Well I have decided to buy forum software for my website.
In your opinion, which forum software is better? IPB, or VB?
-Rusty
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demonhale posted this at 23:17—21st May 2006.
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Vb... Imho
mscreashuns posted this at 23:32—21st May 2006.
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I've only used IPB as an admin, so I can say that it is great on both ends, but I've heard a lot more better reviews about VB.
teammatt3 posted this at 03:09—22nd May 2006.
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I'd go with vB because the biggest forums on the net use it. I would say it's the industry standard.
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Lord Maverick posted this at 13:16—22nd May 2006.
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I choose IPB.
Megan posted this at 14:24—22nd May 2006.
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I haven't looked into IPB that much but I've used it on a few other forums and I like it better than vB in a lot of ways. I guess it depends on what you can do behind the scenes. I do think that IPB looks and feels more modern than vB.
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JeevesBond posted this at 10:06—23rd May 2006.
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Seems to be a case of what you need it for. IPB is better in terms of looks and the code it produces, but vB's add-ons (or hacks) system is second to none. It allows you to add hacks without the worry of what you're going to do when you have to upgrade the product.
vB is the defacto standard, although it isn't standards compliant (neither is IPB, but is the lesser of the two evils). I haven't really used IPB but playing with their live demo ( http://www.invisionpower.com/ip.dynamic/products/board/demoaccount.html ) their Admin CP seems better organised. The vB demo is available at: http://www.vbulletin.com/admindemo.php
Otherwise both boards seem very similar!
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etech-peter posted this at 12:02—23rd May 2006.
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Go for vBulletin, it has more features than IPB and there is not much difference between yearly license fees of vBulletin and IPB.
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cruzader posted this at 17:03—27th May 2006.
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i dont know but i use phpbb
WebMaster94 posted this at 00:10—28th May 2006.
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Sorry, but I don't use either of those, but from what I've heard vBulletin is pretty good.
RuStySC posted this at 02:40—29th May 2006.
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What about for modifiying?
I'm moderatly php/mysql literate, and when I used to run a IPB 1.3.1 forum. I remember it was very easy to mod, and I wrote several of my own mods for it. In your experience, which board is easier/better to mod, IPB 2.x.x or vB 3.x.x?
Thanks for your replies;)
-Rusty
cpellizzi posted this at 04:04—29th May 2006.
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IPB and vB are both good. They have different features. As someone else mentioned, vB is like the industry standard.
Before you buy something though, I would suggest tht you also look into the free bulletin boards. Just to list a few that seem to be good:
http://simplemachines.org/
http://www.xmbforum.com/ - Never used this one
http://newsboard.unclassified.de/
You might also look at http://opensourcecms.com/. It has demos of all of the open source software. PhpBB 3.0 is also on its way, so keep an eye out.
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