Best FORUM to use on my own site?

[dieselstation]

I'm looking to add a forum to my own site and i was wondering which would be the best?

Fusetalk? (anandtech)
Zeroforum? (vwvortex.com forums)
something else?

thanks

 

[Ns1]

i think vbb is pretty cool ^_^

 

[yakko]

Fuse Talk if you can afford the Cold Fusion server. If not try something else.

 

[ElFenix]

phpbb is free and really configurable.

 

[Derango]

It all depends on what scripting/CGI stuff your web host provides

The best case scenario is if they give you PHP and a mySQL database. Use PHPbb for that.
If they give you perl, with or without mySQL, I would reccomend Ikonboard or YABB
If you don't have any scripting languages, you need to look at a remotly hosted board, such as an ez-board (www.ezboard.com)

Fuse talk is out. Rarely do hosts provide a Cold Fusion server, and CF is really, really expensive.

 

[crab]

Fusetalk is excellent if you can stand the $$.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

<< phpbb is free and really configurable. >>

w0ot - the only thing is learning to do it all yourself, which can be a pain for a n00b.

nik

 

[Evadman]

I have YaBB set up. I love it. Check it out here. Download it Here. Perl and a Webserver that supports CGI scripting is needed, but knoledge on how they work is not.

 

[BlueApple]

ForuMAX is good

 

[Modeps]

phpBB2 is a cinch to setup. download it from sourceforge (RC-4)

 

[helloedchen]

hrm...this question has been asked quite a lot...heres my search results:

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just a few i've seen...there's probably more....

 

[ILikeSprite]

Fusetalk!!!

 

[Nocturnal]

fusetalk without a doubt.

 

[hoihtah]

another vote for ikonboard. fusetalk just costs too much for me.
ikonboard... free

 

[tweakmm]

I assume that you have database access, if not, then my friend has a really good flat text file board. I can dig up the info if anybody is interested. Its free BTW

 

[wedi42]

phpbb couldn't have been easier for me.
it took me 15 minutes to get it going
another 30 minutes setting up forums, and customizing
a simple step by step guide
and it's free!