good free or cheap asp/coldfusion + ms sql web forums

[TechBoyJK]

I like fusetalk, but i need something cheaper. Is there anything out there that is freeware or cheap that will close to as good as this forum software that anandtech uses?

I prefer coldfusion

 

[dpopiz]

ditch coldfusion. it's as slow as a grandma, which is why you can't find hosting for less than $1zillion/mo. nobody wants to waste expensive CPU cycles on a bloated crusty program.

learn php. it does more than cf, is lightning-fast (and every host supports it), and it's almost as simple to learn/understand as cf

 

[TechBoyJK]

i disagree about Coldfusion. PHP is cheaper, but doesn't necessarilly perform better.

There are a lot of hosts that do coldfusion. I'm not worried about that.

This forum is in cfm.

 

[dpopiz]

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
i disagree about Coldfusion. PHP is cheaper, but doesn't necessarilly perform better.

There are a lot of hosts that do coldfusion. I'm not worried about that.

This forum is in cfm.

lol not worried about what?
that you can't possibly find a *cheap* and good host for cf
and
that it never ever performs faster than php

 

[dpopiz]

oh to answer your question....

use phpbb. it's free, open source and is a lot like fusetalk by default and has thousands of plugins for it. be warned though that a lot of things about the user interface/ intuitaveness are crappy by default. I spent a few weeks massively modifying the source and now I have a bb that's 20 times better than fusetalk in every way and it's free (including free hosting, since it uses zippy php)

 

[TechBoyJK]

example of your fusetalk slayer?

 

[dpopiz]

you must register to view anything on it as the content is pretty secret. I only give registration to people I meet in person and get a signature from. sorry

but I can send you the php if you want and you can try it out yourself

 

[TechBoyJK]

that works. jason@cybercon.com

thanks

 

[rh71]

CF and PHP are comparable in speed, except CF is MUCH easier to learn than PHP. The syntax look nothing alike as one is tag-based.

The only advantages PHP has over CF is its price and availability, not performance. (Speed certainly isn't why hosts charge a lot for it - it's because CF server costs $1200+ to purchase)

I've been in search of cheap CF hosts for a couple years on and off and the only one I've come across with value was readyhosting.com at $99/yr... but I wouldn't recommend them unless you're just looking to play around. Business sites that require strong uptime should go elsewhere and expect to pay at least $25/mo. for CF hosting.

If you know PHP already, that's a better option at this point. CF has become stale - quite a shame really.