Best forums/???

[Gosha]

I'm thinking about dumping everything on my site and just making it into a forum. Anyone currently know what is the best forum software right now??? Should I go with vBulletin???

[Mystic]

SMF is the best I've seen. A lot of customization and high security. Installing mods is very simple as well, as it's automatic.

http://simplemachines.org/ I believe

[sнυи]

Originally Posted by Mystic

SMF is the best I've seen. A lot of customization and high security. Installing mods is very simple as well, as it's automatic.

http://simplemachines.org/ I believe

You fucking WIN. SMF is absolutely the greatest forum ever. It's an incredibly leap in the right direction from YaBB.

[phuzion]

Originally Posted by Gosha

I'm thinking about dumping everything on my site and just making it into a forum. Anyone currently know what is the best forum software right now??? Should I go with vBulletin???

Don't go with phpBB. I used to like it, but now that I look at it, it's really not that editor-friendly, unless you have witnessed the construction of the entire code.

Unless you're into pirating things (not condoning it), you'll have to shell out $160 for vBulletin. And honestly, unless you're running a large site (think over 1000 actively posting users), you don't need vBulletin. Save your money.

SMF is a system which I don't have much experience on, I posted a few times on Arch0wl's site after the phpBB to SMF switch, and I threw it on a test server for a few weeks to check out the admin side of it, and it seems pretty good. The admin panel is easy to use, MOD installation is a 2-step breeze (FTP to correct location, click one link in admin panel), and the moderators get a good amount of toys to play around with. Honestly though, you'd probably want to ask someone that admins a site running SMF for their opinion on the software.

[WiLLiSTER]

I haven't had my own, but from using it, SMF is incredible. Pretty quick and very simple to use.

[Geschpooklichkeit]

I still have a copy of the Invision Power Board 2.0 Final while it was free. It worked good for my needs but now that I no longer have some at the moment...

[Wan]

I stick with Invision. The latest versions have lots of interesting features, and it's graphically nice and easy to manage (<3 the Admin panel =D).

Plus, most of the skins for it are 101% free... totally contrary to vBulletin skins, that the 95% of them are paid <.<

[DamageInc]

I prefer phpBB because it has a very large community of users & developers who can provide support, it has a less restrictive license (GPL).

Also, with phpBB you can get "pre-modded" versions of the board (I've also seen a couple mods that include pre-modified files) which appear to be prohibited by the IPB license.

If you're looking for an easy installation, might I point out that surpass also has a phpBB installer in cPanel.
Demo : free forum

[WiLLiSTER]

Bumping 2.5 year old threads probably won't gain you a lot of points around here...

[stuartwood89]

Originally Posted by WiLLiSTER

Bumping 2.5 year old threads probably won't gain you a lot of points around here...

However it did help answer my question on what forum software to use.

[dieKatze88]

My god. Locked.

[sнυи]

Why lock? Regardless of whether or not the original poster sees this, it's a good thread and the bumping post had good information. I looked at this thread and noticed the crazy bump a couple days ago and didn't lock it.

[dieKatze88]

Originally Posted by SZA

Why lock? Regardless of whether or not the original poster sees this, it's a good thread and the bumping post had good information. I looked at this thread and noticed the crazy bump a couple days ago and didn't lock it.

2.5 year bump? This is a technology section. Things change in 2.5 hours let alone 2.5 years. While this information may still be relevant, we need to not set a precedent where this is continuing.