vBulletin FAQ

In order to remove the What’s new tab from the forum’s navigation menu open your vBulletin admin panel->Styles & Templates->Style Manager->Edit Template->Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates->navbar. Remove the following code from it: <vb:if condition=”!$vboptions[‘selectednavtab’] AND THIS_SCRIPT == ‘search'”> <vb:if condition=”$show[‘member’]”> <li class=”selected”><a class=”navtab” … Continued

If your forum is ranked well among search engines it is a good idea to make profit of that without causing inconvenience to the regular user. Thus it is a good idea to place a banner only for unregistered or … Continued

The GZIP functionality will allow you to compress the HTML output of forum pages and reduce the bandwidth usage. You can turn on the corresponding functionality and set the compression level from your vBulletin admin control panel->Settings->Options->Cookies and HTTP Header … Continued

vBulletin has an internal RSS system that you can use to add RSS feeds to your forum. To manage your RSS feeds, log in to your vBulletin admin area and go to RSS Feeds > RSS Feed Manager. To add a … Continued

In order to change the vBulletin forum administrator password you should load your vBulletin admin control panel and complete the steps listed below: 1. Open the Users -> Search for Users section. 2. Select Administrators from the Primary Usergroup drop-down menu. 3. Click on Find. 4. Click … Continued

By making your vBulletin forum private you will prevent guest visitors from browsing and seeing the forum posts. You can change the access permissions for the Unregistered / Not Logged users from your vBulletin admin control panel->Forums & Moderators -> View Permissions. … Continued

vBulletin is one of the most popular commercial forum applications. Here are some tips on how to improve the performance of your vBulletin forum: Check your website using this online tool. It will give you valuable information on what modifications can … Continued

You can allow all vBulletin forum members to receive private messages by running a query under the vBulletin admin area -> Maintenance -> Execute SQL Query. Pick the Yes – Receive Private Messages option from the Automatic Query drop-down menu. Then run the query by … Continued

You can change the maximum number of posts that will be visualized on a page from the vBulletin admin control panel->Settings->Options->Thread Display Options (showthread)->Maximum Displayed Posts Before Page Split. If you have more that the maximum number of posts a … Continued

The most common reason for not being able to log in to your admin panel, even though using the correct login details, is in the Cookie Domain and Cookie Path values. The solution is simple – find the tools.php script in the do_not_upload folder of your vBulletin package … Continued