 The Best Free Forum Software, Which one do you choose or using right now? |
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 May 30 2008, 10:06 AM
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Premium Member  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 170 Joined: 29-May 08 From: Jakarta, Indonesia Member No.: 62,844  |
Nowdays, it seems a lot of free forum software developed in the net. Give your opinion about the best one guys. Also it's cons and pro. thank you.
Me myself using MyBB right now, before MyBB, I've tried phpBB. I like MyBB because it's easy to install it's mod. This post has been edited by ivantoar: May 30 2008, 10:07 AM |
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May 30 2008, 11:48 AM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 205 Joined: 24-May 07 From: Brisbane, Australia Member No.: 43,581 |
I like MyBB, but I am waiting for 1.4 to come out for ages...
 so I have been using phpBB3.I have used SMF before and I dislike it, ugly design and SMF2.0 is no improvement at all. I can't afford vB and personally I can't see how its worth the money, and IPB is just the same as vB, but different look. IMHO you shouldn't have to pay for things like forum softwares etc. Well thats just my view, feel free to disagree. A200 |
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May 30 2008, 12:25 PM
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Premium Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 170 Joined: 29-May 08 From: Jakarta, Indonesia Member No.: 62,844 |
personally I feel free to AGREE! I almost fainted looking at VB's and IPB's price! and that's per year.
Hmm.. how's modding with phpBB3? Is it complicated or easy? |
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May 30 2008, 12:53 PM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 395 Joined: 8-January 08 From: UK - Kent Member No.: 55,950 |
AEF is the best, though it still needs a bit of work doing to it. In my opinion it is much better than the ones listed above
AEF BB I think you only have to pay once for IPB and then after for upgrades, you only pay every so often if you want support back. I think, I probably wrong, someone correct me (or agree) Yes you should have to pay, projects like IP board get lots of qualified people to make it. They cost money and don't do it for opensource. If they didnt IPB would not be what it is today. Thats why when I go to opensource sites, I click the ads. This post has been edited by kobra500: May 30 2008, 12:59 PM |
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May 30 2008, 02:43 PM
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 3,966 Joined: 24-July 05 From: In Trouble Again... still? Member No.: 9,787  |
I have been using AEF for over a year now, since AEF 1.03, and think it is a pretty fair product.
Not Open Source, but free, and can be modded, only no Copyright removal allowed. Download it from http://www.anelectron.com/download.php |
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May 30 2008, 02:57 PM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 528 Joined: 13-October 06 From: Alberta, Canada Member No.: 31,584 |
Awww... come on guys! Way to leave PunBB out of the poll!
I prefer to use PunBB because it is incredibly light weight..... Of course.... it doesn't come with PM systems, etc... but you can always integrate those later... |
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May 30 2008, 03:00 PM
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Premium Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 170 Joined: 29-May 08 From: Jakarta, Indonesia Member No.: 62,844 |
hmm.. AEF doesn't support UTF8 and no skin editor. Am I right?
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May 30 2008, 03:52 PM
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 3,966 Joined: 24-July 05 From: In Trouble Again... still? Member No.: 9,787 |
UTF-8 will be coming in the next release, I am told, and a skin editor is being developed.
The skins are modifiable using CSS. There are several skins available as downloads. |
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May 31 2008, 01:49 AM
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Premium Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 170 Joined: 29-May 08 From: Jakarta, Indonesia Member No.: 62,844 |
QUOTE(KansukeKojima @ May 30 2008, 09:57 PM)  Awww... come on guys! Way to leave PunBB out of the poll! I prefer to use PunBB because it is incredibly light weight..... Of course.... it doesn't come with PM systems, etc... but you can always integrate those later... yes, it's really light! only about 200 kb installer core! Maybe I'll check it out later QUOTE(jlhaslip @ May 30 2008, 10:52 PM) UTF-8 will be coming in the next release, I am told, and a skin editor is being developed. The skins are modifiable using CSS. There are several skins available as downloads. Woah, real improvement there. I'll bookmark their site and I'm gonna try it out as soon it finished developed |