SFM vs phpbb - which one?

[Terabyte]

Which forum is better? Which one has more features/options? Simple machine forum or phpbb? I currently have both forums up and running.

SMF @ link1
PHPBB @ link2

Installation for both were simple. I noticed that the control panel for smf seemed more streamlined/simple than phpbb's panel, but I'll get used to the CP for phpbb once I use it more often.

When I was messing around with posts in SMF/phpbb, I noticed that you can't arrange the stickies. The order of the stickies are by post date. What I want is to be able to order the stickies any order I want (not based on anything). Is this possible?

Also, there doesn't seem to be a table option in phpbb while SMF has table options that uses [tr] and [td] code. Is there a way I can insert tables into phpbb? Also, is there an easier way to insert tables into either forum? For SMF, I have to use a bunch of [tr] and [td] tags.

I'll keep playing around with both forums and see how each one works over time!

 

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I found out how to "arrange" the stickies in phpbb. You can bump the post without actually posting in it. That will work

But how do I put tables in posts in phpbb? HTML? Add on?

 

[jjones]

What do you mean by "put tables in phpbb"?

If you mean in the layout for the forums and topics, I think the prosilver template uses mostly divs and lists and the subsilver template uses mostly tables.

If you want tables in prosilver you'll need to modify the appropriate templates in the prosilver templates folder, but it's probably a lot easier to just use the subsilver template.

 

[Terabyte]

Originally posted by: jjones
What do you mean by "put tables in phpbb"?

If you mean in the layout for the forums and topics, I think the prosilver template uses mostly divs and lists and the subsilver template uses mostly tables.

If you want tables in prosilver you'll need to modify the appropriate templates in the prosilver templates folder, but it's probably a lot easier to just use the subsilver template.

Sorry for the confusion. What I want to do is put tables (with rows/columns like excel) into posts.

Also, is there an option to collapse categories in phpbb? I can do it in SMF, but it seems like I need a mod in order to do this in phpbb.