The Ultimate Webmaster's Debate

Started by aRedMoon November 28th, 2004 12:15 PM
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aRedMoon

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The ULTIMATE Webmaster's Debate


...which is best forum?!


Invision Power Board (IPB) <-- http://www.invisonboard.com
phpBB <-- http://www.phpbb.com
vBulletin (vB) <-- http://www.vbulletin.com
MyBB <-- http://www.mybboard.com/
Yet Another Bulletin Board (YaBB) <-- http://www.yabbforum.com
Simple Machines Forum (SMF) <-- http://www.simplemachines.org
[JKaizer reserves the right to take/add more forum software as they are PMed to him.]

Say your opinion, give your facts, and duke it out! >P
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Morkula

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Well, of course almost everyone's going to say vB's the best. But out of the others it's either myBB or IPB, IMO. SMF is absolutely the ugliest thing I've ever seen. phpBB is pretty, but that's it =/

I'd say myBB will be the best when it goes Gold, but for now I'll stick with my IPB.

aRedMoon

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Hmmm, vBulletin isn't all that good. It's really bulky, and some places, like the Forum Manager, take forever to load if you have a lot of forums.

I've always liked how phpBB looks...

SMF has awesome usergroups, though it's not as open as vBulletin.

IPB sucks overall.

And myBB looks like it'll be real good when it hits Gold. ^_^
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june 10, 2003 = registered at old pc
march 24, 2004 = registered at new pc
june, 2004 = modded ;;; august, 2004 = quit/fired (point of debate)
december, 2004 = banned ;;; december 2, 2005 = unbanned
june 10, 2008 = omg... five years!
june 10, 2012 = countdown to nine years on pc...

aRedMoon

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No, not really. o_O;;

phpBB would work for something simple like that. :P


And like I said, I like vB for the most part, but it's really bulky.
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june 10, 2003 = registered at old pc
march 24, 2004 = registered at new pc
june, 2004 = modded ;;; august, 2004 = quit/fired (point of debate)
december, 2004 = banned ;;; december 2, 2005 = unbanned
june 10, 2008 = omg... five years!
june 10, 2012 = countdown to nine years on pc...

aRedMoon

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Seen April 23rd, 2018
Posted September 10th, 2013
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phpBB is really simple. o_O How hard can it be? O_o


And vBulletin easily takes #1 for skinning. It is soooo easy. =3
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june 10, 2003 = registered at old pc
march 24, 2004 = registered at new pc
june, 2004 = modded ;;; august, 2004 = quit/fired (point of debate)
december, 2004 = banned ;;; december 2, 2005 = unbanned
june 10, 2008 = omg... five years!
june 10, 2012 = countdown to nine years on pc...

aRedMoon

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SMod is easy, just mod them in all the forums. XD
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june 10, 2003 = registered at old pc
march 24, 2004 = registered at new pc
june, 2004 = modded ;;; august, 2004 = quit/fired (point of debate)
december, 2004 = banned ;;; december 2, 2005 = unbanned
june 10, 2008 = omg... five years!
june 10, 2012 = countdown to nine years on pc...

Rukario

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hmmmm... hard choice here..
Paid: hands down vBulletin, of course!
for a free board, i'd have to say phpbb but only cause i'm somewhat familar with it.. (if php isn't an option, i suggest you use YaBB Gold)