Which Is Better? - joomla or Vbulletin?

ridwans

Feb 16 2008, 04:18 PM

i want to build a communities to wearn money
what is the better?
use joomla or use Vbulletin?

bk2070

Feb 16 2008, 04:51 PM

Well Joomla and vbulletin are totally different. Joomla is an open source content management system, while vbulletin is an internet forum software. Joomla though is free, and vbulletin you need to buy a license for. You actually could use both, as Joomla could be used for your homepage, while vbulletin could be your community. Though, I am not sure how willing you are to pay a $160 license.

anachro

Feb 16 2008, 05:55 PM

if you do use both be sure to research their compatibility together. you don't want your users to have to make two accounts just to use your website completely

ridwans

Feb 17 2008, 12:18 AM

thanks for answering

Joshua

Feb 25 2008, 09:25 PM

Like bk2070 said, you might want to consider a combination of a website and forum. A lot of top sites now recognize that forums with more features are becoming popular. More and more sites are beginning to use forums as just one of many features, even if that is the main feature; and integrate in other features like blogs, games, polls, picture galleries, chat rooms, etc. More and more sites are popping up whose primary purpose is to provide site features for website users that can be easily placed on a website or forum.

jlhaslip

Feb 25 2008, 10:28 PM

Mk Portal offers a Portal complete with many features AND an AEF Forum built in.

Check it out...

demonlord

Feb 26 2008, 11:41 PM

i think that you would do good with mkportal, as it can be combined with almost any forum software out there, i know it supports atleast 4 different forums, and if you decided to go with joomla there is an add on forum script that you can get right off of there site.

FraKture

Feb 27 2008, 07:02 AM

I'm not sure exactly what you are looking for, but spruz.com might be the place you can find it.

There freewebbing is very generous and their paid hosting is exaclty what you paid for.

Carson

Feb 27 2008, 10:12 AM

You may want to look up Invision Power Board and Subdreamer. The two software go together perfectly. Subdreamer can go with almost any other popular forum software as well, infact I think that's what it is designed for originally.

Although this topic is not about a community combined with a content management system. For a community, you dont want to use joomla. VBulletin is forum software which allows your users to interact with each other. It's possible with Joomla but VBulletin is much more efficient. Invision Power Board is also popular community software. Some people prefer IPB, some prefer VB.

If you want to earn money with it, I think choosing software shouldn't be your top priority. You have to create an active and attractive site.

lemonwonder

Feb 28 2008, 09:42 AM

Yeah, Invision Power Board is the best forum software ever invented, trap17 uses it so shoudl you!

a website AND forum is best

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SHub89

Mar 15 2008, 12:55 AM

I have used Joomla in the past and preferred their software over VBulletin any day. However, Joomla is a content management system, used for building websites from scratch using modules. VBulleting is just a message board system and as many other members have said, you cannot build a website with VBulletin. I recommend you use Joomla as your content management system and integrate either VBulletin or PHPBB3 (My Recommendation). However, I recommend you use VBulletin 1.5 instead of 1.0. Joomla uses modules which allow you to add dynamic web programming with ease. Now some modules are free while others will cost money. But, you will can build an awesome site with many of the free modules and with some HTTP,XML, CSS experience.

delivi

Mar 11 2008, 12:24 PM

Joomla is a Content Management System, that means you can create websites with it and have forums, blogs, galleries and other sections to it.

Whereas vBullitein is a Messaging Board or Forum. It cannot be used as a full fledged website.

You can integrate Joomla and vBulltein

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@leamonwonder: Yeah, Invision Power Board is the best forum software ever invented, trap17 uses it so shoudl you!

Actually Invision Power Board or IPB is a based on vBulltein. It is a good software and has a lot of plugins and modules. But it is a paid software. If you need a free alternative go for phpBB 3 or SMF.

varalu

Mar 9 2008, 08:51 AM

You can also consider phpbb forum software available http://www.phpbb.com/downloads/?sid=c6164d...d31ea429ea27eb5.

It is also very good and i have been using it for few days now.... Also its free of cost, so you might consider it for some normal usage... If you are looking for more support and other stuff you should probably go for other paid forum softwares....

sanguinaryogre

Mar 9 2008, 08:18 AM

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