Recommendations for bulletin board software....

by born2drv

Posted: 11 years ago 15 replies

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So I am in the process of overhauling all my money sites....

PRODUCT sites have moved to SHOPIFY and I LOVE it. It's so easy to modify and "buy" apps that plug in easily and do cool stuff. (no programming required).

NOW I'm looking to overhaul a very good old FORUM running VBulletin but want that same experience, where it's easy to modify, lots of apps to plug in with the click of a button, etc. Is there something like this out there in the market for forums??????

Thanks in advance!

#board #bulletin #recommendations #software

Adie 11 years ago

Vbulletin is still the best. There are a lot of forum scripts but I think function-wise, nothing can beat VB....
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reviewers 11 years ago

vBulletin is good but phpBB is free.
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Danny Cutts 11 years ago

I use vbulletin... if your serious about building a big community then do be tight :-)

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SteveSRS 11 years ago

vBulletin is old... but still ok and 'expensive'
phpBB is ok but slow as shit

SMF = faster and just as good as phpBB
VanillaForums = is nice and modern and very lightweight, however can sometimes be bit of a pain in the *ss modding..

I usually go with the one of the last 2.
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Wack0 11 years ago

Why has nobody mentioned MyBB yet? It's free also, and is extendible with plugins like wordpress is..
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Danny Cutts 11 years ago

Smf was terrible... I moved from smf to vb because it was flexible I started making a fortune when I moved....

Vb5 is looking pretty good...

Also be aware that facebook is killing a lot of forums

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- born2drv 11 years ago
  
  Thanks everyone for the advice, I'll check out the other ones suggested....
  
  Originally Posted by Danny Cutts
  
  Also be aware that facebook is killing a lot of forums
  Danny
  
  How is facebook killing forums? Just curious?
  
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  Danny Cutts 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by born2drv
  
  Thanks everyone for the advice, I'll check out the other ones suggested....
  
  How is facebook killing forums? Just curious?
  
  Lots of people are just socialising on facebook rather than forums....
  
  I have seen lots of forums close due to this
  
  Danny
  
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CyberAlien 11 years ago

I'd recommend sticking with either vBulletin but if you definitely want to change then I'd recommend taking a look at MyBB - I've used it for years and love it.
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AlexGeorge 11 years ago

There are a lot of forum software's out there to choose from. vBulletin is probably the most popular choice and is a very professional option. You have free options like MyBB and phpBB which are also good. I would say go for vBulletin if you can, but if you can't afford it you could use one of the free options and convert to vBulletin later on.
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Danny Cutts 11 years ago

I moved from smf and went to vbulletin when I had about 150,000 posts and it was a big headache :-)

I also changed the domain as well in the move :-) It was a high risk strategy but paid off extremely well for me :-)

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imranbutt 10 years ago

Go ahead with MyBB, it's free, easy & secure forum software. i'm using it since 2008 & have no issues.
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suomsavieth 10 years ago

good to hear that.
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suomsavieth 10 years ago

It is very good, indeed?
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Michael Franklin 10 years ago

Not only is VBulletin loaded with features and customizable but their support is excellent. You will probably start with some support issues when first getting off the ground so this is very important to keep in mind!
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