The Ultimate Webmaster's Debate

[aRedMoon]

The ULTIMATE Webmaster's Debate


...which is best forum?!


Invision Power Board (IPB) <-- https://www.invisonboard.com
phpBB <-- https://www.phpbb.com
vBulletin (vB) <-- https://www.vbulletin.com
MyBB <-- https://www.mybboard.com/
Yet Another Bulletin Board (YaBB) <-- https://www.yabbforum.com
Simple Machines Forum (SMF) <-- https://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

 

[PichuSecretBase]

I'm too lazy to PM you so https://php-post.co.uk

Uhm anyway I like myBB the best. It's easy to work with. SMF looks pretty cool though

 

[Morkula]

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.

 

[Claire]

I've only used the top 3 on the list, but i prefer vBulletin out of all of them ^^ the mod/admin panels are easy to use, and you have a lot of freedom ^^

 

[aRedMoon]

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. ^_^

 

[Kipkip]

I really don't like any of them. They all have things I like and things I don't like. But I like phpBB because 1) it's open-sourced 2) hacks 3) has nice themes.

 

[AZSupraT]

Um, this shouldnt even be a questionable subject in my book. vB hands down.

 

[Umbreon14]

phpBB is the easiest to use IMO.

 

[PichuSecretBase]

I don't like vB. Most of them are too complicated. In fact.. does anyone know a very simple forum software..? With PMing for sure!

 

[aRedMoon]

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.

 

[PichuSecretBase]

phpBB is anything but simple @_@

 

[Imakuni?]

vBulletin - #1 i <3 its skinning sustem
Invision - was the best free
SMF - currently the best free one

 

[ChibiChibiPichu]

I like phpBB the best.. but then again I'm lazy and my server automatically installs it for me :D Ah, hail the laziness!

 

[Morkula]

myBB is good because it's almost exactly like a vBulletin, but free. It's a little bit buggy now, but it hasn't hit final release yet.

 

[kyo]

i don't like phpbb, ipb i love it i personally think is the best but now is paid only, smf is good but still prefer ipb, never used vbulletin c-panel so i don't have anything to say about it, mybb is good but still prefer ipb, yabb i liked is easy to skin, so i go with ipb.

 

[aRedMoon]

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

 

[kyo]

thats the thing is too simple, is lack on features, and you got to kill time to make it great, people even need to add a hack so you can make somebody super mod,i just hated.

 

[aRedMoon]

SMod is easy, just mod them in all the forums. XD

 

[PichuSecretBase]

For my forums it's just a very small quaint forum so thats why...

and phpbb has a ton of files >>

 

[Spectrum]

vBulletin, hands down. It's a shame I don't have the money to buy it. xD