VB is very popular.

mrgilb — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:12:42 +0000

VB is very popular.

I choose IPB, I use it on 3

Niceplot — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:23:00 +0000

I choose IPB, I use it on 3 of my sites. I have admined large Vbulletin forums before but honestly I just decided to go with IPB as a personal choice and really enjoy the new version.
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cpellizzi — Mon, 29 May 2006 04:04:31 +0000

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.

RuStySC — Mon, 29 May 2006 02:40:44 +0000

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

WebMaster94 — Sun, 28 May 2006 00:10:04 +0000

Sorry, but I don't use either of those, but from what I've heard vBulletin is pretty good.

cruzader — Sat, 27 May 2006 17:03:17 +0000

i dont know but i use phpbb

etech-peter — Tue, 23 May 2006 12:02:17 +0000

Go for vBulletin, it has more features than IPB and there is not much difference between yearly license fees of vBulletin and IPB.

JeevesBond — Tue, 23 May 2006 10:06:44 +0000

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!

Megan — Mon, 22 May 2006 14:24:06 +0000

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.

Lord Maverick — Mon, 22 May 2006 13:16:22 +0000

I choose IPB.