 Which Forums Would You Prefer?, Good for people creating communities... |
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 May 21 2005, 06:46 PM
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Trap Grand Marshal Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,205 Joined: 25-March 05 Member No.: 4,883  |
I'm using InvisionFree board...
I wanna know what others think about other boards and their reasons for it... |
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May 21 2005, 08:47 PM
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Member [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: 15-May 05 From: Where Trap17 is Member No.: 7,102 |
InvisionFree Board is cool. I like it, too. But I have voted for PhpBB because it is the one I used for...I don't know...probably 9 months. I plan to change to InvisionFree, because it has a very beautiful Interface which I first discovered in this forum. the only things on PhpBB I hate are the several hacks, and I have to download an update every month Whats with Invisionboard? Is it gonna be hacked monthly or safe? Because when it is safe, I will change to it |
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May 21 2005, 08:56 PM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 522 Joined: 13-February 05 From: Netherlands Member No.: 3,745 |
For me phpBB stays best, because it's the kind wich I "grew up" with...
Otherwise I would need to learn other codes and I like it as it is now lol |
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May 21 2005, 11:25 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 130 Joined: 3-February 05 From: Toronto, Canada Member No.: 3,569 |
I like invision although I havent really messed with it too much in terms of customization. Im so busy. I hope to download some skins and make it look nice. Ive use phpbb as a member of some boards but most of them look the same.
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May 22 2005, 12:33 AM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 21-May 05 Member No.: 7,350 |
I prefer using the actual invision board system that isn't downloadable before. This version is the one where you see Powered by Invision Board v1.3Final or whatever at teh bottom. As long as you downloaded the version from their official site before they became payed, you are allowed to use it. I like IPB because of the functionality and the power that the ACP has to offer. PHPBB has many exploits and isn't very good for security. For security, I think SMF is the most secure board, but I have absolutely NO experience with SMF whatsoever. I guess my vote would go to Invisionfree as it is basically IPB 1.3 with a lot of restrictions.
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May 22 2005, 01:32 PM
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ointment! Group: Members Posts: 542 Joined: 2-September 04 From: Bat Country Member No.: 980 |
Even though I've used phpbb in the past, and right now I am helping my sister with her phpbb I went with "other". I've been using Simple Machines for my forum and I like it more all of the time.
If you want to add on things like a chatroom or an arcade or any little hacks like "now playing" in SMF, you only need to go into the package manager and install them from there. It's almost worry free. |
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May 22 2005, 01:53 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 318 Joined: 5-January 05 Member No.: 3,136 |
I prefer phpBB... It may be a little vulnerable, but the bugs are fixed very quickly... I'm sticking with phpBB because it's very simple to use, it's very fast also, customizable and small!
I'm expecting the new version of phpBB soon that will have many new features... |
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May 22 2005, 02:29 PM
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King of My WOrld Group: Members Posts: 482 Joined: 11-October 04 Member No.: 1,665 |
vbulletin is absolutely the best choice if you have some money .. but it is very server intensive if your forum become a big one .. and you will probably need a dedicated server to host your forum ... but it's search engine friendly ..
phpBB comes after vbulletin and it's free ! but the original phpBB is not search engine friendly .. no worries, there are several mod out there with tutorials to help you make your phpBB search engine friendly in a few steps .. So .. if you are looking for the best, i would say it is vbulletin. And if you are looking for the free and best forum, then phpBB is your only choice 
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May 22 2005, 02:47 PM
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"Betsuni" Group: Members Posts: 1,023 Joined: 9-April 05 From: Japan Member No.: 5,445 |
Invision Power Board certainly looks good, but I'd probably go with phpBB since it's one I'm most familiar with. To each their own, I guess.
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