Forum Softwares

[Ivar T]

Here's an wikipedia article - Comparison of Internet forum software

 

I guess Helio only supports PHP with MySQL, so I click and get the list of known forum softwares with specific properties.

 

The three forum softwares getting all checks to abilities is (wikipedia articles):

 

Invision Power Board

 

NextBBS

 

vBulletin

 

I found the first and the last names familiar, but not the middle one and checked it out - seems like the software has many things that I am unfamiliar with from my experience with MyBB, including a pretty chat-like shout box that's kinda annoying when you try to scroll down the page with a scroller mouse button.

 

I shouted that I think there should a button that you click before you scroll that chatroom area.

[Ashoat]

Note that we also support ASP.NET, but there are some broken parts to it. Read the article on ASP.NET on our soon-to-be-released new website.

[AverageJoe]

You could also look into the free ones such as SMF and PHPBB. My favorite is SMF. Google them for more info.

[crazybmanp]

yea, phpbb offers full control over everything, you can change everything, and its easy to use, if you need forum software, use phpbb (you can install it from "fantastico de lux" on your control pannel)

[mahdideveloper]

vBulletin is professional forum and best selection for helionet .

I experience this that's very good work and powerfull what's your opinion about this.

 

[AverageJoe]

I would say SMF. To me SMF is the Firefox equivalent of a forum software. It has tons of add-ons/extensions. My favorite one is tinyportal. It has tons of themes, as well, which are just as easy to install as the extensions.

 

You can install SMF from the fantastico deluxe as well.

 

Joe

[Ashoat]

I think that IPB is the best, but I'm pretty biased on this subject

[Diggsey]

I've liked all the PhpBB forums I've visited

[Wizard]

Yeah, I really like IPB as well, it was used for the first forum I ever visited and I used it for the first forum I ever created.

[Ivar T]

I tried on nextBBS, I might stick with it for simplicity's sake.

 

It might not be that user-friendly, when I changed Forum Language Index from "en" (English) to "no" (Norwegian) the whole forum crashed - including the interface where I changed that property.

 

I had to go into the database to change it back to "en". I later made a plug-in for norwegian langauge though, which I've posted on nextBBS's board.

 

Here's a screenshot of the admin CP:

 

 

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whaa.... you can't preview quick replies in IPB????

 

Oh wait, "More Options", not that intuitive. ;-)

[Ashoat]

I rarely use the "Preview" feature. What I generally do is "Add Reply", and then proofread and "Quick Edit" to fix mistakes.

[Trippin]

I use the fast reply, but very very rarely use the preview feature. Only time I have is if I'm making a really long post and/or a post with a lot of formatting.

[Ivar T]

I guess I'm using the preview feature alot because the forum I hang on the most have disabled their abused edit feature.

[CriBaby]

PHPBB > IPB > SMF

 

That's just my opinion. I've found PHPBB the easiest to use, IPB is a close second but I don't much like the layout, and SMF has just been difficult.

[PerfectChaos]

I like vBulletin and SMF better than IPB, I think IPB doesn't have enough flexibility. But that's just my opinion.

So:

vBulletin == SMF > phpBB > IPB for power and control.