I have an organisation that needs to the best forum software that has a low CPU impact and the database is not easily corrupted. Is there a forum software that hosts with years experience find the best for a heavy traffic site. (ie 100 users on line)

Thanks

vbulletin is one of the better forums available on the market.

If you dont mind paying then go for VBulletin as its by far the best.

If your looking for free software then consider Invision or phpBB.

I would recommend vBulletin, then phpBB.

vBulletin then phpBB & YaBB SE.

IBforums rules!

-- VBulletin.Com
-- InvisionBoard.Com
-- PHPBB.Com

Lowest CPU usage? IPB being the fastest, vB which handle pretty well and phpbb (without template caching) the slower of the trio

None will corrupt more or less, in fact none should. Since it's NOT related to the forum.
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Corrupted_MyISAM_tables.html

VBulletin--The best money can buy.
Second choice is either phpbb or invisionboard.

I hear Wolf Labs or something is quite resource efficient. I personally purchased a vBulletin license. There are many threads concerning the issue of forum software so you might want to try the search option, I'm sure you'll receive some decent threads :)

vBulletin - best commercial forum software

InvisionBoard - best free forum software

For now VBulletin is the best but there are always new products coming out that could be better.

As for Invision, I think it's funny how their resource usage is not all that light and many remarks have been made about how many members it could sustain at one time online. Invision's answer to this? Change the current members online statistics to include the last 30 minutes instead of the previous 15 minutes. :D

If it's free you want go for phpBB, there is a great support community there and you don't need to register your forum to get support. It's open source...

i'm actually using webwizard forums. it's in ASP and is surprisingly easy to addon to and works quite well. i've had no issues with it, and install is a easy. I'm not a real fan of PHP forums, so this forum works great for me.

Free and Easy - www.invisionboard.com

I would recommend VBulletin , it's the best forum software in my opinion , and if you don't want to pay to buy vbulletin I would highly recommend phpbb


good luck

http://www.soompi.com/forums
http://idolforums.com
soompi had IBF running until someone recommended "some purple board", they bough a licence, converted/installed it and BOUM, killed the server, didn't took long to came back to IPB :p

At least it show activities based off the past X minutes, not like some purple board hiding it ;) (no offence!)

Originally posted by Daijoubu
http://www.soompi.com/forums
http://idolforums.com
soompi had IBF running until someone recommended "some purple board", they bough a licence, converted/installed it and BOUM, killed the server, didn't took long to came back to IPB :p

At least it show activities based off the past X minutes, not like some purple board hiding it ;) (no offence!) Idolforums [Script Execution time: 0.1091 ] [ 10 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 5.47 ]

The other forums wouldnt show their server load but look at the execution time.[ Script Execution time: 1.5613 ] [ 11 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ]

Invision is not that *light* on the resources....

Depends on the hw behind it lol :p
But 0.1xxx for 5.x load is good o.O

soompi now have 439 and it loaded at:
[ Script Execution time: 0.1139 ] [ 11 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ]
They have safe_mode skin mode on though...adds 2 queries per page view, gonna help her fix that lol...

safe_mode would be on most shared servers...

If you're happy with .1x as execution speed then that's great.

From the Invision forum
[ Script Execution time: 0.1029 ]
[ 10 queries used ]

Wouldn't you rather have this though?
8 queries in 0.051 sec.


I know I would....

V Bulletin is the best but then i would say invisionboard over phpbb as i have had problems with the phpdb in the past

vBulletin is the best, but I feel there is a lack of mods, templates etc. phpBB has a lot more templates mods etc, but that is because it is a free board, and has many more users.

If your looking for free software i would recommend phpBB.

www.phpBB.com

Originally posted by Watcher_TVI
safe_mode would be on most shared servers...

If you're happy with .1x as execution speed then that's great.

From the Invision forum
[ Script Execution time: 0.1029 ]
[ 10 queries used ]

Wouldn't you rather have this though?
8 queries in 0.051 sec.


I know I would....
soompi is on a ded Dual Xeon 2Ghz with 2Gb of ram :emlaugh:
0.051 with that many online?
It's now at 399, [ Script Execution time: 0.0994 ] [ 11 queries used ]

phpBB... no neet to go for paid ones... this one is just too good!

vBulletin - best commercial forum software

InvisionBoard - best free forum software

Hello,

I am using VBulletin and am very pleased, I have also used phpBB, and was almost equally impressed with the features available. I would definitely say VBulletin is the best then phpBB.

I use phpBB all the time with over 300 mods installed it is a dream to configure for admins.

You can't do much with a vanilla phpbb, it's lacking many features
That's why you need to get 300mods :D

I would recommend phpBB. which has been around for years
now it is free at.

www.phpBB.com

Im leaning toward phpbb just becasue it interfaces with php Nuke(down the center of page)

But what about phpPOSTNUKE BB for phpPostNuke?

Are there many themes for Invision Board? Seems kinda plain from all the ones Ive seen

Last what about this one Not mentioned thats free XMB Forum at http://www.xmbforum.com/

Vbulletin.com and phpbb.com

too many hacks ad patches for you to say no, it does everything but making you coffee

Originally posted by Frotax
Im leaning toward phpbb just becasue it interfaces with php Nuke(down the center of page)

But what about phpPOSTNUKE BB for phpPostNuke?

Are there many themes for Invision Board? Seems kinda plain from all the ones Ive seen

Last what about this one Not mentioned thats free XMB Forum at http://www.xmbforum.com/ Forget XMB, that software is just riddled with security issues.

PnphpBB2 is the module you are looking for that integrates with PostNuke. It picks up the theme and Member tables from the PostNuke module so there are no separate skins and one login for both the PN site and the forums. It's a pretty sweet integration. Invision just doesn't work well with PostNuke integration....

Oh god, phpbb and Nuke (Well PostNuke is better than PHPNuke...)

Those who run PHPNuke with a downloaded skin shouldn't have a website in the 1st place ¬_¬ (Not talking about you TVI)
*Download and install a skin. Yay! I made a website! woohoo* pftttt yeah yead :rolleyes: /sarcasm
Most of them looks the same too...
Bloated and ressource hog (slow and unoptimized sql structure)
/rant

Originally posted by Lonny
Vbulletin.com and phpbb.com

too many hacks ad patches for you to say no, it does everything but making you coffee

MMMMM
Anyone care to write a mod so it will make coffee or tea.......
:D :D
I have also noticed that IPB are coming with a module called IPDynamicLite yet another instant website.

Go for vbullettin

Want a professional looking forum? Run vBulletin.

Want to look cheap? Run InvisionBoard or PHPBB.

IMHO

Are you saying running Apache is cheap too?
vB is using PHP, which is free, does it make vB looks cheap? No
It even use MySQL where IPB and phpbb works with MSSQL and others dbs as well...

Grow up dude, free doesn't necessery mean "cheap"
I hate those vB fans that think "You get what you paid for" :rolleyes:

Invision Board > vBulletin (if client wants it) -> phpBB

what about this new NS Nuke I believe its called. Supposed to be the end all to the Nukes. Any thoughts on it and its BBS?

I believe its already launched.

Originally posted by Watcher_TVI
safe_mode would be on most shared servers...

If you're happy with .1x as execution speed then that's great.

From the Invision forum
[ Script Execution time: 0.1029 ]
[ 10 queries used ]

Wouldn't you rather have this though?
8 queries in 0.051 sec.


I know I would....

http://soompi.com/forums fixed now :)
[ Script Execution time: 0.0366 ] [ 9 queries used ]

Greetings

I wonder how many of you Vbulletin folks..have used ubbthreads.

I beleive Ubbthreads EASILY beats Vbulletin especially in speed...

It's funny ..web hosts seem to say VBulletin is best...but major sites like A and E and Playboy etc say Ubbthreads :)

www.infopop.com

Vb > IPB > phpBB

Originally posted by oracleweb
Greetings

I wonder how many of you Vbulletin folks..have used ubbthreads.

I beleive Ubbthreads EASILY beats Vbulletin especially in speed...

It's funny ..web hosts seem to say VBulletin is best...but major sites like A and E and Playboy etc say Ubbthreads :)

www.infopop.com Infopop was the pioneer in the BBS market. It's not surprising to see they have retained a large part of the market share. However being first doesn't make you the best. Windows came before Linux but I wouldn't say Windows is a better server OS, in fact I'd say Linux is far superior....