I thought it would be a good idea for everyone to list any message boards that they know about, like phpBB, Vbulletin, etc. I'm gonna be making a new site soon, so I wanna explore all the possibilies, but I only know of a few. So, let's hear them! :)

Ikonboard http://www.ikonboard.com
YaBB http://www.yabb.com
Burning Board http://www.woltlab.de
phpBB http://www.phpbb.com
vBulletin http://www.vbulletin.com
WWW-board
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UBB http://www.infopop.com
ToastForums http://www.toastforums.com
ASP-Dev http://www.asp-dev.com
Snitz http://forums.snitz.com
Phorum http://www.phorum.com
Bord http://www.bord.com
OpenBB http://www.openbb.com
XMB http://www.xmbforum.com
Ultraboard http://www.ultraboard.com
CGI-Factory http://www.cgi-factory.com
UpperBoard http://www.upperboard.com

Invision Board - http://invisionboard.com

and there's InvisionBoard (http://invisionboard.com)

3 minutes too late ;)

Thanks guys, good work! I jsut foudn another one...

http://fud.prohost.org/forum/


Maybe we should have sorted them between free/non-free :cool:

I like Aborior's Encore Web Forum (http://www.aborior.com/encore/index.shtml).

IdealBB - http://www.idealbb.com

jelsoft.com vbulletin

another list:

~~~Free BulletinBoards/Forums
http://www.phpbb.com - phpBB2 (PHP, mySQL)
http://woltlab.de - wbb1 (PHP, mySQL)
http://yabb.info - YaBB SE (PHP, mySQL)
http://openbb.com - OpenBB2 (PHP,mySQL)
http://www.invisionboard.com - Ibforums (PHP,mySQL AND CGI)
http://forum.snitz.com Snitz Forum2000 (ASP)
http://www.phorum.org/ - Phorum (PHP + MySQL; open source)
http://www.xmbforum.com/ - XMB (PHP + MySQL)
http://www.minibb.net/ - MiniBB (PHP + MySQL)
http://www.mybboard.com/ - MyBB/DevBB (PHP, MySQL)
http://www.xmbforum.com/ - XMB (PHP, mySQL
http://www.simplemessageboard.com/ - SMP (CFM, MSsql)
http://www.lokwa.com/ - lokwaBB (PHP, Mysql)
http://www.mercuryboard.com/ - MurcuryBoard (PHP, MySQL)
http://edge-programming.com/eboard/ - EBoard (PHP)
http://www.smartbb.net/ - SmartBB (PHP, Mysql)
http://www.myboard.co.uk/ - myBoard (PHP, MySQL)
http://mybboard.com - DevBB (PHP, mysql)
http://www.versiforum.com - VersiForum (ASP)



~~~Free Remotly Hosted Forums
http://upperboard.com/
http://forums.asp-dev.co.uk/
http://www.xsorbit.com/
http://www.proboards.com/
http://www.ezboard.com/
http://forums.hostultra.com/
http://www.network54.com/
http://www.everyone.net/
http://www.mycool.com
http://www.guestforum.com/
http://www.voy.com/
http://www.dk3.com/
http://www.homepagetools.com/ultraboard
http://www.swiftsolution.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/
http://communities.msn.com/
http://on.starblvd.net/meet
http://forums.delphi.com/
http://www.suddenlaunch.com/
http://bb.bbboy.net/
http://www.eboards4all.com/

This forum seems to be really biased toward Linux PHP/mySQL. I probably reviewed a dozen or so ASP forums before when I was evaluating forums for a Win account, but I don't see 1/2 of those I reviewed here. If you want a list, check a scripting site such as hotscripts.com and go through their list of discussion boards.

I'm not sure biased is the word, however you're free to list the ASP ones you know of.

Theres some nice boards out there :)

UBB.Threads - www.infopop.com

You guys are missing the greatest ASP-driven one available. MegaBBS. It's at www.pd9soft.com and has a perfect ranking on Aspin. It's also free. :)

Nobody's heard of this or is using it??

ASP is suck :D

If those are the names I see at the bottom of websites, here are my opinions of visits and viewing of some message boards/forums. Sorry, if this isn't really what you were looking for.

GOOD = http://www.archeryinfonet.com/cgi-bin/ultimate/ultimatebb.cgi - Infopop Corporation UBB.classicTM 6.3.0 --- http://www2.huntinfo.com/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro&BypassCookie=true - Ultimate Bulletin Board (UltimateBB), Version 5.44b © Infopop Corporation (formerly Madrona Park, Inc.) --- http://www.hun*************/wwwthreads/ubbthreads.php?Cat= - Infopop UBB.threads™ 6.1.1 --- http://www.womenhunters.com/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi -Infopop UBB.classicTM 6.3.1.1 --- http://64.176.185.244/stafcgi/ultimatebb.cgi -infopop Ultimate Bulletin BoardTM 6.2.1 --- http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/ - vBulletin Version 2.2.8 --- http://www.primitivearcher.com/dc/dcboard.php - by Primitive Archer Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com


MAYBE - takes longer to load; when printing, waste of ink with all the graphics and such. http://www.thehunterslife.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=7 -vBulletin Version 2.2.8


POOR - Don't visit these often. I always get "An error has occurred in the script on this page" www.modernsportsmen.com > Forums - YaBB 1 Gold - Release --- www.huntri.com > Forums - YaBB 1 Gold - Release

Originally posted by JeremyV
ASP is suck :D

Only if you don't know how to use it and work with it. :)

Nobody's heard of this or is using it??

Hadn't heard of that 1 until now, I'll have to check it out.

Woltlab Burning Board v2...

awesome templating system - knocks the socks off vB

www.woltlab.de

Originally posted by Alex042


Hadn't heard of that 1 until now, I'll have to check it out.

Please let me know what you think about it. My friend wrote it. :)

Originally posted by NxTek


Only if you don't know how to use it and work with it. :)

ASP is and always will be suck :D :cool:

You have to admit, ASP was Microsoft's answer to PHP. :P PHP was first and in my opinion, the best. :P

Just like there are OS wars, there are programming language wars. :) Always have been, always will be.. heh.

Was PHP before ASP? Didn't know that.

I agree with JeremyV. ASP is slow, Snitz is slow (open connection, etc). Test it in 56kbps.


The best is php BB.

Access is slow. SQL is not, ASP is not. It takes a bit more processor to run but if it's optimized correctly is as fast if not faster.

Originally posted by JeremyV


ASP is and always will be suck :D :cool:


you dont use asp much i take it? asp is good along with php too different purposes.

Originally posted by NxTek
Just like there are OS wars, there are programming language wars. :) Always have been, always will be.. heh.

Was PHP before ASP? Didn't know that.


ASP was before PHP, if oyu want proof ask. Go over to webmonkeyradio and they have a interview with rasmus lerdorf (I think thats how you spell it?), he talks about how it was created and specificly says asp was before php, real interesting interview talks to the guys from zend too.

Originally posted by NxTek
Access is slow. SQL is not, ASP is not. It takes a bit more processor to run but if it's optimized correctly is as fast if not faster.

i agree access is slow. but mssql kicks mysqls ass any day.

Try accessing Active Directory with MySQL. :)

www.my1bb.com ;) (not for release)

Can we ammend that list or maybe add which of these forums eat up the least server resources and which ones are the monsters ...

Monster:
UBB

Anorexic:
vBulletin
Invisionboard