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01-15-2004, 02:35 AM #1Web Hosting Master
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Bulletin Boards - Which is best?
I'm wondering what is the best free bulletin board to go with? I'm going to be buying vBulltin but I want something to tie me over. I'll need it to be able to convert to vBulletin when I buy it. It'll be a few weeks before I'm able to obtain vB but I want to look at possible layouts and just see a board in action. What do you guys reccomend for this?
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01-15-2004, 02:37 AM #2Blue, Furry and Comfortable
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I personally like Invision Board for a free software. Easy to use and quick to get installed.
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01-15-2004, 02:50 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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And I can convert Invision Board to vB?
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01-15-2004, 02:59 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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01-15-2004, 03:00 AM #5Blue, Furry and Comfortable
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Their is some documentation in the vBulletin site about it, so i would guess so. Good question to ask them though
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01-15-2004, 05:55 AM #6Web Hosting Guru
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IPB is no long free, isn't it?
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01-15-2004, 07:21 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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Re: Bulletin Boards - Which is best?
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I'm wondering what is the best free bulletin board to go with? I'm going to be buying vBulltin but I want something to tie me over. I'll need it to be able to convert to vBulletin when I buy it. It'll be a few weeks before I'm able to obtain vB but I want to look at possible layouts and just see a board in action. What do you guys reccomend for this?• WLVPN.com • NetProtect owned White Label VPN provider •
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01-15-2004, 07:33 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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Nothing compRES TO vBulltin
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01-15-2004, 09:11 AM #9Aspiring Evangelist
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Use phpBB. There are convertors from phpBB to vBulletin and vise versa.
..and Invision isn't free anymore. But it doesn't matter - it ugly and ovecrouded so i would never use it anyway.
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01-15-2004, 02:30 PM #10WHT Addict
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In you're gonna get it in a few weeks, then just wait for it. That's what I would do.
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01-15-2004, 02:37 PM #11Junior Guru Wannabe
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Invision Power Board is free still... you have to hunt on their site to find it, but you can get a free version or the fee version... not sure the difference.
Personally, I've used Invision, phpBB, and vB, and I think vB is well worth the money. I've also lived through a couple of migrations and would highly recommend you wait and do vB rather than migrate... it is not all that easy to do.
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01-15-2004, 04:46 PM #12WHT Addict
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VB is numero uno.
PHPbb is second best.
Invision gets a bronze medal.
The grandfather of all current web boards - Matt's WWWBoard"It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop." – Confucius
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01-15-2004, 04:49 PM #13WHT Addict
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Has anyone ever heard of a person succesfully migrating from Discus 4.0 to VB?
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01-15-2004, 05:32 PM #14Web Hosting Master
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I would say pick 1 of the 2 choices depending on whether you want to pay or you want something free.
Paid: vBulletin
Free: phpBB2
I personally would just go with vBulletin.
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01-15-2004, 06:38 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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Re: Re: Bulletin Boards - Which is best?
Originally posted by Aussie Bob
Just go straight to VB. It'll save you some headaches down the track.
Invision is nice, but VB I think is what all of them aspire to be.
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01-15-2004, 10:10 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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I guess I should buy vB right away....it'll have to wait a bit cause there are other parts of the site I need operational first. But I guess thats what I'll do.
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01-15-2004, 11:09 PM #17Disabled
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ipb if you want something free
vB if you want the best
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01-16-2004, 12:03 AM #18Web Hosting Master
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Everyone seems to be with vB, I guess it's a really good board then.
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01-16-2004, 12:07 AM #19Junior Guru
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PhPBB is holding me over until I get VB.
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01-16-2004, 12:15 AM #20Web Hosting Master
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I've used phpBB a lot for some small things, I can already say I prefer vB but there is nothing wrong with phpBB and I thinks it's a good free alternative.
Michael
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01-16-2004, 12:18 AM #21Disabled
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yea phpbb is good too
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01-16-2004, 12:21 AM #22Web Hosting Master
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How easy if vB to skin anyway? Will it require much learning?
Michael
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01-16-2004, 12:31 AM #23Web Hosting Master
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Paid: vBulletin
Free: phpBB
vBulletin is simply the best forum software I've ever seen. I blew $200 on UBB.classic a while back, and I regret it.
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01-16-2004, 01:01 AM #24Web Hosting Master
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Well, most people seem to agree that it is the best and I don't think I've seen a vB forum that hasn't been custom designed so I'm guessing it's not that hard to make a custom style for it.
Michael
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01-16-2004, 01:57 AM #25Web Hosting God
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Well, v2.xx was easy to skin. I've only had a quick look at v3 and it scared the brown stuff out of me. It's a different animal and I don't think we'll be downgrading any time soon.
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