Hi,

 

Im actually thinking of doing my own forum (Photography Forum)

 

Noticed this is IPB and wondered what peoples opinions were about the best forum software?

 

I would prefer free (smf, mybb, phpbb3 etc etc)

 

Matt

I've only had experience with phpbb, but I've got no complaints about it to be honest. Can be a bit fiddly at first, but certainly does the job.

Hi,

 

TBH ive had a dabble with SMF, PHPBB3 and MYBB and found this:

 

SMF - Nice looking, easy to administrate but doesnt seem that powerful

PHPBB3 - Nice looking, confusing admin panel and terrible permissions

MYBB - A bit weird looking in ways, looks powerful enough and the mybb support forum is absolutely terrible.(very cocky, mouthy admins)

 

 

I was going to try IPB but its chargeable and dont want to pay for something to find out i dont getg on with it.

 

Matt

I have only ever used IPB and it was spot on, plenty of plugins to do what you need it to do and good support.

IPB all the way, it's brilliant. You only have to pay once for a license, and you can use it forever. There are tonnes of forums around for free mods and free skins, it's really customizable, powerful, everything.

Hi,

 

I might use ipb actually as this forum look nice. I once saw a mint theme for ipb that had reflective avatars and cant remember. It was £15 i think but looked amazing!

 

Matt

IPB is the greatest.

IBP is awesome. Vbulletin isn't too bad, if you're going for a free forum, PHPBB has a great backing community.

IPB / vBulletin if you don't mind paying. If you want free software then I'd recommend Vanilla

Among the open-scripts one, I have used both phpBB3 and SMF. phpBB3 always takes the lead. It has got more mods, themes etc. On the other hand, SMF doesn’t give you much features as compared to phpBB3.

Demo : forum hosting

IBP is the coolest one.