best Forum software?

andymac50 posted this at 08:01 — 30th July 2003.

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Hi All,

I am looking at puting a forum on my site and I am just wondering what the best software is? I have looked at vBulletin.com (which this forum is using) It seems to be the best one that I have seen and used.

I like to hear what other people have to say.

ps...I am not afraid of spending a little money.

Andymac

NW-Allwin posted this at 16:01 — 30th July 2003.

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You have 2 options. Go Opensource, or if you are going to pay money, then VB is the best option you've got

If you can consider a opensource software, then check out phpbb.com

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andymac50 posted this at 16:21 — 30th July 2003.

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sorry...what is VB?....is that short for vBulletin.com?

I just noticed the open source...I would need some help in setting it up....anyone interested?.....if so please email at [email protected] with the subject heading "open source coding" and I will give you a run down on my project.

Thx.
Andymac

taff posted this at 20:21 — 30th July 2003.

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These threads are cheek to cheek right now so you may have already found this...

http://www.webmaster-forums.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21912

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red_ghost posted this at 14:47 — 4th August 2003.

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Another good open source forum is invisionboard http://www.invisionboard.com, but if you're willing to pay up then go with vb, my site uses vb it has many good features.

http://salemspark.com
http://Flipsource.net

ShaneS posted this at 14:56 — 4th August 2003.

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I think InvisionBoard is a misconception, they are not open source! The make you agree to a non GPL liceance when you get it. It is still free, but unlike phpBB, modification, enhancement, etc are not as supported by the creators because they dont want people hacking their software....but I guess if they were smart they would use a binary encrypter like I have seen a few good scripts do.

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Pixel Axis posted this at 21:30 — 7th August 2003.

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I would vote on vBulletin being the best as far as features, stability hacks, and community support go even if it isn't free

andy206uk posted this at 12:02 — 27th August 2003.

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I know this is an old post, but sitepoint have recently written an article reviewing message boards...

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/1210

zazu posted this at 15:51 — 5th October 2003.

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I'm gladly make a forum for you (for free if you want).

If you can host PHP or ASP (preferebly PHP) on your site you could have a forum that could look like your site with your images etc.

See what you think,
Zazu ([email protected])

Anonymous posted this at 17:44 — 9th October 2003.

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I have tried VB before but do not think that it is worth the money you have to pay compared to PHPBB. You can always add hacks to the phpbb forum and improve it, that is what I have done and I am chuffed with it. The VB isnt worth the extra money in my opinion.