Is Vbulletin $160 better than phpBB?

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  1. joeychgo

    joeychgo Notable Member

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    #41
    Sorry - I cant trust a software platform that is hacked often, the company's SERVER gets hacked, and when I go to their website, they have a bunch of red 'x's -- (saw this a few weeks ago when I went to look)

    Everything surrounding PHPbb screams "We Dont Have A Clue!!"

    I havent seen PHPbb 3.0, so I cant comment on that, but they need to work on their image IMO.
     
    joeychgo, Jun 17, 2005 IP
  2. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    #42
    I'll have to disagree with you, Joey.

    Again, to my mind it's just not a "better or worse" thing. It's a matter of preference. If you buy a Lincoln and I buy a Jeep, is your vehicle better or worse than mine? It's neither, of course -- it depends on personal preferences and driving habits.

    I will admit that I'm considering switching one of my forums to vBulletin. But that won't be because of security or "don't have a clue" issues -- it will be because I'm starting to like one or two features of vBulletin and, at least for one of the forums, I think it might suit my needs better.
     
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  3. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #43
    Wait until you see the backend AdminCP (if you haven't seen it in vB before), you will switch all your forums. :)

    To be honest, besides price, I'm not sure what the advantage(s)of phpBB are. In truth, I had setup phpBB before vBulletin because phpBB was free, and on the surface, the differences didn't look like that much (it was before vBulletin 3). I ended up going with vBulletin when 3.0 came out though, and after seeing the backend at that point, I was kicking myself for not using it sooner.

    For phpBB administrators that have never administrated a vBulletin forum, I would definitely recommend you do the admin demo, because the best parts about vBulletin are stuff end users can't see:

    http://www.vbulletin.com/admindemo.php
     
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  4. The Sandman

    The Sandman Well-Known Member

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    #44
    Amen to that. Forums are about community, not which forum software powers them. And forum admins have much more to share with each other than debating which software product is "the best".

    DigitalPoint would still be DigitalPoint even if it was running on phpBB. It's the people, people.
     
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  5. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    Thanks for that URL, Shawn... that's actually very useful. I'll explore it at greater length this weekend.
     
    minstrel, Jun 17, 2005 IP
  6. noppid

    noppid gunnin' for the quota

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    #46
    Just write the damn check.
     
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  7. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    LMAO!

    I don't like making snap decisions unless I have too (and I already have to make too many of those). :D

    Besides, my next step was to hit you up for the purchase price :eek:
     
    minstrel, Jun 17, 2005 IP
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