Which forum to use?
I will soon be creating a forum for my website, and cannot decide which to go for...
I have basically narrowed it down between phpBB and InvisionBoard, but can't decide which one... so here are some general questions I had:
- Which one is better on system resources, if there is a major difference
- Which one is easier to customize? I am a PHP programmer and could easily customize both... but which one is EASIER?
- Which has a better support community, should I ever have any questions or anything
- For which one are more options available, such as skins, mods/hacks, graphics, etc.
- Are there any highlights that one has over the other, such as one feature that one has that the other doesn't?
Thanks... ALL input is appreciated!
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zollet posted this at 05:21 — 23rd July 2003.
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They're both very good boards. I guess choosing between those two comes down to personal taste. I personally use phpBB since they've been around a lot longer and there are tons of hacks/mods for it. Their community is great as well.
KandieMan101 posted this at 05:32 — 23rd July 2003.
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yes.. i think I will be going with phpBB
ShaneS posted this at 20:54 — 23rd July 2003.
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I switched from phpBB to Invision Boards.
My reasoning was the mods I had to apply to phpBB to match the defaults of Invision Board.
THough everyone says phpBB is easier to mod, I personally found the DB template based approach in pieces easier to customize them editing large template files.
Also the admin Control Panel is alot more thorough with IBF.
Only down side with IBF, it is more corperate and they don't support the community and its mods the way phpbb does. phpbb has adopted many mods from its community. IBF notes the good ones but designs its own so the community doesn't get a boost for its large efforts.
phpBB mods come out alot faster, and they see to work a bit better on their first releases.
Hope that helps you out.
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spor posted this at 13:41 — 24th July 2003.
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phpbb will be releassing version 2.2 in the not too distant future, with many more features as standard. and templating will be easier and improved.
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KandieMan101 posted this at 14:18 — 24th July 2003.
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Any idea when phpbb 2.2 is expected to be released?
NW-Allwin posted this at 16:22 — 30th July 2003.
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If you are looking at a free forum, then go with phpBB. Its highly moddable. An example of a highly modded phpBB board can be seen at
http://www.pagalguy.com/cat/
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KandieMan101 posted this at 16:32 — 30th July 2003.
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I've decided to go with vBulletin...
NW-Allwin posted this at 18:54 — 30th July 2003.
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That's a rock solid solution. Can't go wrong with it
.. Best of luck.
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