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Good forum software?

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Sunner

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

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