Which Forum Do You Use?

[vic_msn]

Which portal do you recommend for use with IPB vBulletin,MyBB and phpBB.

[HostChart]

I voted for vBulletin. I'd say that beats anything on that list hands down.

[hpotamus]

I use both IPB and vBulletin. Voted for IPB.

[Skribblez]

vBulletin IMO is the best :) It's not hard to skin either ;)

[mightyb]

I used to be in love with phpbb... After switching to VB i have changed my mind. Its completely on the different level.

[GTAce]

Ummm....not sure what the thread creator was thinking...the poll asks for forum software, yet he asked about portal in his first post ;)

Using vB for forums and Drupal for my "portal" and I am happy as can be :)

[scylla]

IPB is always good.

[PoisonedX]

Tried IPB, PHPBB but now I only use vbulletin!

[juniorcj]

vBulletin easily, but not everyone wants to pay for it.

You can't go past phpBB for a free solution, just ensure you keep it well updated as it can be buggy.

[GTAce]

You can't go past phpBB for a free solution

Sure you can, it's called SMF ;)

[juniorcj]

SMF.. Im not familiar with that one. Or maybe I am but don't know the acronym.

Which forum is that?

[just-4-teens]

vbulletin, and i f i dont have money to buy a license each time, lately ive been using SMF

[gprime]

SMF.. Im not familiar with that one. Or maybe I am but don't know the acronym.

Which forum is that?

simplemachines.org

Its the evolution of the YaBB SE project. In otherwords, its a php version of YaBB but slightly more advanced.

Not as good as paid options obviously, but its one of the more noteworthy free options. Its generally regarded as the fourth major BBS for a reason.

[wkd]

I have been using IPB for a number of years now and so when I try a different board, I'm pretty biased since IPB seems more easy to me. Although I wish Invision would update their stuff more often.

[TheException]

I can't really choose just one... my top 3 are Vbulletin, IPB and PhpBB... I voted for IPB though because I'm currently using it right now.

[Notting]

I use SMF - Very good for my needs

[Jarritos]

i use IPB and i love it

[gprime]

Since I have 3 sites in pre-launch, technically none at the moment. Once launched:

2 vBulletin
1 CX-Board

[993ti]

Using phpBB for 2 smaller sites with IMportal
VBulletin for my main site with vBadvanced CMPS

[tintin]

vbulletin is the most powerful one to me .

[seolion]

Well I am using phpbb in two of my sites. I have tried smf as well, but I am not feeling it to be user friendly like phpbb. Phpb with mods like cspam, bot indexer mod etc are up to any requirement.

[albemarle24]

I use phpbb on 2 sites. I have 2-3 more forums in planning. Still undecided about switching to SMF. I had not so good luck with the old YABB so that's still in my mind.

[livingearth]

SMF -Simple Machines Forum
Free easy to set up. So far I couldn`t be happier....

[jawinn]

vB all the way

[phd]

I suggest to go for phpBB

[MatthewN]

I like vBulletin out of them all.

[mallguy]

vbullettin no competition. Reasons: SEO, skins, metas, plugins, integration, what more do you want?

[PC101]

Howdy,

I chose VB as it there are a lot more hacks available to it and it comes with more bells and whistles.

Lyte