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CubanLinx2
May 27th, 2007, 05:23
please help me decide which one to use, which is better and more reliable?
Jale
May 27th, 2007, 10:06
Both systems are really good, the one with most features is vBulletin (this forum), just that phpBB is free (at least the one I tried is) and vBulletin is not.
alcoatjez
May 27th, 2007, 21:05
VBulletin is pretty expensive, so I would suggest you use phpBB or SMF (http://www.simplemachines.org/).
RockY
May 28th, 2007, 05:05
vBulletin is a powerful and constantly updated. If you can afford it then get it.
CubanLinx2
May 29th, 2007, 04:34
thanks guys, but what about using free online forums like InvisionFree (Free message board hosting), ipbfree.com or proboards (which totally sucks). i think its the same just that with free, they do everything for you.
Jale
May 29th, 2007, 04:37
The only problem is that free boards won't let you do backups and they lack of features.
CubanLinx2
May 29th, 2007, 05:44
oh tell me about it damn im using proboards right now and it sucks really bad so i decided to switch to phpbb or some other professional board but cant anymore because im having problems with hosting the forum on a free web hosting server with mySQL and database, plus moding one of those boards takes forever.
Zach
May 29th, 2007, 11:36
Phpbb is free and you can do backups just fine last I checked
Jale
May 29th, 2007, 15:19
By the way, there's a bug with the latest version of phpBB. I think they fixed it.
CubanLinx2
May 30th, 2007, 05:40
screw phpbb or vbulletin, you can do so much with ipbfree.com boards aka invisionboard. its not even funny.
RockY
May 30th, 2007, 21:08
Another option

http://forums.ikonforums.com/index.cgi?act=ST;f=3;t=339
CubanLinx2
May 31st, 2007, 05:52
Another option

http://forums.ikonforums.com/index.cgi?act=ST;f=3;t=339

not bad, btw i just made a new forum with ipbfree, check it out and please register. it has an arcade and i'll be adding more mods.

http://www.hhn.xpt.net/

let me know what you guys think; any suggestions.
Famig
February 16th, 2009, 15:35
thanks guys, but what about using free online forums like InvisionFree (Free message board hosting), ipbfree.com or proboards (which totally sucks). i think its the same just that with free, they do everything for you.

InvisionFree is going out of date--you might want to try Forumotion.com instead. They generally look nicer and are easier to use.
ZjnMater98
November 8th, 2015, 04:26
hanks guys, but what about using free online forums like InvisionFree (Free message board hosting), ipbfree
Touko White
March 5th, 2016, 11:20
hanks guys, but what about using free online forums like InvisionFree (Free message board hosting), ipbfree
I first learnt forum moderation using a free forum maker, while they're good you don't have direct database access, FTP, etc...

If you want to get your community to properly grow, you should choose a good host which has an automatic installer, or you can install the package yourself. One free service I recommend (which is around a month old) is InfinityFree.net which is actually owned by someone from a forum I'm active on, it allows you to install phpBB, MyBB, SMF, AEF, XMB, etc. quickly and simply.

As for forum packages, vBulletin has been succeeded by XenForo somewhat, several of VB's developers are on XenForo and generally it is a more active project these days, although you're not able to run them on free hosts because they take up too much resources. If you're looking for a powerful free package, I recommend phpBB, it's flexible, fast, simple and advanced at the same time, although MyBB is easier to use.

~Cammy