Fusetalk vs vbulletin

[Harabecw]

Hello. I'm not sure where to put this so....
IS there a difference in bandwidth between using FuseTalk and vBulletin?
Which one is better?
Which one appears more streamlined and comfortable to you?

BTW I love that sig someone has about FuseTalk being the best thing ever

 

[Sunner]

IMO phpBB > FuseTalk > vBulletin.

 

[Mill]

Repost it here, or PM a mod to move it for you. You will get better answers there.

 

[Czar]

cgtalk.com, best setup of vbulletin I have seen

anandtech's forum though isnt showing nearly the full potential of fusetalk, alot disabled for bandwith and power reasons.

 

[conjur]

I just setup this board in about 15 min. It's PHP and provided by the hosting site.

hey...I saw you all checking it out.

I'm going to do something similar for my daughter for a domain I registered for her. Just someplace her friends can keep in touch w/o having to be on AIM or Yahoo or whatever. '

Just setup some avatars now, too. Easy.

And professional? I think this looks very professional. Just my $0.02.

 

[Kenji4861]

PHPBB - Free and easy to setup, plenty of support and add-ons.

InvisionBoards - Same as PHPBB. Free and simple. Feels a bit more professional.

Vbulletin - $80 a year or so, I liked the feeling of this better compared to PHPBB. I use PHPBB on my forums now, but use to have vBulletin. Might go back. They also have a free vPortal for vBulletin users or something.

Fusetalk - Very professional feeling, doesn't this cost $165 a year or so? never used it, but definitly feels professional.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: conjur
I just setup this board in about 15 min. It's PHP and provided by the hosting site.

hey...I saw you all checking it out.

I'm going to do something similar for my daughter for a domain I registered for her. Just someplace her friends can keep in touch w/o having to be on AIM or Yahoo or whatever. '

Just setup some avatars now, too. Easy.

And professional? I think this looks very professional. Just my $0.02.

I concur with conjur, phpBB is very easy to use and already has a few dozen templates to quickly change the design.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: conjur
I just setup this board in about 15 min. It's PHP and provided by the hosting site.

hey...I saw you all checking it out.

I'm going to do something similar for my daughter for a domain I registered for her. Just someplace her friends can keep in touch w/o having to be on AIM or Yahoo or whatever. '

Just setup some avatars now, too. Easy.

And professional? I think this looks very professional. Just my $0.02.

I concur with conjur, phpBB is very easy to use and already has a few dozen templates to quickly change the design.

There you go, concurring again

And phpBB has a decent support forum

 

[murphy55d]

i use invisionboard on my site.

 

[Harabecw]

ok, what about bandwidth? is there any difference?

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Harabecw
ok, what about bandwidth? is there any difference?

InvisionBoard which is free and professional in appearance is VERY bandwidth efficient.

How much bandwidth does your web host allow per month -or- how much do you think you'll need?

 

[DanJ]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
InvisionBoard which is free and professional in appearance is VERY bandwidth efficient.

Another nod for InvisionBoard. Tons of features and very server efficient.

 

[Ryan]

I thinik fusetalk looks the most professional But then again, it's the one I'm most comfortable with

 

[halik]

i think vbulletin is more extensible and loaded with features

 

[Ender]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
I thinik fusetalk looks the most professional But then again, it's the one I'm most comfortable with

Too expensive.

 

[RossMAN]

Unless you have A LOT of users (over 20,000 with over 100 active every minute) I think vBulletin is an excellent solution.

Three very popular forums use vBulletin and it works out quite well for them:

• http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/index.php
• http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=4 (currently has 535 active members right now )
• http://www.httpme.com/ (one of THE BEST web hosting providers but it will cost you $$$$)

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Ender

Originally posted by: rbloedow I thinik fusetalk looks the most professional But then again, it's the one I'm most comfortable with

Too expensive.

And?

 

[jacob0401]

I think with fusetalk you need root access too, not quite sure, but I think you need your own server or dedicated with root.

 

[friedpie]

All I know is EZBoard sucks ass.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: friedpie
All I know is EZBoard sucks ass.

Yep, you can run your own forums for under $14/yr which are 100x better than EZBoard.

 

[Ender]

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: Ender

Originally posted by: rbloedow I thinik fusetalk looks the most professional But then again, it's the one I'm most comfortable with

Too expensive.

And?

Uhh... and what?

 

[Harabecw]

Actually I just want to be able to recommend a new layout for someone else.
Their forums get about the same traffic as AT forums here.
I visit an InvisionBoard forum and it is pleasant indeed. I'll recommend that.

EDIT: Ross, the private messages here are confusing. clicking the Vew opens a reply window. the help section doesn't help much :disgust: <--love that icon hehe

 

[fatbaby]

are there any bb's that don't require a mysql database? my host supports php, cgi and all that stuff, but not mysql..

 

[Nocturnal]

Your host needs to have CF support and also mySQL or Access support, that's all.

 

[Kilrsat]

You can try YaBB for a cgi message board that doesn't require MySQL to work.

Also YaBBSE for a php/mysql board similar to phpBB.