This chapter has been all about making modifications and customizations to your vBulletin installation. We've tried to cover a broad range of modifications in this chapter, from simply changing a few stylesheet settings to making modifications to the vBulletin templates and PHP files.
The purpose of this chapter is to show you what's possible—no one is saying you must hack your board, and there are many good communities out there that are running on boards that have minimal customizations. However, many administrators do feel that their boards need a certain level of customization and modification.
If you're just starting to set up a vBulletin board, then you probably feel that you have enough to do right now, but over time, as you get everything in place and you have more time on your hands, you will find your mind wandering to changes that would be useful. This is when you can really start to put what you've learned in this chapter to good use!