 Big 3: Vbulletin Vs. Invision Power Board Vs. Phpbb |
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 Sep 22 2006, 08:11 PM
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Member [Level 2]  Group: Members Posts: 76 Joined: 9-September 06 Member No.: 29,699  |
I have tried IPB, the free one and it was good. I vbulletin looks good but i never tried it as an admin. I currently use phpbb, it not as good as it's competitter but it's free and the next version will be better. I tried the beta and looking forward to the final phpbb release.
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Sep 22 2006, 09:02 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 22-September 06 Member No.: 30,417 |
I thing like this:
phpBB: Very good BBS, but with many bugs. A lot of templates & mods & best of all is that this bb is free. vBulletin: Best BB. Good for some big companys. 160$ ? IPB: Great BB but it's not free. Great for personal sites & sites whit a lot on users. Here, you can compare them: http://www.forummatrix.org/compare/Invisio...phpBB+vBulletin This post has been edited by Jezdo: Sep 22 2006, 09:05 PM |
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Sep 22 2006, 09:16 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 144 Joined: 17-September 06 Member No.: 30,138 |
I know the price of vbulletin so i am saving to buy it, i recomend to all the simple machines forum http://www.simplemachines.org it is flexible, beter than phpbb and free, (it is not y intencion to made double post, it is te only way to expres the opinion)
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Sep 23 2006, 04:31 AM
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Legend Killer Group: Members Posts: 678 Joined: 15-April 05 From: Singapore Member No.: 5,697 |
Frankly speaking, Simple Machine Forum would be the last forum software I'll ever go to... It does not have anything that would attract my attention to even test out the forum software... However, maybe I'll have a look at SMF as its getting quite popular, but the layout of SMf is just not appealing...
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Sep 23 2006, 04:48 AM
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Member [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 96 Joined: 22-September 06 From: In Front of the Monitor Member No.: 30,404 |
SMF is easier to maintain plus the fact that you dont have to download mods and upload them to your forum but rather you can directly get it from the mod site to you forum..
Way cool, but be sure to back the database once in a while. |
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Sep 23 2006, 05:36 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 17-May 06 Member No.: 23,810 |
A problem I see with SMF is it's lack of skins obviously due to it's smaller skinning community and community overall. Besides that I don't have any huge problems with SMF.
Right now I plan on using phpBB but when my site gets bigger I'll most likely opt for Vbulletin. |
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Sep 23 2006, 05:41 AM
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Member [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 96 Joined: 22-September 06 From: In Front of the Monitor Member No.: 30,404 |
Skins? SMF has alot of skins. Try surfing the simplemachines.org site. And no, it's community overall not small. There are many third-party sites that you can connect to your forum through the Admin Panel.
What they don't have are smilies. XXD |
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Sep 23 2006, 07:36 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 210 Joined: 7-June 06 Member No.: 24,817 |
i also have to say, SMF has to be the best free forum software out there, all i have to say is SSI.php, forget about complicated php scripts to show your latest posts on another part of your site, 1 simple php function will do it for you using SMF. Also, it automatically builds RSS and XML Feeds, seriously, how awesome can u get for free?
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Sep 23 2006, 10:55 AM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 661 Joined: 31-August 06 From: Singapore Member No.: 29,189 myCENT:ZERO |
For me, I think VBulletin's interface is the best among the 3 forum softwares and it is also the favourite software when it comes to installing a forum. What you pay is what you get, simple machine forums and phpBB2; although free, do not really give you much satisfaction as compared to IPB or VBulletin. In terms of hacks and modifications, VBulletin has come out a few of their own, although still using IPB's system but nonetheless, it is still there. For me, things like arcade or a vbookie sort of thing are not necessary important in the forum's software features, as long as it can do the basic thing well which is posting messages, its stability and interface are good and up to scratch, it pretty well wins me over.
VBulletin is a perfect example of that. For some reason or another, I do not like IPB especially their navigation in the User Options, it got me confused at first. I have been too used to VBulletin that it is very difficult to change now. |
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