phpBB - Your Views
What are your views on the free forum software 'phpBB'.
I've been using it for a few weeks now and i've found it a very good freeware php app.
It was very easy to install and the admin features are simple and easy to use.
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zollet posted this at 16:44 — 29th September 2002.
He has: 1,016 posts
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We've been offering it to our customers since the begining and in my opinion it's one of the best free message board scripts. The only one I can think of that is better would be vBulletin but that's not free.
mairving posted this at 01:22 — 30th September 2002.
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Joined: Feb 2001
It is the best free board out there. It doesn't give the support that VB gives you but is nicely done and will save you $160 or so.
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 03:25 — 30th September 2002.
He has: 3,348 posts
Joined: Jul 2001
With all the hacks available (phpbbhacks.com), I think it's unbeatable (in the freeware market).
Nick Grant posted this at 11:58 — 2nd October 2002.
They have: 25 posts
Joined: Sep 2002
Hacks are great, but not the easyest mods to install.
YaBB's mods are easy to install via a freeware program that you can download.
mjames posted this at 22:54 — 4th October 2002.
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Joined: Dec 1999
It has a history of security flaws and is more rough on the edges than vBulletin, but it's a nice free product.
Anonymous posted this at 09:15 — 6th October 2002.
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Joined: Jan 1970
I have to say that Invision Board is the best free PHP forums. ibforums.com ...faster, much faster than PHPBB. People say its as fast as Vbulletin, if not faster, and alot are switching over. But its new, and features are missing, compared to VB. But 1.1 will rock
zollet posted this at 09:28 — 6th October 2002.
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I've been keeping an eye on Invision Board and it does look very promising and I would rank it probably as the 2nd best free board right now with potential to become the best free board. However, I want to wait and see how fast they fix bugs, release new versions and how much they can improve.
paoliwd posted this at 07:30 — 30th October 2002.
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Joined: Oct 2002
Invision Board is great, it will be the best. All of the gaming clans I know use them, they are easy to maintain, easy to customize, quick and great. I have installed quite a few php bb's, I like invisionboard the best.
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Mark Hensler posted this at 07:50 — 30th October 2002.
He has: 4,048 posts
Joined: Aug 2000
phpBB has a file based template system. That can cause the forums to slow down, and eat up more system resources.
I've been working on an install (phpBB) for a client, and I've come across a problem. I created a usergroup to moderate a specific forum. But for some reason, members of that usergroup do not have moderator powers for the specified forum. I've probably missed something.
vB3 will blow all other forum software away. 'nuff said.
Mark Hensler
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Busy posted this at 08:11 — 30th October 2002.
He has: 6,151 posts
Joined: May 2001
I just started using phpbb, had no problems installing, running or adding hacks, only problem is no one knows about it yet lol,
but since its more of a want than a need it doesnt really matter, time will tell
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