Good forum software?

[Sunner]

Hi people.

Just wanna hear experiences with different forum software's out there.
I've been looking a bit at phpBB, and it looks good, but I though I'd check to see if there are any better alternatives before I go ahead and waste my time setting it all up

By the way, will run using Linux/Apache/MySQL.

 

[NakaNaka]

Ikonboard is nice - http://www.ikonboard.com/

I personally use XMB, though their site is currently down AND it has a lot of bugs. You have to manually (with the help of some people on their forums) fix things. Hopefully when their next version comes out I can recommend it.

 

[CTho9305]

CThoBB is free, really simple, almost completely customizable, and almost completely unsupported....
edit: the contents of the bboard might be offensive to some people, since moderation currently requires using a SQL client and manually doing stuff

 

[Codewiz]

Originally posted by: CTho9305
CThoBB is free, really simple, almost completely customizable, and almost completely unsupported....
edit: the contents of the bboard might be offensive to some people, since moderation currently requires using a SQL client and manually doing stuff

Looks like a Forum I wrote for my database class back in college. I wrote it in ASP though.

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: Codewiz

Originally posted by: CTho9305
CThoBB is free, really simple, almost completely customizable, and almost completely unsupported....
edit: the contents of the bboard might be offensive to some people, since moderation currently requires using a SQL client and manually doing stuff

Looks like a Forum I wrote for my database class back in college. I wrote it in ASP though.

Hehe... I just did it to see how php was as a language compared to ASP/C++/perl. I could improve it a lot if I had any motivation but as I don't, I add features only occasionally

 

[aswedc]

phpBB is good, and don't worry you won't be wasting any time setting it up - its really easy!

 

[Sunner]

Ok, thanks for the suggestions.

CTho, well CThoBB certainly looks rather minimalistic and lightweight, but it seems like it's lacking a few features I want

 

[Placer14]

If you're gonna be using an open source solution (linux, mysql, etc) i've seen nothing better than phpBB2. I've been using v2.0.1 on a few sites and it runs amazingly well. I even run it with a PostNuke Content Management System. It's quite seemlesss and full of features. Best $Free can buy.

If you don't mind running CGI on your computer and spending a few bucks. Infopop puts out a solution that is absolutely the BEST (IMHO). I haven't seen any new features that they've added since 6.0 was released. I can't remember the name of their board, but you can go to Infopop and see. Although they're price is a bit hefty, I think it would be worth it. And if I remember right, the license you buy is good for multiple sites. "Buy once, use many times."

If you're looking for free solutions, PHP driven forums are your best bet. A few places to start looking for this type of thing is www.hotscripts.com under the PHP section.

Good luck. Feel free to PM any questions about this sorta thing to me.

 

[Sunner]

Well, I've already setup phpBB, was almost too easy, it's no fun when everything works right away

Thanks for the tips and comments everyone