who runs vbulletin
 

Im planning on building a few forum sites, but I dont know much about vbulletin except gfy runs on it and it's one of the most secure reliable ones out there

Does it work pretty much like phpBB2 with templates to customize the design.

If I buy a license is there templates at my disposal ? and how many?

Shoot away, add what you think is worth knowing as a vbulletin newbie

Yes, tes, and yes

There are plenty of free designs available, and u can pay people for them also

There are tons of free templates available or you can buy them as well.

Thanks Pete, that's what I needed to know

free templates are plenty, but they are pretty generic

go with custom templates

alright im back and got another question that popped up

How hard is it to convert a phpBB2 design template to vbulletin template

Is it like doing it from scratch ? anyone knows

like from scratch ;)

we can design you a template + help with installation if required :)

you can get a custom template for under 100$, when you buy vbulletin you will have access to mods, templates, hacks, etc

I run vbulletin on a couple mainstream sites and like it much better than PHPBB or any other free board.

However, you can always start out with PHPBB and make sure your forum is successful, and needs all of the features that vbulletin has to offer before buying the license ($160 i think + any templates). It's pretty easy to convert from PHPBB-Vbulletin.

From what I understand the new PHPBB is supposed to have even more features than vbulletin, but I haven't tried it out yet.