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shmerek · Jun 9, 2003, 10:48 PM

Any ideas phpBB, Invision board, XBM...? What do you guys think?

clam2000 · Jun 9, 2003, 11:25 PM

i personally like phpbb

take a look at sourceforge for a ton more of the boards, find something that looks best for your site.

philzilla · Jun 10, 2003, 03:34 AM

think long-term:

maybe your site will expand, to the point where you decide you have enough money to throw at those nice vBulletin people. can you import your old board into it?

i think phpBB's okay, but still a little buggy. i haven't used ikonboard since version 2.1.9, and i haven't really used any of the others.

i always use phpBB for the above reason, though. i just like to keep future options open, to avoid tons of work

NeXTLoop · Jun 10, 2003, 04:31 PM

I just set up a site using Invision PB last week. It's extremely easy, and pretty full-featured. So far, I haven't run into any bugs or problems.

Dogma · Jun 11, 2003, 08:48 AM

Mark me up for a phpBB, one of the darndest easiest things you could ever do! I'm set up - click on my sig pic if you wanna see how it looks.

It's pretty customisable as well, as long as you don't mind a bit of tinkering.

RGB · Aug 7, 2003, 04:54 AM

My best friend is one of the head developers at OpenBB

It's a great piece of software, and V2 that he's working on is going to be far above and beyond.

dn15 · Aug 8, 2003, 07:03 PM

I also like phpBB.

Arkham_c · Aug 8, 2003, 09:48 PM

I like the vBulletin that MacNN uses, but I notice that they have had quite a few instances of database corruption. That is a bit disconcerting to me.

I've just recently begun playing with PHPbb and it's quite nice. In the old days we used WebBBS, but it's CGI-based and not really appropriate for a high-traffic site.

shmerek · Aug 8, 2003, 11:50 PM

I ended up using invision board it is pretty cool, I like phpBB but I have found it a pain to customize the look.

Fellow2000 · Aug 11, 2003, 02:04 AM

I would also suggest invision. Stay away from vbull.... (macnn didn't hear me say that). Invision just has it all, especially now with the 1.2 update. Solid software and easily customizable. I couldn't more highly recommend it.

Griggsy · Aug 11, 2003, 09:50 AM

phpbb is easy enought to set up, of you dont have SQL look at YABB

philzilla · Aug 11, 2003, 10:40 AM

Originally posted by Arkham_c:
I like the vBulletin that MacNN uses, but I notice that they have had quite a few instances of database corruption. That is a bit disconcerting to me.

if you ever read the excuses for said corruption, you'd know that the server always kops the blame; not the software (ie, vBulletin)

Peter · Aug 11, 2003, 06:02 PM

Invision Board. Its fast and powerful

Stubie · Aug 15, 2003, 08:16 PM

Originally posted by RGB:
My best friend is one of the head developers at OpenBB

It's a great piece of software, and V2 that he's working on is going to be far above and beyond.

That would be me ...

Hey, shmerek -- we have convertors available if you'd like to hop on over ...