Let's see if I can pick out all the questions.. if I miss some, then I do apologise, feel free to re-ask them (I like numbered lists, they are easy and fun xD)
From the time of purchase, how long would it take to install the vbshout product if I purchased the professional installation too?
That varies greatly on when exactly it is you purchase it. If you purchase it between 6pm and 12pm GMT+1 (CET) then it should be completed within the space of 20 minutes assuming all the information provided is correct, has the required permissions, and I can find your AdminCP login form.
Should I have any issues performing the install, I'll PM you, so it's advisable to turn on emails on new PM if you aren't sitting here staring at the forum xD
Also if this is only placed on one page of the forum, for my staff only to use, how much of server load would it cause?
That is impossible to tell.
I'm telling you this for future reference with other developers as well: Never,
ever ask a developer "how much load does this add?".
There are literally millions of server configurations (if not billions or trillions); hardware, software and server type (shared, VPS, dedicated, multiple servers), other software running on the servers... The list goes on.
Load is not a figure that's measurable like KB / MB of disk space. Sure, I could say "vBShout adds 512 KB of disk space usage" (random number) but that's because disk space is a constant.
Basically, load is like CPU usage in Windows Task Manager. Back home, I have a i7-2600k @ 3.4 GHz, and it can handle anything I throw at it without breaking a sweat. Sans fullscreen games I have never seen it peak 100% load. However, on this laptop, I have a shitty arse Centrino vPro T9300 @ 2.5 GHz, and if I have the audacity to ask it to open a program while I have WLM, Firefox, Thunderbird and Steam open it goes "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" and completely locks up Windows for about 3 seconds, then takes an additional 20 seconds to open the program.
Even if the program is only Notepad.
However, if I close those open programs and THEN open Notepad, it's fine. My computer's load is just higher because I ask a worse processor to do more work.
Additionally, after purchase, does a developer send me a message for the ability to login as an admin?
You are asked for that information
during purchase, before you are redirected to PayPal, should your shopping cart contain Professional Installation for any product
You are asked for FTP server, username, password, and AdminCP username, password. The AdminCP account needs at least Can Administer Plugins.
There are also optional fields for .htaccess protection you may have in place for your AdminCP directory.
If you have any special means of accessing your forum (i.e. not just "ftp is ftp.somesite.com so I go to
www.somesite.com and see either a forum link or the forum itself" - one guy had an "intranet" login required), then please send a PM to me (nobody else on our team handles Pro Installs regardless of what product it is) with instructions for how to access it and any additional access login information that may be required.
You may prefer to wait until this developer is done.
In that case I suggest you wait with purchasing until he is done, as Pro Installs are handled ASAP
One more question, do you ever offer package deals where you sell more than one mod together at a reduced price? I am sure you run all your mods here without issues. So I feel more confident about that. Not all the developers are running 4.1.9 right now. So that too gives more confidence.
We don't sell specifically bundles, but when you buy multiple products you receive automatic bulk discounts.
In addition, your past purchases entitle you to Loyalty discounts.
The thresholds needed for both those discount types can be found here:
Discounts - DragonByte Tech | vBulletin Mods & Addons
Hopefully that's everything