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01-12-2007, 11:49 AM #1Junior Guru
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Free forum software?
Hello everyone.
I'm going to create forum. But I haven't money enough to get paid one.
What free forum software can you recomend?
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01-12-2007, 12:16 PM #2LORD OF THE RINGS
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I would recommend phpbb forum. Not as good as commercial forums though.
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01-12-2007, 12:22 PM #3Junior Guru
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Thanks for suggestion. Is it easy to install it?
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01-12-2007, 12:29 PM #4LORD OF THE RINGS
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Are you using any control panel like Cpanel? If so, it can be installed with 2-3 clicks.Otherwise, you have to manually download its tarball and install. Its a simple procedure and its instructions would be there in its INSTALL file.
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01-12-2007, 12:32 PM #5LORD OF THE RINGS
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Also, have a look on SMF forums that can be downloaded for free from http://www.simplemachines.org/
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01-12-2007, 12:39 PM #6Junior Guru
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Ok. Thanks again. I will check them out.
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01-12-2007, 12:44 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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SimpleMachines.org is much better than phpbb. Give them a try first.
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01-12-2007, 01:02 PM #8Ex-Hoster
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Try MyBB. It has more professional looking
http://www.mybboard.com/Kind regards
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01-12-2007, 01:11 PM #9Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by cyberturk
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01-12-2007, 01:16 PM #10Ex-Hoster
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Originally Posted by MTempsterKind regards
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01-12-2007, 05:47 PM #11Aspiring Evangelist
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i recommend smf. webinstall means installation takes like 2 minutes.
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01-12-2007, 07:02 PM #12Newbie
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Phpbb is still the most widely used free forum software !!
i like ipb though but its a licensed software !!
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01-12-2007, 08:54 PM #13WHT Addict
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Originally Posted by ize_linuxboy
I would second (or third?) the recommendation for Simple Machines Forum.Thomas Brenneke | Network Redux, LLC | http://www.networkredux.com
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01-12-2007, 09:28 PM #14Web Hosting Master
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PHPbb is my personal favorite, SMF is ok, but YaBB is a really really nice free forum.
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01-13-2007, 05:37 AM #15Newbie
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I had used both phpbb and smf, it makes not much different to me.
I am happy with both.
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01-15-2007, 06:55 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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phpBB is a security disaster and needs frequent urgent updates. If I was a newbie, knowing what I know, no way would I run it on my servers. I've actually removed it from Fantastico for that very reason on my servers.
SMF - aka www.simplemachines.org - is a much better option. While not as popular it has much more modular design and can be easily upgraded with only a few clicks if a security problem comes out, and modules can easily be added.
Hopefully phpBB will come out with something similar soon (ie an ability to upgrade easily from within phpBB) but at the moment they're just hopeless. Avoid them like the plague.
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01-15-2007, 10:39 PM #17Newbie
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my vote also goes to phpbb
granted, it may not be as good as vb or ipb, but it is easy to use and has lots of skins/hacks out there for it. easy install process too.
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01-15-2007, 11:57 PM #18Web Hosting Master
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Eh i still use phpbb on one site but its a pain in the *** when it comes to fighting spam bots even if you turn on the captcha and email validation. Also its limited in features and if you add new features be prepared to spend hours reinstalling those features if you have to do an update.
SMF rocks. I've been using if for a couple of years now and love it. Its comes with quite a few default features missing in phpbb. Also new features are written as plugins so you dont have to "usually" worry about screwing something up after an upgrade. The forum upgrades are also done automatically.
I do get a spam bot once in a while but that sonly if I have an open registration set up. If I set up captcha and email validation I dont get any spam bots. Thats not to say this will be so once SMF get more popular.
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01-16-2007, 03:32 AM #19Newbie
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Try out a few different ones such as phpBB and SMF and see which one you like using best.