web docta
10-13-2002, 09:08 PM
Does anyone have a YAAB Forum set up? I've been reluctant to use it , as it seems slow compared to Invision or phpbb.
 | View Full Version : YAAB Forum seems slow. Incognito 10-13-2002, 09:13 PM YABB is a cgi/perl forum and for that reason is unacceptable to most hosts. There are too many good forums such as the ones you mentioned. web docta 10-13-2002, 09:16 PM Thanks for the reply, I'm new to forums, can you explain why Perl is unacceptable by most hosts? jayjay 10-13-2002, 11:06 PM Perl based forums are resource hogs. DotComster 10-14-2002, 05:36 AM YABB is also a flat forum I think. I got a warning about it from VO a while back for some of my virtualy hosted clients - moved them to the VO dedicated- but still a bandwidth hogs. Some turned to phpBB and no more problems. TedS 10-14-2002, 06:42 AM Originally posted by web docta Thanks for the reply, I'm new to forums, can you explain why Perl is unacceptable by most hosts? Perl when used as cgi (and like any other interpreted CGI) has to litterally be read, processed and almost compiled every time a user requests it. The more interpreted cgi scripts on a server (or the more hits to those scripts), the more load they take. This is why people use things like mod_php and mod_perl. By including php/perl/etc... as web server modules much more efficient database connections and script caching can tak place avoiding the normal needed to run a script from ground 0 and up for every request. If you notice your cgi scripts slowling down, make sure you are using an optimized database (such as a well layed out mysql, postgre or oracle db) and install mod_perl, mod_php or whatever other module you need to allow that language to run faster and more efficiently. indyjon 10-14-2002, 02:03 PM I use the php version of Yabb with no problems. I have hosted a few Yabb (PHP type) forums on my RAQs and on my P3s with no problems. daveman 10-14-2002, 02:48 PM Check out YaBBSE, the PHP and MySQL port of it. http://www.yabb.info jolly 10-14-2002, 06:27 PM Is there any forum better than phpbb. UH-Matt 10-14-2002, 06:36 PM http://forums.unitedhosting.co.uk - thats yabb but i messed around with the code quite a bit to fit in with our site. I would recommend phpBB or VB over it.. but we didnt want many features - Yabb provides a similar forum without all the stuff i would have to disable on a more complete board, i love it. greatbeast 10-14-2002, 06:42 PM I find PHPBB to be one of (if not the) best forum out there. UH-Matt 10-14-2002, 06:50 PM greatbeast : completely agree! (vb beats it just a little - but phpBB is free!) my point was if you want a really slimmed down version, then yabb owns ;) |