hi guys plz tell me which is the best forum management software !! i heard something called Vbulletin whats is that ? tell me guys thanks davin
Vbulletin is bulletin board like many other boards out there, but its much superior if compared to others. Other BBs are Advanced Electron Forum aterr bbPress Beehive Forum bttlxeForum BurningBoard Community Server DeluxeBB dnfBB E-Blah Elite Bulletin Board EvilBoard FluxBB FusionBB GroupServer IceBB idealBB Invision Power Board JForum Jive Forums MercuryBoard MetaForum miniBB Monkey Boards mvnForum mwForum MyBB MyProBB NextBBS NuclearBB OvBB PapyrusBB Phorum phpBB punBB Quicksilver Forums SamePage SMF TairoBB UBB.threads Unclassified NewsBoard UseBB Vanilla vBulletin Vikingboard Viscacha Vistix Web Crossing Community WowBB WowClassic WowUltra XMB YaBB Yazd YetAnotherForum.NET
vBulletin like this forum ( digital point ) there many scripts as sadiqsaad said free like : phpbb , punbb , smf .... paid like : vBulletin , Invision Power Board , most of these scripts are in php , but there some in other languages
PHPBB and SMF are good. But for SMF, sometimes you need to edit the codes for running themes and MODs.
I have played around with phpbb, SMF and vBulletin ... Here is my verdict : phpbb (FREE) ... Difficult for beginners (especially with the customization bit) but a great support community helps out a lot SMF (FREE) ... Very nicely made and easy to customize once you stick with it and get used to it ... Support community could be better but SMF has a lot of good third-party addons to it's advantage vBulletin (PAID) ... the best money i have ever spent on a forum software ... This extensive forum does not come cheap (especially if you plan to purchase addons which are also in most cases PAID softwares) however, this thing is stable as hell and easy to use once you get your hands around it (will be faster if you have prior experience with other forum softwares) ... Help is available but you will need to be patient with vBulletin in the beginning ... I used to be a SMF fan but vBulletin has bought me !! My recommendation : vBulletin ... it's worth every cent ... be prepared to shell out quite a lot of money for addons though ...
I actually recommend MyBB. It's the best forum software out there. I think its even better than the paid ones.