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> Best Free Forum?
holytricks
post Sep 26 2006, 04:19 PM
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What do think is the best FREE forum software?

phpBB
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i like phpbb , because of the mods and skins.
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Sabot
post Sep 26 2006, 04:29 PM
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Free..

i like phpbb, but its got lots of exploits so i use smf.
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post Sep 26 2006, 04:33 PM
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QUOTE(Sabot @ Sep 26 2006, 09:29 PM)
Free..

i like phpbb, but its got lots of exploits so i use smf.



but smf doesnt have many themes and mods , unlike phpbb which big template shops stock.
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post Sep 27 2006, 07:15 AM
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I like phpbb mainly because i have my own template a good friend of mine gave me.... biggrin.gif Cheers~ Masta.

but phpbb is kinda hard to use... and SMF is pretty easy inside the admin panel...

im more fimilar with SMF because i was an Admin... of 1.. n they had 600 member's so it was a pretty fun experence.


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post Sep 30 2006, 09:08 PM
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well the best i would say phpbb.. There are lost of modifications you can add to is plus tons of themes you can download and install. I think it's kind of easy to use. Some features are hidden within the admin panel but it's easy to uses overall.


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post Oct 8 2006, 02:42 PM
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QUOTE(MAr!o @ Oct 1 2006, 10:08 AM)
well the best i would say phpbb.. There are lost of modifications you can add to is plus tons of themes you can download and install. I think it's kind of easy to use. Some features are hidden within the admin panel but it's easy to uses overall.
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In my opinion,SMF is the best Free Forum because it's giving a lot of features that some forum dont available and that easy to setup and manage!

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post Oct 9 2006, 11:34 AM
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QUOTE(holytricks @ Sep 26 2006, 10:19 PM)
What do think is the best?

i like phpbb , because of the mods and skins.
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Me too. Because the mods and the skins.
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post Oct 11 2006, 02:50 PM
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I don't know much about web based forums because I'm mainly a wap junky. I know a bit about wap forums though because as you probably know there is a stolen one circulating the web at the moment smile.gif


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post Oct 12 2006, 09:48 PM
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I hear pbpBB has a lot of bugs and is a targeted by hackers for it's ease.

I hear YABB is more secure, although I like phpBB better.

But the best free forum in my opinion would be SMF.

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post Oct 13 2006, 11:23 AM
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QUOTE(Firefox @ Oct 13 2006, 03:48 AM)
I hear pbpBB has a lot of bugs and is a targeted by hackers for it's ease.

I hear YABB is more secure, although I like phpBB better.

But the best free forum in my opinion would be SMF.

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phpBB is also included dude tongue.gif
I know that people don't chose for phpBB.
Because the security... But there are many hacks!
Only written for phpbb bugs and other security stuff.

Not many board software has this... unsure.gif


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post Oct 16 2006, 12:11 PM
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phpBB is a great community with its security staff. Because it being open source anybody is allowed to post security fixes and bug fixes.


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post Oct 18 2006, 11:00 PM
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phpbb is the best imo. gotta pay extra for good skins though
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post Oct 19 2006, 05:33 AM
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QUOTE(VIVAiceHost @ Oct 8 2006, 07:42 PM)
In my opinion,SMF is the best Free Forum because it's giving a lot of features that some forum dont available and that easy to setup and manage!

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I kind of agree with you on that. SMf Is a nice simple powerfull board. The only thing i don't like is that there is not a lot of templates and mods for it.


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post Nov 3 2006, 04:03 AM
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PHPBB free forum is good, but it is not good enought for big comunities... It is like unprofessional one...

Let's just think about it, SMF have great Admin panel, but don't have so many themes or templates... So, my choice is SMF... With SMF you can control big comunities... It is realy "easy to use" forum and it is free...

Third choice is to get in fight with law and use nulled vBulletin, or nulled Inovision Power Board... And when they catch you, you have to pay 10x of it's real price...


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post Nov 4 2006, 01:59 AM
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I tried many but I still landed on myBB.
Its All good.

XenoBB and UseBB are good too.
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