What This Book Covers

Chapter 1 gives you a quick overview of vBulletin's key features and benefits and helps you choose the right vBulletin license for your community's needs.

Chapter 2 shows you how to go about installing and configuring a vBulletin installation.

Chapter 3 gives you a quick tour of vBulletin from both the user's perspective and the admin side.

Chapter 4 shows you how to go about customizing almost every aspect of a vBulletin installation.

Chapter 5 is a key chapter, which shows a vBulletin forum administrator how to go about administering every aspect of their forum.

Chapter 6 looks at the vBulletin upgrade process and guides you through the successful migration of all the important settings and customizations.

Chapter 7 shows you how to go about designing a new vBulletin template.

Chapter 8 shows you how to create and then distribute new vBulletin forum hacks.

Chapter 9 provides you with an important programmer's reference of information that will be handy to you when working with a vBulletin forum.