Best Forum Software for Website

rgATL · 5th May 2005, 20:20

Heyya,

I'm looking to add a Forum to my website, and I wanted to get your thoughts on what's the best software is. How would you compate phpBB to vBulletin to any other forum software?

Thanks so much for your help,
rg.

Amplex9 · 5th May 2005, 21:32

Id go for phpBB

Germ · 5th May 2005, 21:35

This really doesn't belong in the shoutcast section I'm afraid.

DuaneJeffers · 5th May 2005, 23:08

... PunBB is by far some of the best software I have found. phpBB is too full of holes for me.

-Duane

Psythik · 5th May 2005, 23:16

VBulletin costs money, so I say phpBB (and it's easy to add mods to). There's also Invision Board, but I've never really liked it... (maybe that explains why I haven't been to Pabook in awhile)

BlueTape · 6th May 2005, 00:12

http://www.phpbbserver.com/ excellent service so far

zootm · 6th May 2005, 03:13

phpBB or PunBB. phpBB has a few more features, PunBB is a bit nicer in a couple of usability ways. Use whichever you prefer!

rgATL · 6th May 2005, 04:56

Hey,

Thanks for your replies...which would you say has the largest following/community? That's often most important for support and updates.

Thanks again,
rg.

Trigear · 6th May 2005, 08:24

Quote:

which would you say has the largest following/community?

Invision Power Board. You'll have to find a pre 2.0 version in order to use it for free, though... don't know where you can find that.

Joel · 6th May 2005, 12:56

Invision? :|

PulseDriver · 6th May 2005, 13:04

Invisionboard costs money, but you get a free version if you download php-dev. If there is no forums with the new versions of php-dev, I've got the old installation-file. Supports Win9X/ME and 2000/XP. And it includes a really bad version of Invisionboard.... which I had a really really hard time to customize.

I'd go phpBB if I were you. It's free, and it's free, and it's free and it's good. phpBB is what you use whern you're here at the winamp forums.

zootm · 6th May 2005, 13:07

You could also set up your whole site to use Drupal and use its in-built forum

Leonhart · 6th May 2005, 13:50

vBulletin i find is much more user friendly, and makes the interface much better to look at.

zootm · 6th May 2005, 15:29

vBulletin ain't free, it's worth noting though. It's a pretty good "pure forum" software though, although it's apparently designed for larger forums.

5th May 2005, 20:20	#1
rgATL Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: ATL, of course. Posts: 724	Best Forum Software for Website Heyya, I'm looking to add a Forum to my website, and I wanted to get your thoughts on what's the best software is. How would you compate phpBB to vBulletin to any other forum software? Thanks so much for your help, rg.

5th May 2005, 21:32	#2
Amplex9 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Pool Of Life Posts: 448	Id go for phpBB -=[England's Finest Rock Station - Real Rock Radio At Its Best ]=- \|- 24/7 - 64k mp3PRO -\|- powerd by: StreamSolutions.Co.Uk -\|

5th May 2005, 23:08	#4
DuaneJeffers Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 1,776	... PunBB is by far some of the best software I have found. phpBB is too full of holes for me. -Duane Website Yeah, that's pretty much it. :-\

5th May 2005, 23:16	#5
Psythik Got his CT back and didn't pay $10 (Forum King) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,583	VBulletin costs money, so I say phpBB (and it's easy to add mods to). There's also Invision Board, but I've never really liked it... (maybe that explains why I haven't been to Pabook in awhile) This is a sig of some nature.

6th May 2005, 00:12	#6
BlueTape Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 319	http://www.phpbbserver.com/ excellent service so far OFFICIAL MUSIC WEBSITE OF BLUETAPE - tell the world, tons of free downloads including his 1st album "future past present"

5th May 2005, 21:35	#3
Germ rules all things Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 3,149	This really doesn't belong in the shoutcast section I'm afraid.

6th May 2005, 03:13	#7
zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,375	phpBB or PunBB. phpBB has a few more features, PunBB is a bit nicer in a couple of usability ways. Use whichever you prefer!

6th May 2005, 04:56	#8
rgATL Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: ATL, of course. Posts: 724	Hey, Thanks for your replies...which would you say has the largest following/community? That's often most important for support and updates. Thanks again, rg.

6th May 2005, 12:56	#10
Joel Debian user (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Arch land Posts: 4,917	Invision? :\| * PC: Intel Core 2 DUO E6550 @ 2.33 GHz with 2 GB RAM: Archlinux-i686 with MATE. * Laptop: Intel Core 2 DUO T6600 @ 2.20 GHz with 4 GB RAM: Archlinux-x86-64 with MATE.

6th May 2005, 13:04	#11
PulseDriver w3 addict (Major Dude) Join Date: May 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 1,806	Invisionboard costs money, but you get a free version if you download php-dev. If there is no forums with the new versions of php-dev, I've got the old installation-file. Supports Win9X/ME and 2000/XP. And it includes a really bad version of Invisionboard.... which I had a really really hard time to customize. I'd go phpBB if I were you. It's free, and it's free, and it's free and it's good. phpBB is what you use whern you're here at the winamp forums. 09 F9 11 01 9D 74 E8 5B D8 41 56 C3 63 56 81 C0

6th May 2005, 13:07	#12
zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,375	You could also set up your whole site to use Drupal and use its in-built forum

6th May 2005, 13:50	#13
Leonhart Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: England Posts: 312	vBulletin i find is much more user friendly, and makes the interface much better to look at. "To Be Forgotten Is Worse Than Death"

6th May 2005, 15:29	#14
zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,375	vBulletin ain't free, it's worth noting though. It's a pretty good "pure forum" software though, although it's apparently designed for larger forums.

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