How do you enhance a forum?

alexei_aus · 11-05-2008, 01:11 AM

I am thinking about setting up a forum and was wondering about couple of things.

What is the best forum platform? SMF? phpBB? others?

Can you have plugins for forums like wordpress plugins? I am really after social bookmarking plugins

I appreciate your input

Ralf Skirr · 11-05-2008, 02:13 AM

I've used phpbb and vbulletin.

Comparing both I wouldn't use anything but vbulletin.
It costs a one time fee to get the license, but it's worth it.

After all, even Allen switched Warriorforum to vbulletin...

http://www.vbulletin.com/

Ralf

Michael Mayhew · 11-05-2008, 06:37 AM

I recommend Simple Machines Forum (SMF)
Home of SMF: Free PHP and MySQL forum software

Hundreds of plug-ins.
VERY, very secure

Ive been using it 3 years now without issue.

SMF Themes.
SMF Theme Site
SMF Mods/Plug-Ins
SMF Mod Site

The forum below in my sig runs on SMF. I have a couple of social plugins that you can see installed on it.

Farhan Ahmad · 11-05-2008, 07:32 AM

I've used most of famous forum platform for my forum..phpbb,smf,ipb,and vbulletin.

and I will surely stay with vBulletin..they have a lot of function and addon, but really easy to manage.

Danny Cutts · 11-05-2008, 08:00 AM

Hello,

I use YABB, I have not had any problems... works a treat

Danny

Hilary · 11-05-2008, 08:27 AM

Another vote for Vbulletin for ease of admin and facilities for users. (Though I haven't used SMF, don't know how that compares.)

Vbulletin has a splendid user community that create and maintain a host of plugins. Social bookmarking of threads is part of the basic package; apparently bookmarking individual posts is an option, too... (Anyone have a link to the add-on used here?)

JackieLee · 11-05-2008, 09:33 AM

I use SMF and find it very easy to maintain and work with.

AskJesusLeon · 11-05-2008, 09:36 AM

I have also used Vbulletin myself in the past, no compliants. I cant speak for the others as Vbulletin is the only one I have used.

Phil Jones · 11-05-2008, 09:39 AM

If you want more than just a simple forum then vBulletin would be perfect. So many plugins for vb that you can do anything with the script.

But if you just want a simple forum with no real features phpbb would be the right solution for you.

alexei_aus · 11-05-2008, 06:06 PM

thanks guys.

i am currently looking at SMF but vBulletin sounds worth looking at

Louis Raven · 11-13-2008, 04:20 PM

Only SMF and Vbulletin can be made SEO friendly without hard coding of the source. I've worked with them all apart from Snitz. SMF is Newbie-friendly and is perfect for SEO in my opinion.

Louis

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alexei_aus HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 476 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 14 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts Social Networking	How do you enhance a forum? I am thinking about setting up a forum and was wondering about couple of things. What is the best forum platform? SMF? phpBB? others? Can you have plugins for forums like wordpress plugins? I am really after social bookmarking plugins I appreciate your input
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11-05-2008, 02:13 AM	#2
Ralf Skirr Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Germany & Thailand Posts: 1,269 Thanks: 78 Thanked 138 Times in 104 Posts Social Networking	Re: How do you enhance a forum? I've used phpbb and vbulletin. Comparing both I wouldn't use anything but vbulletin. It costs a one time fee to get the license, but it's worth it. After all, even Allen switched Warriorforum to vbulletin... http://www.vbulletin.com/ Ralf

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Michael Mayhew Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Nashville, TN , USA. Posts: 3,121 Thanks: 38 Thanked 107 Times in 75 Posts Social Networking	Re: How do you enhance a forum? I recommend Simple Machines Forum (SMF) Home of SMF: Free PHP and MySQL forum software Hundreds of plug-ins. VERY, very secure Ive been using it 3 years now without issue. SMF Themes. SMF Theme Site SMF Mods/Plug-Ins SMF Mod Site The forum below in my sig runs on SMF. I have a couple of social plugins that you can see installed on it.
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Hilary Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: , , . Posts: 757 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: How do you enhance a forum? Another vote for Vbulletin for ease of admin and facilities for users. (Though I haven't used SMF, don't know how that compares.) Vbulletin has a splendid user community that create and maintain a host of plugins. Social bookmarking of threads is part of the basic package; apparently bookmarking individual posts is an option, too... (Anyone have a link to the add-on used here?)
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Phil Jones HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 141 Thanks: 13 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Re: How do you enhance a forum? If you want more than just a simple forum then vBulletin would be perfect. So many plugins for vb that you can do anything with the script. But if you just want a simple forum with no real features phpbb would be the right solution for you.

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alexei_aus HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 476 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 14 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts Social Networking	Re: How do you enhance a forum? thanks guys. i am currently looking at SMF but vBulletin sounds worth looking at
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Louis Raven Elite Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: United Kingdom. Posts: 2,876 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 211 Thanked 64 Times in 49 Posts Social Networking	Re: How do you enhance a forum? Only SMF and Vbulletin can be made SEO friendly without hard coding of the source. I've worked with them all apart from Snitz. SMF is Newbie-friendly and is perfect for SEO in my opinion. Louis
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