Where can i get a forum like this?

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I have a forum for my site at the moment but its not really good, i only kept it bcause it was easy for me to put into my site. I would like a forum like this one, does anyone know where i can get one? I have visited ikonboard and this other one but i couldnt install them as im not very good with this stuff. I want a good forum thats easy to download! PLEASE HELP!

Hayley

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Enigmatic's picture

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Joined: Oct 2001

Hi there,

This forum soft is called vBulletin and is very popular piece of PHP/MySQL board around. It has good history; it's stable, fast and efficient. You can get it (rather buy it) from:

http://www.vbulletin.com/

But, if you are looking for similar board for free, here's good choice:

http://www.phpbb.com
or
http://www.openbb.com

Otherwise, choose IkonBoard forums if your server does not offer PHP/MySQL.

Best Regards,

Enigmatic

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By "easy", do you want something that doesn't require local setup on your part? Then you might look at something like ezboard (beware: ads). Otherwise, Enigmatic pretty much covered it.

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I'm not a forum expert but the one that I use is ikonboard. It is completely free, easy to set up, and has all the features that I could think of ever using.

i believe the website would be ikonboard.com

ken

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I have been toying with Burning Board. It is still in kind of a beta mode but it looks and works pretty well. Some of the docs are in German. I have also heard that it will be renamed to wbulletin once out of beta. It is open source so it beats paying the $160 that vbull charges.

Mark Irving
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Hi there,

I also have tested the Burning Board and found it very fast. Reminds me much of vBullentin. Definitelly it's worth of trying out.

Best,

Enigmatic

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They have: 22 posts

Joined: Nov 2001

Hey, thanks for all your replies, i have actually tried Ikonboard.com but found it so confusing to download! Im not very clever with all that stuff! But i will try all your other options thank you.

Hayley

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Wow! This looks great...but how do I download one?

Quote: Originally posted by mairving
I have been toying with [b]Burning Board. It is still in kind of a beta mode but it looks and works pretty well. Some of the docs are in German. I have also heard that it will be renamed to wbulletin once out of beta. It is open source so it beats paying the $160 that vbull charges. [/B]

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