |
| Upgrade method |
wizard with manual interactions |
| Data Storage | vBulletin |
| MySQL |
Yes |
| Postgres |
No |
| Oracle |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
| Textfiles |
No |
| other |
|
| Hosting available |
No |
| Posts | vBulletin |
| BBCode |
Yes |
| HTML |
Yes |
| Emoticons |
Yes |
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes |
| Quoting |
Nested |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
| Attachments |
Multiple files |
| 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 |
Official: English, German; Translatable into any language |
| 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 |
| Pruning |
Yes |
| Archiving |
|
| Export Formats |
Single Table CSV, Single and Multi-Table SQL |
| Export private messages |
Yes |
| Lo-Fi View |
Yes |
vBulletin
vBulletin is a professional, affordable community forum solution. Thousands of clients, including many industry leading blue chip companies, have chosen vBulletin - It's the ideal choice for any size of community.
Making your site a hub for information and discussion encourages visitors to return again and again. It's also a highly effective way of improving your service to customers or users of your website. Our dedicated development team constantly strives to keep vBulletin at the forefront of new Internet innovations, while always keeping an eye on security and performance.
Statistics
- Record maintainer:
- Colin Frei
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- 801
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- Record added:
- 2006-05-30
- Last updated:
- 2010-08-16
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