PHPBB or vbulletin?

Thanks to everyone for the replies. Money is not the issue ... so i guess vb.
I was just asking to be sure ... since i want to grow the forum longterm.

 

Just wondering, how do you edit the PHPBB board, i tried to open the "index" with dreamweaver, but it just ends up as a blankpage? Or is it a different file, but i searched all the files that i downloaded from my host for my PHPBB folder.

 

why was it started in general marketing forum
well vb is better
and if you are going for free then go fore smf

 

Go for neither...get MyBB...best of both boards and it's FREE

 

vB>phpBB 3b>SMF

 

www.punbb.org

free, simple, great.

 

you can try mybb . it has similar properties (nearly same with vbulletin) and it's free

 

if you have money go for vbulitten, it is the best!

but then if you want free, then phpbb is the best

 

If you just starting a community, I would suggest to go for opensource rather than paid one. phpbb is most popular one in Open source.

 

use any software for forum now, jus make sure u have enough members that in future u can take paid versions.

 

I used Invision Power Board for about 3 years on forums i've ran in the past and it was absolutely amazing, however, i switched to vB not so long ago and i just find it even easier to do tasks in. Plugins and Mods/Hacks to tweak your board are much easier and the skinning templates are absolutely easy to use!

It is expensive, but it's worth the investment if you plan to run a large community. I would highly recommend going with a paid forum software if you're planning to run a fairly busy forum, just incase anything happens, you know you're secure for upgrades, support and any assistance when needed by the team from vB.

Best of luck with your venture.

 

VB of course, but it costs so much! PHPBB hasnt got the security VB has either.

 

VB if you don't mind shelling out the cash.

 

I opened and IPB forum. I had doubts betweeb IPB and VB but I went for the first one. I don't like the structure of the Vb's although that from what I read they are more Seo friendly. Good luck!

 

If you want a simple forum, with very simple stuff and easy to modificate yourself(with PHP knowledge) You should get PHPBB.
But if you're starting a big forum and you don't know a lot of PHP, I'd say, use vbulletin.

 

Then just go w/ vB You won't need to deal w/ spam

 

well phpbb is nothing less in SPAM protection. You can easily deal with SPAM in phpbb too. and jessica12 .. vB can also be spammed with Xrumer and other Spamming softwares.

 

vBulletin is much better.