A Tour of vBulletin

The Quick Links menu provides the user with links to often-used features of vBulletin. (Many of these features can be accessed from within the User CP.)

The vBulletin Administrator Experience

What are the differences for an administrator compared to a regular member? Well, there are quite a few. We'll take a look at some of the more important ones now.

Forum and Thread Tools

The first differences are the forum and thread tools. Forum tools allow the administrator to view the posts and attachments that are in the moderator queue. (These are the posts and attachments that need to be approved before being made visible.) The administrator tools also allow threads to be moved and pruned and allow a moderator to be assigned to the forum.

The thread tools give the administrator the ability to close, move, copy, edit, and delete threads, as well as merge threads with other threads, split threads into multiple threads, delete posts, and remove redirects. (Redirects are left in place by default when a thread is moved to a different location.)

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Chapter 3

If an administrator clicks on the Edit button of a post, they get the ability to delete a message (which makes it unavailable to regular users but visible to moderators and administrators) or to remove a message. A reason can also be given for the deletion. Also, an administrator can edit a post (again, leaving a reason if they wish). Other options include closing a thread (so that users can no longer post to it) and making the thread sticky (so that it stays at the top).

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A Tour of vBulletin

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