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Discussion in 'vBulletin' started by licur, Nov 17, 2005.

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    Yhy should I use phpbb and not vBulletin?
     
    licur, Nov 17, 2005 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    The only reason would be that phpBB is free and vBulletin is not.
     
    digitalpoint, Nov 17, 2005 IP
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    #3
    phpBB - good for small or personal forums out of the box. needs major modifications to have the functionality of vbulletin. If modded heavily, is just as good (and better in some areas) than vb. Horrible out of the box for search engine friendlyness.

    vbulletin - best out of the box forum software period. not free like phpBB though.
     
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  4. licur

    licur Peon

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    Free -- this is a good point in my viewpoint.
     
    licur, Nov 17, 2005 IP
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    SEO Jeff Active Member

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    Well one thing that drove me to quit skinning for phpbb was all the darn style guidelines and the never ending security updates. Atleast with Vbulletin you do not have as many updates and it gets indexed pretty good without any mod and knowing you own a Vbulletin site is awesome in my mind.
     
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    There arent really any reasons to choose phpBB over vBulletin functionality, feature set, development, security, modifications or community wise. All of these vBulletin excels in, of course if you are looking for a free solution then phpBB really is your only option in this comparison.
     
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    but in my exp phpbb required lot of update action after you install it .

    for vb less update action
     
    Jackson_Hu, Nov 17, 2005 IP
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    And with the advent of the new vBulletin Plugin system this means that software upgrades are now a beeze.
     
    michaelbenson, Nov 18, 2005 IP
  9. licur

    licur Peon

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    Actually today I will stay with phpbb, because it is --- free.

    I think, that many from us use at the beginning free scripts and when the will come, it is normal to invest in security and design.


    Thank you for your opinion.
     
    licur, Nov 18, 2005 IP
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    #10

    Yup - that about sums it up...

    BUT -- you get what you pay for..
     
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    For those of you who are using vBulletin did you purchase a lifetime license or did you decide to go with the yearly lease?
     
    schmeg007, Nov 22, 2005 IP
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    I got a lifetime one right off the bat.
     
    digitalpoint, Nov 22, 2005 IP
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    I've bought all of mine as well. Liked the product, never saw a reason to "rent" it.
     
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