Message Boards?

hi all,
a little question which everyone could help with. i have a MySql database ready for a message board. now i know there are different types, i have used PhpBB2 before.
i need to know which is the best considering

ease of use,
stablity,
reliability,
features.

i know there is the "invision power board" and "vbulletin" (something like thoses, i haven't reaserched) which is knows as the best and which would you suggest?

nothing wrong with phpBB compared to the bigger named ones. and
besides, it's FREE!

I searched for over three years to find a really good message board script. Since discovering phpBB, I ended my search. I'm not even going to try to find another, although I do have an ASP version that is based on it. I can't use it though, because I don't have the capability of using a SQL database where I want to use it. That's the only other one I would consider because it's essentially a mirror of this one.

I do like the looks of this one though:
http://www.12noon.net/forum/index.php?act=idx

I didn't look closely enough to see what he/she was using, but you could probably PM CasTiger and ask him/her what was used:
http://www.ozzu.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=667

Yeah its phpBB all the way! I've set up atleast three forums with it and it was beautifully easy each time.

I agree with phpBB although some would argue for vBulletin so you might like to look at that one also.

Aaron

I would say invision, but php is also good.

Vbulletin if you have the money.

phpBB sucks.

Seriously, Invision Power Board has as many, if not, more features than vBull and it definatly has WAY more features than phpBB. It is alot easier to setup and maintain.

It even has the ability to convert phpBB and vBull to IPB when setting it up.

you say a lot about this other one, and a lot of bad things about phpbb.

why is that? does ozzu not function well on phpbb? what options does
the other one have, phpbb doesn't, and ozzu needs??

a link would be nice as well.

Because my forum used to be phpBB, and it sucked ass compared to IPB.

well, just because your experience with it was bad, doesn't mean
everyone's is going to be. And you coming here and bashing the board
we use isn't productive, nor is it very mature.

I asked for a reason, not "cuz it sucked." I also asked you for a link, and
reasons why we should switch, however you ignored those requests.

I want to know why we should change the forum, when clearly it's
successful as it is.

My post was for the poster to use IPB, not to get this forum to change over, though it would be nice, especially since the skins used here are buggy and annoying.

I wasn't bashing your forums directly, I was saying how much better IPB is than phpBB so the user doesn't have to switch over later.
Why do you need "a link"? Don't know how to use google? http://www.google.com/search?q=invision ... 8&oe=utf-8

I also don't see why I should give you reasons to switch over. Most of the things are behind the scenes so it wouldn't affect me either way. Plus I just joined this forum last night because some moron on aim told me he owned this forum, then later said he knew the person who ran it. I just said whatever and joined cause I noticed some questions I could help with.

I can't say as I have experienced any bugs in the skin used here :-\

And I believe Unflux meant links to back up that IPB is "better" than phpBB, not just a google search for IPB. You are the one claiming it is better, so you are the one that should prove it, he shouldn't have to muddle out the information on his own because you say it's better. If you are going to completely dismiss phpBB, i'm sure the person who originally asked the question wants to know why other than "i had some problems". What kind of problems?

Last but not least, there is no contract upon registration, if you only signed up because some "moron" wanted you to, and you don't like it here, feel free to leave.

Hello class! Today's topic is constructive criticism. Constructive criticism does not include things like "it sucks ass". Constructive criticism includes saying you disagree with something, and then give POLITE suggestions on what could be changed. One does not bash if he offers constructive criticism, and one will not get bashed in return.








We are all web designers to some extent here, I believe we are capable of understand what goes on behind the scenes. You say that it has WAY more features then phpBB, how about some examples of these features?

And expanding on lostinbeta, who listens to morons? ....morons?

Why do I have to? All you have to do is go to their page and look at the information. It isn't hard to do. I don't see why I have to list the pages and pages of differences just so I back up what I said. All you have to do is put a little effort into it and check it out.

I also never said "I had some problems" with phpBB. I said I have issues with the skins here, and Unflux knows about them already.
Or you can realize this is the internet and not everything posted on the internet is serious or even matters.
Never said you weren't capable of understanding the "behind the scenes" of IPB. I just said most of the things to users is invisable.

Again, you are capable of checking out IPB yourself. I don't feel I should list the pages of differences/features just to prove a point on the internet when it doesn't even matter.
Must be why you're here

If you people would take some initiative and look on IPB's website, we wouldn't be having this discussion.

Nah we would still be having this discussion because you blatently criticized phpBB without giving any real reasons, there for you would still look like the moron that sent you here.

And by the way, google led me here, so if google is a moron we are all going to die.