Which Is Your Favorite Forum Software?, vB, IPB, IF, SMF, MyBB, PB, or Other? |
 Oct 31 2006, 09:35 PM
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Monster Book Stacker  Posts: 362 Joined: 9:12pm August 25, 2006 Location: Searching Through the Magical Menagerie for a Midnight Blue Phoenix  |
does anyone know how to create a skin for phpbb?
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Nov 7 2006, 06:25 PM
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Eeylops Owl Cage Cleaner Posts: 220 Joined: 2:38pm July 12, 2005 Location: Somewhere... |
SMF is an excellent BB.
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Nov 7 2006, 07:50 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 2 Joined: 5:32pm October 23, 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
Hi there, I just poked in here to see what was going on and saw this thread, thought I'd put in my 2 cents (for what it's worth).
I've used most of these at various times, and they do all have their pros and cons. For a board with volume of this size, I have no idea which I'd recommend, but I have used one that I like for smaller volume called Beehive Forums. I don't think it's free, but it does have features that phpBB doesn't have that I really like. It might give you some ideas. Snitz is another I've used, but I think it's based on the same software that this forum uses. They're both pretty decent to use both for users and for admin, but I've never used either for a very large volume board like this. --------------------  |
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Nov 8 2006, 11:03 PM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 107 Joined: 3:26pm October 16, 2006  |
For "large" boards, I'd have to say that nothing other than Invision Power Board (what this uses) or vBulletin.
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Nov 8 2006, 11:06 PM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 51 Joined: 1:50pm July 11, 2006 |
Meh, I'm not really partial to anything in particular. I'd probably have to say VBulliten though
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Nov 19 2006, 10:28 PM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 107 Joined: 3:26pm October 16, 2006 |
I hear rumors that Zetaboards is coming out very soon. I'm eager to try it out. That is from the makers of IF, I think...
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Nov 23 2006, 06:28 PM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 50 Joined: 6:49am April 13, 2006 Location: England! |
I've used all of those and I've used phpBB, Invision Free, Invision Paid, SMF and VBulletin from the administrators point of view.
phpBB and SMF are the best for installation. They are so brilliantly easy. However, to get what you really want out of them you need to add the hacks and the extra installs. phpBB's really bad at that, and SMF is far better, but when I used it, it just didn't have the support it needed. Invision and VBulletin are the most annoying to install; however, from skinning, adminning and everything else, they are far superior. The security is awesome and you can do pretty much everything with VB as people who go there actually know what they are on about and because you pay such a premium for the software, the mods and hacks are of the same quality as well. From a users point of view, I like VB and phpBB the best. -------------------- [ My Site | My Livejournal ]
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Oct 19 2007, 10:03 AM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 1 Joined: 9:13am October 19, 2007 |
Among free and open source software, phpBB tops my list. Fairly good product, huge MOD database, and pretty good support.
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Nov 11 2007, 01:48 AM
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Assistant Shopkeeper at Flourish and Blotts Posts: 1,579 Joined: 9:23pm December 23, 2006 Location: Either at Hogwarts,Hogsmeade or Diagon Alley. |
My favourite software forum is definitely afterdawn.
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Nov 11 2007, 01:58 PM
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The Newest Googlebot Posts: 6,600 Joined: 1:00pm January 4, 2005 Location: Waiting for the G2 |
Can you toss us a link? Why is it your favorite? What does it have or do that other forum software doesn't have or do?
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