I need a new forum system, but what?

Started by perthskies December 2nd, 2004 12:17 AM
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perthskies

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Perth, Western Australia
Seen December 7th, 2013
Posted November 20th, 2013
339 posts
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I need a new forum system for my site. Previously I've been using forums that have were hosted by the company itself. First it was ProBoards... they were quite OK, and we nice and simple. However, the minimum 13 years of age rule on all their boards was quite inappropriate since my forum does concern some younger members, being an anime forum. So we moved to InvisionFree.. things looked good, until some stupid moron reported my board in (frequent spammer, and just trying to get revenge since I banned him. Appearantly he spams because he's depressed, but I'll stopt here.)

So InvisionFree has that rule too, and well, I'm simply thinking of moving boards again or just uploading a forum to my site server.

Please, tell me what's a good forum system that's easy to set-up? If I install forums on my own site server, does the 13 year old rule apply? On InvisionFree, I had to enable COPPA registration system as advised by the staff, but I seriously DOUBT that people will go through that much trouble. I just want to make a forum, and get it all right at the start in setting it up by appearance and forums, and just get on with my own site, not to worry about these problems.

Any help would GREATLY be appreciated.



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PGN

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Seen September 15th, 2007
Posted July 17th, 2007
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There are a few other forum systems, such as:
MyBB
vBulletin (Costs money)
phpBB (Has the COPPA thing)
SMF (Simple Machines Forum)


...Incase you didn't know, you don't have to do the COPPA thing on your board if you don't live in the USA...
Ilex Forest
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Posted June 9th, 2014
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SMF rocks, you know that Vic, you've been on RXN. Use it :P.


"One reason why mathematics enjoys special esteem, above all other sciences, is that its laws are absolutely certain and indisputable, while those of other sciences are to some extent debatable and in constant danger of being overthrown by newly discovered facts."
Albert Einstein

"What science can there be more noble, more excellent, more useful for men, more admirably high and demonstrative than mathematics."
Benjamin Franklin

"Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of paintings or music, yet sublimely pure and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show."
Bertrand Russell

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ANNOY ME AT YOUR PERIL. I am becoming increasingly tired of the unmanly elitism and closed-mindedness of certain members who shall remain unnamed.

Kipkip

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Posted October 18th, 2005
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vBulliten rocks, I wouldnt ever chose anything over it, its only like 100 bucks anyways
You talk like people here can get 100 bucks easy. Well, I can't.
phpBB is my favorite forum becuase of the really cool hacks. It dose have the COPPA thing, but you can always turn it off.
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Posted February 27th, 2005
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Older versions of phpBB didn't give you the option of turning off COPPA, I believe. I always just changed the source files so that the age variable was always set to the >13 option, while only having one "I agree to the terms and conditions" option without the age junk.

phpBB is incredibly easy to modify.

aRedMoon

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Posted September 10th, 2013
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You might want to check out the Debate thread.
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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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proboards is a stripped down version of YaBB, which SMF is based on.
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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...
Age 34
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Posted February 27th, 2021
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proboards is a stripped down version of YaBB, which SMF is based on.
well smf is really based on yabbse and yabbse is based on yabb, and proboards, was made by one of the developers, still for me, yabb is better than proboard, yabbse is better than yabb and smf is better than all of them, but now i like mybb more, is easy to modified and good group and admin permissions.
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And Vic, I tried to force you to be hosted by RyuX so you can have ten million databases if you want but you refused. :P


"One reason why mathematics enjoys special esteem, above all other sciences, is that its laws are absolutely certain and indisputable, while those of other sciences are to some extent debatable and in constant danger of being overthrown by newly discovered facts."
Albert Einstein

"What science can there be more noble, more excellent, more useful for men, more admirably high and demonstrative than mathematics."
Benjamin Franklin

"Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of paintings or music, yet sublimely pure and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show."
Bertrand Russell

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ANNOY ME AT YOUR PERIL. I am becoming increasingly tired of the unmanly elitism and closed-mindedness of certain members who shall remain unnamed.

aRedMoon

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Posted September 10th, 2013
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RyuX is JA's network of sites -> http://www.ryux.net


And most free hosts suck. v.v I was lucky when I got Elixant. <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...