MiniK

Dec 8 2007, 05:50 PM

Hey. I'm making an unofficial RP for a book series I enjoy reading. It's a long story really, but the official RP was a Proboards forum and I don't particularly like PB. Recently, the admin purchased a new domain and is hosting it as a phpBB3 board. I got rather annoyed because I have a domain that would suit the RP better but I don't use it, and I would have been happy to give it to them for free. (I also would like to point out that most of the staff on there are staff on the official forum I don't particularly like the admin ) Anyway, I'm going to launch an unofficial RP to try and prove to everybody that normal members can run a successful RP but I'm having trouble selecting the right forum software. So I'll make a list of the 4 that appeal to me the most:

SMF - I've been using SMF for as long as I can remember and I've thought that it has a user-friendly and staff-friendly interface and a VERY clean admin panel. It has nice and friendly index.php?action= URLs. The SMF website has a nice theme and mod database. It has the SSI.php file which helps extremely to integrate your board into an already-existing website and has easy user management. HOWEVER, I've tried creating a simple mod for the software and it was just extremely complicated. They don't give much help when it comes to creating mods or themes. If you want to find out about how to create mods, you have to speak to somebody who knows how to create mods or trialanderror it until the mod works. Same for themes. I dunno whether it's just me as a crap coder or what... Moving swiftly on...

phpBB(3) - phpBB3 has an EXCELLENT design. I've fallen in love with all phpBB3 themes. They just look so professional. Also, I've never tried but I reckon it is quite easy to create mods as they are seperate files instead of all stuffed into the index file. Considering that it's been out for a while, there aren't many phpBB3 mods out there..It's the complete opposite for themes. It's in the RC8 stage now and there's loads of themes out there. In a nutshell, phpBB3 is good design&function-wise but sometimes the installer fails and you end up reinstalling all of it. (Don't be put off, it happened once and it hasn't happened since)

vBulletin - Most professional and top-class websites use vBulletin but I don't know why people choose it over many others. I suppose I only put VB on the list because I'm influenced by other sites using it. I've had a look at the demo and it doesn't look /that/ good. I suppose I won't be using that for many reasons, especially cost-wise.

IPB - Ah, I've left the best 'til last - I suppose. I've always wanted to own an IPB because they look so cool. I mean, I know it sounds weird but it just sounds like a grown up thing to own one. I think IPB might suit the board best but I dunno. I'm not an expert.

If anybody has any experience with the forum softwares above, I would be appreciated if you could help. Thanks

 

 

 

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MiniK

Dec 8 2007, 06:36 PM

It sounds cool. I'll take a look.

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Sandokan

Dec 11 2007, 07:15 PM

I started with PHPBB2, it's very simple to handle but the skin choises suck for me....
I would deffenitely recommend this Forum-Software for beginners..

I have my own forum with SMF now, the skin choises are great! You have a lot of
options for modefications, great help, but the big problem is you really need to have some
experience or know someone who has. This because everytime you want to install a mod
you have to edit some files in wordpad to fit them with the skin and the language.

I have been active on many IPB forums and have been admin for a VERY short while.
I must say that it works great when you are just a normal member and want to post some stuff.
The theme choises are also good but I think that the ACP is really hard.

Last but not least PHPBB3, since it is not on the market for a very long time now I can't
really say much about it yet. Just that the theme choise isn't very big on the moment and
that the ACP is a bit harder then PHPBB 2.

Greetzz

 

 

 

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