Free forum suggestions?

I'm about to start a PS3 related forum and need some forum software suggestions. Would like to stay away from phpbb as it looks a bit amateur ... is SMF any good?

 

IMO, SMF is much much better than phpBB and I would highly recommend it. I have one phpbb forum left which will be migrated to SMF soon.

 

Yeah I went with SMF, looks far better than phpbb

 

I am making a BBS too. I will tell you once it is complete!

 

I will definitely keep an eye on it Prateek.. do let us know when it's released to the public.

 

Amateur? Any forum with a default/stock theme and NOT a single thing done on it to make it unique looks amateurish. A well designed forum with features that are needed is far from amateurish in my book no matter the script.

So .. free forum suggestion .. anything you're capable to change and make it look nice. Any script is good once you have the skills to make it good. If you are not a skilled admin, then not even a 10 thousand dollars script will make your forums look less amateurish

 

I like MYBB, very powerful forum software.

 

i like yabb.

 

vBulletin is the best in my opinion.

I purchased 3 licenses already...Check out their testimonials page. lol

Hey, even digitalpoint uses vBulletin

Is the best!

 

There are lot of vulnerabilities coming in phpbb3 this can harm your server too. Better go for smf. I did seo for one of my client for free smf hosting.
ww.xp.tl/free_smf.html
you can contact him about this automated script may be he can help you out.

 

go for vBulletin

 

It's not free though and that was the one requirement I had.

 

Either SMF or MyBB will do.
I'm a fan of SMF, so imho it is the best
Good features, good security, helpfull community, some nice mods (although not as many as phpBB),...

 

phpbb IMO...

 

If you are going to use a free forum software I would recomend phpBB. Its fully developed to a way stable stage, its good, and easy to use. Other softwares are still in early development, I would suggest this.

 

buddy if you are aware of the vulnerabilities. One can get 1000s of vulnerabilities of phpbb on the net.

 

Another vote for SMF..
If you'd prefer the paid one, go w/ vBulletin

Forums comparisons

 

phpBB2 FTW - if you keep it updated, there's no problem.

phpBB3 isn't stable yet, but when it is, I'd go with that.

Invision and SMF are nice, too. Better support with phpBB, though.

 

patch is available after 24 hours or so and the exploit will released 24 hours b4. what if your site is been defaced or harmed within 24 hours of time.

 

No different from any other solution. :/