Summary

This chapter has been a quick tour outlining some of the benefits of using the vBulletin discussion board software as well as providing the background to its development. For the many readers who are already making use of vBulletin or who have seen it in action, we have provided a brief glimpse of the hidden power of this widespread and popular software.

In the next chapter we're going to be shifting our focus to the installation and configuration of vBulletin.