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No Invision Power Board People here?

Discussion in 'vBulletin' started by gamecock, Jan 5, 2006.

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    Just curious, why just phpBB & vBulletin? Not that these are not two fine and capable scripts, but IPB is very good too. :p

    Why not Bulletin Board software or something like that?:confused:

    Any other Invision Power Board folks in the house? :)
     
    gamecock, Jan 5, 2006 IP
  2. Tuning

    Tuning Well-Known Member

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    I use a IPB here : India Forum

    Unfortunately IPB has a big duplicate content problem. I have tried to eleminte it using a modified sitemap, still IPB sucks. :(

    On the same time , I have use phpbb2 and it indexes better than IPB.
     
    Tuning, Jan 5, 2006 IP
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    Skribblez Notable Member

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    I agree, phpBB is a piece of crap :) It's just too easy to exploit and not worth bothering with.

    Maybe instead of calling it "phpBB & vBulletin" Shawn could just change it to "Forum Scripts" or "Bulletin Board Systems".

    The title is kind of misleading, look at the description:

     
    Skribblez, Jan 5, 2006 IP
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    dotboost Peon

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    Yes, i'm another IPB lifetime licensed fanatic. And indeed, i have problems with sitemaps, but i'll solve it in few days, with a home-made mod...
     
    dotboost, Jan 5, 2006 IP
  5. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    And this astute observation is based on what exactly? :rolleyes:

    Have you ever even used phpBB? Ever looked at the code? Know anything about it at all other than stuff you've read on forums?

    I admit that after the sad antics of the phpBB team over the past two updates I am seriously soured on what phpBB has become. That doesn't make it a "piece of crap not worth bothering about" though.
     
    minstrel, Jan 5, 2006 IP
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    Skribblez Notable Member

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    I knew someone was going to quote me for that.. :p

    Oh, and, yes I have used phpBB, and I've had many bad times with it. And nearly all new versions that are released will always have exploits distributed for in a few days/weeks. That's why I don't like phpBB, it gives you the feeling that you're never secure enough.

    At the time I posted that message, I couldn't really think of anything more appropriate than "piece of crap" :) sorry if that offended.
     
    Skribblez, Jan 5, 2006 IP
  7. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    "Piece of crap" is all relative... Before I got into the guts of vBulletin, I thought phpBB was nicely coded. To be honest, I think most everything is a piece of crap now that I'm spoiled with vBulletin (for example WordPress).
     
    digitalpoint, Jan 5, 2006 IP
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    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    "Security" is also all relative:

    I'm not bashing vBulletin here, by the way. I've just been debating IE vs. Firefox and XP vs. Linux security issues on another forum.

    I don't care what forum software (or any other software) or browser or OS you're using, everything is vulnerable - nothing is 100% secure.
     
    minstrel, Jan 5, 2006 IP
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Agreed... Although I do have to give vBulletin some credit for the speed of their security updates. I've never heard of a vBulletin security problem before the update for it (the way I hear about them is because the update is available). Maybe they have just been lucky to date, but I can't say the same about other PHP apps (phpBB, WordPress, etc.)
     
    digitalpoint, Jan 6, 2006 IP
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    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    So do I. And for the fact that they don't screw up those updates the way phpBB has done with the last two.
     
    minstrel, Jan 6, 2006 IP