Comments on: Forums

By: vinka

vinka — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:22:42 +0000

tbh, the last forum was a pain in the ass to browse, it felt more like a guestbook than a forum.
a phpbb/vbulltetin forum where everything is familiar would probably be the way to get people to sign up and post.

as for features you don’t want, can’t they be disabled?

By: Mojoinit

Mojoinit — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:28:51 +0000

bring the old old one back. the one before the one with noone in :). that was better. just make it hackproof this time :D

By: geohount

geohount — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:02:04 +0000

phpBB3 doesn’t support HTML in posts, this kind of sucks… on the other hand, that’s what got us in trouble in the first forum wasn’t it?
The thing is; the last forum was basically empty, I remember checking it every other day and there was maybe one new post. In the end there was no activity for weeks! Don’t get me wrong I’m all for bringing the forum back, the question is if we really need it.

By: Christian

Christian — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:31:25 +0000

Yeah but do we need all these features? At leas with vanilla i can plugin whatever we need as we go along. Also, it’s pretty, and we like pretty ;)

By: Majsterek

Majsterek — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:23:04 +0000

YAY FORUMS! Lets just hope most of the previous residents are still kicking about.

By: Jambe

Jambe — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:25:02 +0000

Vanillla is pretty but it’s extremely feature-light. Your best bet in the FOSS space is phpBB3. I’ve been using it a lot lately; since version 3.0.6 it’s got most everything people expect from a forum system, and it surpasses Simple Machines in terms of ease of use (if not outright power).

http://www.phpbb.com/about/features/

If you’re going the commercial route I’d suggest Invision Power Board (IPB). It’s prettier than vBulletin, easier to customize, and has a more flexible mod system.

By: Viper007Bond

Viper007Bond — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:09:41 +0000

vBulletin is by FAR the best, however it isn’t free.