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<blockquote data-quote="RNDdave" data-source="post: 337925" data-attributes="member: 20405"><p>vBulletin is only for serious forums - the type that will have huge number of members (thousands) in my opinion. You have to pay for it - so unless your making money from your board/site or like I say - you have a massive number of users and need the extra manageability - then it's not really an option - unless you can get someone else to pay for it of course (handy if your making the board for a company or university or something)</p><p></p><p>IPB also requires you to pay for it. (I think)</p><p></p><p>phpBB is rock solid if you know how to get it that way AND make sure you stay on top of the updates - but it is maybe a lot of work - I've used it in the past but not for a while - so not sure on latest version. </p><p></p><p>SMF - not used - but heard good things</p><p></p><p>Snitz Forums is cool and allows for a lot of admin options - but is ASP - there is no reason for that to be a problem - I just don't like ASP...</p><p></p><p>Anyway I have 2 websites for you to check out:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_forum_software" target="_blank">Comparison of Internet Forums</a> <em>wiki - might give you some more ideas</em>.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.opensourcecms.com/" target="_blank">OpenSourceCMS</a> <em>If you scroll maybe half way down the page - the menu to the left has an option for forums - click it and you will get a list of FREE forum software that you can try on that website - so you get to see admin features etc - you will however need to find a host if you decided to use one of those FREE forums - I recommend you try it - at least you will be able to see what admin features are available. See how to setup forums etc - HIGHLY recommended site</em></p><p></p><p>EDIT:</p><p></p><p>I thought I'd have a look at freebb and I can't get anything to work - I try signing up - the page is unavailable - I try testing - page unavailable - You may find that it's freeBB that's the problem rather than anything else </p><p></p><p>As a side note - when I tried to create a free forum (to see what options were available) it sent me to 86.freebb.com <- didn't you say that was yours?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RNDdave, post: 337925, member: 20405"] vBulletin is only for serious forums - the type that will have huge number of members (thousands) in my opinion. You have to pay for it - so unless your making money from your board/site or like I say - you have a massive number of users and need the extra manageability - then it's not really an option - unless you can get someone else to pay for it of course (handy if your making the board for a company or university or something) IPB also requires you to pay for it. (I think) phpBB is rock solid if you know how to get it that way AND make sure you stay on top of the updates - but it is maybe a lot of work - I've used it in the past but not for a while - so not sure on latest version. SMF - not used - but heard good things Snitz Forums is cool and allows for a lot of admin options - but is ASP - there is no reason for that to be a problem - I just don't like ASP... Anyway I have 2 websites for you to check out: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_forum_software]Comparison of Internet Forums[/url] [i]wiki - might give you some more ideas[/i]. [url=http://www.opensourcecms.com/]OpenSourceCMS[/url] [i]If you scroll maybe half way down the page - the menu to the left has an option for forums - click it and you will get a list of FREE forum software that you can try on that website - so you get to see admin features etc - you will however need to find a host if you decided to use one of those FREE forums - I recommend you try it - at least you will be able to see what admin features are available. See how to setup forums etc - HIGHLY recommended site[/i] EDIT: I thought I'd have a look at freebb and I can't get anything to work - I try signing up - the page is unavailable - I try testing - page unavailable - You may find that it's freeBB that's the problem rather than anything else As a side note - when I tried to create a free forum (to see what options were available) it sent me to 86.freebb.com <- didn't you say that was yours? [/QUOTE]
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