Hey guys, I'm starting a personal project pretty soon, need to know rather than lifting the project from the ground upwards I would prefer to use a piece of software of which to base the site around. Focusing specifically on the organization of users. Since I am a bit of an idealist I am looking for a cms or preferably a bulletin board system (rather not all the extra cms addon crap) which can be easily modified and used on external software and that is secure and fast enough to be ran on a high traffic website. Had my eye on vbulletin. Anyone used external software to run their site? Pros-cons? Thanks for your advice in advance Andy
This should give you an idea about vbulletin http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/264019-Largest-VBulletin-sites
So it can be pretty stripped down in terms of db entries? My forum will not be the main focus of the site, I just want it to exist. I don't want to be making bad decisions now that might affect performance later in the game. Thanks for your comments guys!