I cant deiced weather or not to use phpBB, invision, VB, or any other.... i dont mind to pay for it.. i just want one thats fast.. reliable... easy to mod.. good skins... fast... what do yall use
VBulletin - that's why it's used here. It does cost a couple of hundred bucks for a license, but you do get after support.
never use phpbb, am really frustrated with it. if you can pay, go for the vbuiltten, that's probably the best available, though very expensive, but it's worth the price!
VBulletin if you are ready to pay the XXX$ or if you need a good free one, i would suggest http://www.simplemachines.org/ < this is my fav
I've owned Invision forums before, but I bet that they'd probably do better if I were using vBulletin. For some reason, it just generates a lot more activity around the forum.
So long as you are willing to pay, go for vBulletin, its just generally excellent! But if you don't want to pay, then I would reccomend phpBB, its always worked fine for me, and I think it is quite trustworthy.
I have only used SMF (Simple Machines Forum), and so it's the one I like the best. I think it really depends on the type of forum you have and who your visitors will be. Personally for me, I think SMF is the best suited to my needs. To me SMF has a friendlier feel to it, whereas VBulletin has a more professional feel. So for a webaster forum, maybe Vbulletin is a good choice, but for other forums it's not always the best choice. Thanks for reading...