I like Simple Machines Forum better than Vbulletin

I recently purchased Vbulletin and I was not impressed. The system is not as user-friendly as Simple Machines and it's harder to find what you need. Most of the functions you need are on Simple Machines Forum. Why should I pay $160 for a system that is harder to use?

 

Vbulletin is secure, regularly updated with easy to use moderation pane,

You will get used to vb soon... its the best

 

I had VB on my biggest site for about a year...it was terrible. I converted to mybb and was able to build up the site traffic again. I just recently sold the site for $xx,xxx.

 

Hello,

I don't think you've been able to explore the vBulletin forum platform, I agree it may be quite hard at the beginnign however once you get used to it you won't be able to get used to other platforms, that happened to me.

I've had MyBB and I dislike its' templates and modifications, lack of contributors, makes the software look bad and that's one of the reasons it doesn't have lots of users.


- Meti

 

so isn't SMF.
however, VB is a better solution if your willing to pay for it.
SMF rocks!

 

vB is way better... u just need to get used to it

 

You must be crazy to think SMF is better, VB is 100 times better in my opinion!

 

I never liked SMF especially due to the "forum style", it just doesn't match my eyes. vB looks perfect and every feature is placed very well and makes a user feel welcome and vB seriously is a very user friendly forum platform.

- Meti

 

vBulletin is the best forum software out there, once you learn where everything is you will understand this.
SMF is good yes, but I think this is just the common thing about people not liking change going on here

It's the same when I moved...

Internet Explorer > Firefox
IPB > vBulletin
XP > Vista

Etc

Jac

 

Actually. vBulletin is a lot better!

 

I love both, vB and SMF. But I think vB is better, for all its amazing MODs

 

If you need to mod it, then its not the forums you are impressed with.

vB kills my server, and isn't overally user-friendly to the admin. I took a week to master mostly everything about it, but now it just idles there unused, I personally use MyBB, as I find SMF to simple, and not user friendly on the user's side.

BP

 

In My Opinion
VB Is Best
In Everything I Think VB Is Ahead From Others

 

???? VB = vBulletin, you don't see my abbreviation?

 

How is vBulletin a server hog? It's not.. SMF has way less code. You can easily edit stock vBulletin to run faster.

 

Well, when I was running vB on my old host, I used 40GB in 2 weeks, and after(when running MyBB), I never got close to using 30GB in a month. And I don't want to edit a lot of code to make it server friendly - if a forum software is over 4-5MB, I just won't use it anymore. That said, vBulletin is still a great software, its just not my cup of tea.

BP

 

I love simple machines, but VB is better for long term projects. Once you understand the system it is pretty straight forward. The worst bit is setting it up initially, after that it's fine. I have run 15+ large VB sites without issue. Sold most of those off now for a tidy sum

Just launched a new one last week but this time the focus is not on the forum... See Yourself out .com (without the spaces) runs entirely on vb, I could not have done it as easily (if at all) on simple machines.

So, if you want quality stick with VB, if you want simplicity (mini projects) go with SMF. A tool for each job as usual

 

SMF is fine for large projects, in fact it's SSI.php features give it an advantage over vB if you want to power your site using content from the forum.

I fail to see how you couldn't do seeyourselfout.com with SMF.

 

Show me some tightly integrated photo software with user permissions and bulk uploading that plugs straight into SMF, the account system, user privilages etc.

I may just switch if you can.

Yeah I could get something coded, but what is the point when I can save money and get more power?

 

hi all,
smf is good. It's free.
it has all features as in vb

thanks
raj