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Which one do you prefer for building Online Communities?

by IMRookie1
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I've been looking for an option to add a forum or a social community on an existing website. I may also just build it elsewhere. So far, these are the three that come up the most: phpBB, vBulletin and drupal.

Which one have you used and why do you recommend or not recommend it?

The community is meant to service a membership site where I would want the members the opportunity to interact with each other. Also if possible, members should be able to use the same login.
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  • Profile picture of the author frih
    See phpBB is more prone to spam, since it is open source. I suggest you to grt drupal or vbulletin.
    They are good and with more support.
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  • Profile picture of the author webbom
    Go with vBulletin, is the best one of those. If you are making your site from zero right now, try to find the plugins that will make your site work as a membership site from the beginning. It's better that way that to try to make your site work with one software first and then try to integrate a forum.
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    • Profile picture of the author affiliate2010
      agreed! vBulletin is the best one!

      Originally Posted by webbom View Post

      Go with vBulletin, is the best one of those. If you are making your site from zero right now, try to find the plugins that will make your site work as a membership site from the beginning. It's better that way that to try to make your site work with one software first and then try to integrate a forum.
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  • Profile picture of the author JoeOFarrel
    Hi, what are you looking for exactly?

    If you're looking for a standalone community, joomla has pretty could extensions also, that are free off course.

    if you want something more powerful ready made, the boonex orca forum is not bad, as an integration to their community builder.

    You need to make a list first of what specific functionality you'd like.
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  • Profile picture of the author knowwow
    Go with Drupal.

    Most of what you want comes in Drupal core. There are additional free modules for handling memberships and fees. And if you are open to purchasing modules (about $100 of investment), you can get all members to be affiliates to your -if you want Clickbank-handled- membership site.

    PM me if you want more info.
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  • Profile picture of the author igorb
    I would certainly suggest you Drupal.
    Reliable, lightweight with great free modules.
    Once you get familiar with it you`ll be able to create several user groups with various permissions for all your needs.
    Excellent support community.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jay D
    vBulletin is the best! Its what warrior forum uses!
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  • Profile picture of the author berrycorp
    i love vBulletin best frankly.
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  • Profile picture of the author Inside Wholesale
    Have you seen the new Vbuletin? was realesed a few days ago, have everything!! i would deffinately go with vbulletin
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  • Profile picture of the author vkchiem
    I think vBulletin is among the best but it's not free.

    If you're looking for a free solution, SMF is one potential good candidate. It's also known to be one of the most secure solution. I also used to use it. It's clean, quick to deploy, and looks more secure.

    Hope it helps.


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  • Profile picture of the author Lloyd Buchinski
    Simple Machines has been mentioned already, but here is an interesting example of it in action at the Blake board, Main Discussion.

    Tony Blake mentioned that at one time he had over 200 people watching a hot forum video, without the slightest problem. He was pretty happy with that. It is hosted on Dreamhost, or at least was at the time he posted that.

    Just in case it helps.
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