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Hi,

Im wondering? What is used to create/run daniweb?
Is it just coded by hand or running as a design on vBulliten for example?

Any ideas please?

Thanks!

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Short answer: confirms the site runs on the vBulletin forum engine with a bespoke CMS wrapped around it and a lot of custom work. That explains why some pages look like a stock forum while others behave like a full editorial site.

What that implies technically: vBulletin is a PHP/MySQL commercial forum platform (vBulletin). Typical integrations use templates, the hook/plugin system, or direct core edits. Heavy core modifications often add custom database tables, bespoke front-end components, and patched files. That gives flexibility but increases upgrade and security effort. Practical tips: keep all patches tracked in version control, test upgrades on a staging server before production, and prefer hooks/plugins over core hacks when possible. To detect a vBulletin base on any site, inspect HTML for vBulletin class names or meta tags and look for URL patterns like showthread.php or member.php as clues.

If building something similar today, evaluate modern alternatives (for example, API-first discussion platforms) and design a clear separation between forum engine and site CMS so future maintenance and security patches are simpler. This ties back to 's intuition and the confirmation from while acknowledging the learning curve mentioned.

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Good question. I think it started coded by hand when it was first created. Dont know now.

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LOL,I am new member in here,I am learning.

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DaniWeb is based off of the vBulletin forum system. The rest of our cms is custom coded around the vB framework. vB itself is also heavily hacked.

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