| Posted by galleline, 09-10-2010, 06:49 AM | | What is the best forum for lot of plug-ins available ?
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| Posted by seo Shruti, 09-10-2010, 07:09 AM | | Which type of plugins you want? Be Specific Wordpress Plugins, Joomla Plugins or any other.
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| Posted by BoxIntenseVincent, 09-10-2010, 07:13 AM | | Do you mean forum software? like vBulletin, phpBB and SMF?
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| Posted by kevster1, 09-10-2010, 07:13 AM | | best forum software available in my book is vbulletin
you can get many mods too
its not the cheapest but you get what you pay for
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| Posted by galleline, 09-10-2010, 07:14 AM | | 1 play video
2 play audio
3 guest book
like that ...
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| Posted by galleline, 09-10-2010, 07:17 AM | | yes, its need to include lot of plug-ins
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| Posted by xentos, 09-10-2010, 09:01 AM | | vbulletin.org?
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| Posted by 7HillsIT, 09-11-2010, 06:24 AM | | vBulletin sounds the answer. Its payware rather than phpBB which is free but it has loads of plugins.
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| Posted by SirMarcel, 09-11-2010, 06:32 AM | | if you're after a free forum engine, then there's nothing better than SMF
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| Posted by inspiron, 09-11-2010, 07:51 AM | | vBulletin forum software seems to be best. Its too easy to setup
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| Posted by M Bacon, 09-11-2010, 10:02 AM | | VBulletin is the best if you are willing to pay the cash for it.
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| Posted by HostXNow_Chris, 09-11-2010, 11:58 AM | | I prefer MyBB.
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| Posted by Mindy, 09-11-2010, 04:31 PM | | I agree wit the most people: vbulletin
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| Posted by rb902, 09-11-2010, 04:57 PM | | Everybody who said vbulletin are basing it off of the price, to most people paid scripts are better, sadly that's not the case. vbulletin is bloated, badly coded, owned by a business (bad because as a business they are probably think about making money). Just a few weeks ago, several news sources reported a security hazard found in vbulletin.
The best in my opinion is SMF, it's free, powerful, simple. Has a big community of support helpers.
Do you need first class support? And are willing to pay? Then there are third party support sites that can help you instantly. Not to mention all the cool themes and mods (plugins) that are avaliable for SMF, some of the best themes are made by Dzinerstudio and blocweb, vbulliten themes don't come close.
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| Posted by ThisOldMan, 09-11-2010, 05:19 PM | | I recommend SMF.
I came to this conclusion after experimenting with it. There are mods for just about everything I can think of. Trying it out yourself won't cost you anything at all, either.
There are two features out-of-the-box which got me interested in SMF in the first place:
1. Option to moderate your own thread. That means OPs can actually remove spam and flame posts themselves. This, to me, seems like a forum user's dream come true.
2. Option to add a marquee to your post. This will create a continuously running string of text across your post. Would be handy for ad posts.
Hope that is useful.
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| Posted by Muniesa, 09-12-2010, 04:24 PM | | Vbulletin changed owners last year if I remember correctly and lost some of their prominent coders. They soon forced a new software (vb4) CMS+blog+forum which was not fully tested and was full of bugs.
It has improved a lot since and you have a lively community in vborg with loads of mods and plugins.
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| Posted by samualdany, 09-16-2010, 12:11 AM | | In my view Vbulleten is the best if you can pay for it as it is higher in price
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| Posted by ThisOldMan, 09-16-2010, 03:23 AM | | Why must paid stuff be always better than free stuff? Linux is free and it is like a gadzillion light years ahead of Windows. Why?
1. Paid stuff is produced by people who work for a salary meaning they just do what they are paid to do.
2. Free stuff is produced by people who do it because they want to and they enjoy doing what they do.
3. Something that is a labour of love will always be far, far better than a mercenary manufactured merchandise.
Hope that is useful.
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| Posted by brucecraig88, 09-17-2010, 11:44 PM | | As per my view vbulletin are base it off of the price, to the majority people paid scripts are improved, sadly that's not the case. vbulletin is bloated, badly coded, owned by a business (bad because as a business they are probably think about making money).
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| Posted by cedced, 09-18-2010, 03:46 PM | | Vbulletin is the best
Lot of plug-in at vbulletin.org
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| Posted by SirMarcel, 09-18-2010, 05:57 PM | | beat this:
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/
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| Posted by dreamconception, 09-18-2010, 06:46 PM | | I recommend vBulletin. Yes it has it's issues but it never failed on me for more than 5 years, and I support a large community through it. The latest version has not been great though, however it still works with very large communities.
phpBB is only for small communities and I generally don't like it. I only use it because it is free. SMF I have no experience in, as I do not have a large enough community that I can test it with.
webhostingtalk also runs vbulletin
Edit: And yes vbulletin has an amazing amount of plugins!! I have been able to find most of what I need of plugins, comparing to other software I have tried.
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| Posted by HostXNow_Chris, 09-19-2010, 06:08 AM | | WebHostingTalk is using vBulletin 3.8.6, which is the best version of vBulletin, IMO. I use it for one of my own forums.
vBulletin4 is bloated and is too much of a resource hog in a Shared hosting environment, especially when you have a lot of members online at the same time.
I prefer the old version of vBulletin. If MyBB had the same template editor as vBulletin I would use MyBB everytime. MyBB is definitely the best vBulletin alternative forum software.
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| Posted by TryAHost, 09-19-2010, 10:18 AM | | Hi, I would personally use VBulliten beacause it looks professinal and looks alot better than the free forums!
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| Posted by Doh004, 09-19-2010, 08:18 PM | | I've just started using MyBB and I have to say I'm really enjoying it. The community isn't nearly as expansive as say SMF or phpBB; however, it seems very configurable and I was able to incorporate it into my website very easily.
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| Posted by SirMarcel, 09-19-2010, 08:19 PM | | wait till you decide you want to modify the template
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| Posted by Doh004, 09-22-2010, 10:10 AM | | Already did! (http://community.zaxportal.com)
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| Posted by Yung Roger, 09-22-2010, 11:51 AM | | I think b2evolution forumn is best for all sort of plugins even free.
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| Posted by CKGroup, 09-22-2010, 12:53 PM | | 1 for vBulletin. It has thousands of mods which require very little edits.
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| Posted by kpmedia, 09-22-2010, 02:11 PM | | vBulletin 3.x series is best.
Runner-up would be SMF or myBB.
phpBB is easy-to-hack over-spammed crap. You spent more time banning spammers than anything else on a phpBB forum.
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| Posted by mastersofdotnet, 09-23-2010, 08:15 AM | | vBuletin is the best solution.
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| Posted by ljhsdfbu86sd43t, 09-25-2010, 01:18 PM | | vBulletin is the best one out there, although there is a cost associated with it. Personally I use SMF as it's free and does the job. The only problems I ran into with SMF is when creating forums in languages other than English it requires quite a lot of work... It's worth it, though.
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| Posted by Sumeet, 09-26-2010, 08:02 AM | | Currently vbulleting , phpbb and mybb are the most widely used forum scripts as much I know...
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| Posted by DidierE, 09-26-2010, 10:39 AM | | 1 for vBulletin. Everything open source (phpBB for example) will cause you troubles sooner or later, unless you don't mind updating for bugs and security issues several times a month...
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| Posted by NottinghamISP, 09-26-2010, 10:51 AM | | MYBB I love that forum
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| Posted by SirMarcel, 09-26-2010, 12:44 PM | | yeah sure, like vb don't have problems with its vulnerabilities. keep dreaming
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| Posted by MrSaints, 09-26-2010, 01:16 PM | | 1 for phpBB and MyBB. vBulletin is a bloated forum software that caters to those whose requirements are beyond the necessary. It is extremely overrated. Oh and +1 for Vanilla and SMF for the simplicity.
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| Posted by DidierE, 09-26-2010, 02:45 PM | | I didn't say vBulletin is perfect but it DOES have less security issues than many other open source scripts, that's just one of the advantages commercial scripts have over open source scripts.
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| Posted by SirMarcel, 09-26-2010, 02:48 PM | | really? can you name ONE vulnerability that, let's say SMF had in 1 year?
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| Posted by DidierE, 09-26-2010, 03:05 PM | | http://secunia.com/Advisories/33790/
http://www.juniper.net/security/auto...vuln33219.html
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a die hard vBulletin fan or something because SMF is damn stable too, but it's a known fact that open source scripts are more effected with security issues than most commercial (encoded) scripts.
Look at all the frequent Wordpress updates and bug/security fixes for example.
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| Posted by SirMarcel, 09-26-2010, 03:09 PM | | I asked for ONE vulnerability in last year. February 6, 2009 was 18 months ago
and get your things straight, SMF is not Open Source. It's free, but not OS.
and, using the same source, here's a list for vb for lat 18 months:
http://secunia.com/advisories/search/?search=vbulletin
vBulletin FAQ Database Credentials Information Disclosure Vulnerability 2010-07-22
vBulletin BB Code Script Insertion Vulnerability 2010-05-07
vBulletin Multiple Vulnerabilities 2010-03-26
vBulletin "query" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability 2010-03-23
vBulletin Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities 2010-02-22
vBulletin Unspecified Input Validation Vulnerability 2009-12-31
vBulletin User Profile Script Insertion Vulnerability 2009-10-09
do you have any more arguments?
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| Posted by iTom, 09-26-2010, 04:43 PM | | vBulletin is probably what I would consider the best for most people.
Personally I like phpBB, but its not right for everyone.
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| Posted by EmuHost-Pete, 09-26-2010, 04:45 PM | | best board i've used is invision power board.
as for SMF i hate the search function.
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| Posted by SirMarcel, 09-26-2010, 04:48 PM | | dont have too much experience with ipb but it looks nice, however a price tag is putting me off - if I'd run only one community board I'd probably go for ipb
@Pete: you're right, however I'm using custom google search on my sites
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| Posted by tomastamm, 09-26-2010, 08:49 PM | | i preffer Vbulletin
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| Posted by crabpaws, 10-10-2010, 07:18 PM | | Which has the best designed (easiest to use) administrator control panel?
I heard IPB was the best.
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| Posted by Thanh Tran, 10-11-2010, 06:22 PM | | Vbulletin is a great software, and it has VBSEO a great plugin that helps with Search Engine Rankings.
Highly recommended.
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| Posted by crabpaws, 10-11-2010, 10:16 PM | | Interesting. I like option #1 a lot.
No IPB fans here? How would you compare vBulletin and IPB vs SMF?
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| Posted by onthego, 11-04-2010, 01:46 AM | | I'd also like to know the answer to the previous question:
Comparing VBulletin with IPB vs SMF and then also myBB with regards to performance with many users logging in and posting simultaneously. Which one is the best performance wise on a busy site? Thanks for the help
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| Posted by neilmcaliece, 11-04-2010, 08:33 AM | | IPB is the best, I will never touch vbulletin again after the recent licensing issues regarding the forced upgrade.
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| Posted by onthego, 11-04-2010, 07:45 PM | | Thanks, I'm going to look at IPB then and just to compare take a look at SMF. I'm also trying to stay away from VBulletin since they were purchased by another company.
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| Posted by gamepro127, 11-04-2010, 08:06 PM | | MyBB is the best IMO. easy to use, lots of plugins and just an overall amazing experience. I've tried almost all Forum software, and MyBB comes out #1 (Even over Paid software).
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| Posted by sivasakthiinfotech, 11-05-2010, 12:14 AM | | phpBB is best. Tons of Themes and Plug-ins available for free.
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| Posted by M Bacon, 11-05-2010, 12:29 AM | | Your could try Xenforo as well.
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| Posted by sivasakthiinfotech, 11-05-2010, 12:38 AM | | XenForo License - 140$
Branding Removal - $250 (optional)
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| Posted by M Bacon, 11-05-2010, 12:43 AM | | Ya. True. VB is $195 and IPB is $150.
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| Posted by sivasakthiinfotech, 11-05-2010, 12:52 AM | | Here you can get phpBB for free
http://www.phpbb.com/downloads/olymp...43b1fc127d1da5
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| Posted by M Bacon, 11-05-2010, 12:58 AM | | Ya. We have phpbb on Installatron and Softlaculous but we currently use Mybb on our servers. Phpbb does have some awesome themes as well.
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| Posted by sivasakthiinfotech, 11-05-2010, 03:16 AM | | Here you can find themes for phpbb
http://www.phpbb.com/styles/
Click on "Styles Demo for phpBB" and then view online demo.
or
http://www.themesbase.com/phpBB-Themes/
or
http://www.awesomestyles.com/phpbb3-styles
Like above, there are tons of themes available.
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| Posted by ThisOldMan, 11-05-2010, 03:51 AM | | I am using smf for the following reasons:
1. It has the option to let the OP moderate his own thread. This is like a forum user's dream come true. The OP can remove spam and flame posts from his thread by himself.
2. It has a marquee function to make a line of text run across the page. Interesting addition to bb codes.
3. It has an active community and there are new things being added all the time.
Of course, it is free. Free does not mean low quality. Look at Linux. Expensive does not mean better quality. Look at Windows.
Hope this is useful.
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| Posted by whmcsguru, 11-08-2010, 03:26 AM | | This was true 2-3 years ago. However, now, you're looking at a dying ship. Ever since the pickup of vBulletin by Internet Brands, it's gone downhill, both in development and management. They took a great name and killed it off.
look to XF, you'll be happy
Absolutely. I wouldn't say running a business as a business (to make profit) is bad, but the way these clowns did things is horrible
+1 . This system is developed by individuals key in the vBulletin team early on (when it was worth a damn), and it's just outstanding. If you're after the next 'big thing' in forum software, then look no further than XF.
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| Posted by ibee, 11-08-2010, 05:16 AM | | Vbulletin obviously, but latest version of VB having worst customization features.
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| Posted by batz_one, 11-08-2010, 08:23 AM | | Xenforo looks good made by the former vB devs.
Me personally, IPB!
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| Posted by M Bacon, 11-08-2010, 08:39 PM | | I am not buying VB ever again after the VBulletin Internet Brands Issue. I am looking into Xenforo or IPB or keeping MYBB. I do want something different to play with. I am considering Xenforo or both IPB.
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| Posted by josean, 11-08-2010, 08:50 PM | | ill go with IPB
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| Posted by linkbutler, 11-09-2010, 10:06 PM | | I often use TTVN in my country. Just because we developed it
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| Posted by GOPA, 12-10-2010, 10:22 PM | | Just registered here to give everyone my horror story with Invision in hopes that it gives people a better sense of what to choose.
I've recently purchased IPB and converted over from phpbb. If i told everyone that i have been having problems, it would be an under-statement.
First, only after a few months went by, i noticed some very old posts would show up blank. After trying to reset the boards cache etc, i figured out that the only way to fix this was to edit the posts by hand. The converter also improperly converts spanish and latin characters.
Their SEO portion of IPB is also a complete sham. I had the majority of my forum sections closed to guests in phpbb and had a page rank of 4 and a higher SERP. 4 months into IPB, i have the same permissions setup, practically zero SERP and a page rank of 3.
After some long, arduous work on the site. I let my feelings known in their customer feedback forum. Immediately my thread was deleted without any warning. I proceeded to repost the thread and was immediately belittled by the staff because i posted my issues out in the open and didn't use their support ticket system first. I described to them that I didn't issue a support request because short of closing the forums for hours even possibly days, the only possible solution they could have was editing each thread with issues one by one. They claimed that wasn't true. whatever.
Zoom over today. Increasingly frustrated with my search engine ranking, i found one of many forum posts by other customers that are frustrated with their search ranks despite their support's insistence that they have the best SEO. After a lengthy discussion about their features,the staff there set all of my posts into moderation and i received this message via private message
hxxp://i.imgur.com/d90Mj.png
So now, i have IPB support threatening me with libel. A few hours later, i see the same moronic support guy ranting about me and my forum on twitter!
hxxp://twitter.com/charleswarner
Guy has 9 forums: 2 public and 7 hidden. Spiders get 2 for content and 7 of 403 forbidden errors. Gee I wonder what's wrong?
If you disable guest access to all of your forums please don't complain about our SEO support.
While he never mentions my name, i know he was talking about me and my forum. We can agree to disagree on any number of topics concerning this post. However, there's no reason for any customer support rep to threaten a customer and to air dirty laundry out on twitter.
I've used tons of different forums and scripts in my time. Never seen anything like this in my life. I hope it serves as a reminder next time you decide which forum software to choose.
Last edited by GOPA; 12-10-2010 at 10:26 PM.
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| Posted by JohnCreed, 12-13-2010, 05:49 PM | | It's funny how all of these people with small forums are bashing vBulletin and praising smaller forum scripts.
There is a reason why the largest forums on the 'net, including this one, are using vBulletin 3.8. 'Nuff said. Who do you listen to, people like myself with forums that have 4-5 million posts and are running vBulletin 3.8 or Joe Blow with a tiny forum that has less than 10k post?
If you're serious about your forum then you go with vBulletin or IPB. There are some good free alternatives but they're a few steps below.
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| Posted by SirMarcel, 12-13-2010, 05:58 PM | | not too much truth in your words. example http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/
thing is, everyone will praise the solution they use, not alternative solutions, right?
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| Posted by rb902, 12-13-2010, 06:05 PM | | No offense but it's funny how some people pay money when there are better forum scripts available, that are free and highly powerful, such as SMF.
^ 7 million posts and running SMF...
I guess this means listening to you won't give us the right solution but will instead cost money for something that can be easily managed by a free script such as SMF, did I mention it was free and had free support as well as paid, if needed?
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| Posted by whmcsguru, 12-13-2010, 06:23 PM | | Nobody knows for sure what version of vBulletin this site is running on. I wouldn't place ANY bets on that.
As far as there being a reason they're on 3.8, you just proved the point yourself. vBulletin, as a whole has gone downhill since 3.6. 3.8 was allright, but it upset more than it's fair share, and 4.x isn't even CLOSE to being considered 'stable', though it's been out for better than a year.
vBulletin WAS a great forum software. That time has passed, however.
There are plenty of free forums that run just fine with millions of posts. Case in point? phpBB = Over 3 million posts. SMF? Close to 3 million posts. These forums CAN run just fine with millions of posts and users online.
If you're serious about anything forum wise, you stay away from vBulletin. IPB is allright as is XF, but vBulletin is no longer the 'forum king'. The company made the choice not to be over a year ago.
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| Posted by Itslee, 12-13-2010, 06:49 PM | | IPB gets my vote on the best forum software. Since the hand over on Vb its gone down hill.
Btw WHT is 3.8.6 i believe
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| Posted by ThisOldMan, 12-13-2010, 08:59 PM | | Software is only as good as the people developing it.
Given that open source software is supported by people who are doing it for the sheer pleasure of getting a good job well-done, it doesn't take rocket science to figure out that people who do it just because they are paid to do so, however good they may be, are not in the same league.
btw I chose SMF for my forum.
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| Posted by SSL-Nick, 12-13-2010, 09:10 PM | | Well vBulletin is the best if you want to go with Mods, but they seemed to flop with vBulletin 4.0. Second would be Invision Power Board. I really do like it and IMO it doesn't need any mods really. Along with that entering the market is XenForo! I personally love XenForo because it's modern and sleek. Did i forget to mention it is developed by the original vBulletin developers.
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| Posted by lazor, 12-13-2010, 09:33 PM | | The best experience I've had with a forum is SMF, especially as far as plugins go(though I use them sparingly).
I've used Vbulletin(3 and 4), phpBB, and SMF(obviously)
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| Posted by whmcsguru, 12-14-2010, 12:29 AM | | This is so not true it's not even funny.
You can "love what you do" and get paid to do it. In fact, those are some of the best people in their field. You really CAN'T expect everything to be free in life, it just doesn't work that way.
A perfect example of loving what you do and getting paid to do it? Kier Darby. The man spent years working on vBulletin, got it where it was good enough to sell, sold it, made a killing and went to work (privately) on XF. He didn't HAVE to go back to work, I'm sure. vB was in it's prime when they sold off to Internet Brands. However, within a short period of time, he's got yet ANOTHER top forum contender out there. Sure, he's selling it for cash, but again, nothing is 'free' in life at all.
The best out there love their jobs and it shows in the work they do. Whether or not they charge money is irrelevant.
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| Posted by Skream, 12-14-2010, 12:50 AM | | I've used vBulletin in the past, so I would obviously recommend vBulletin.
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| Posted by ThisOldMan, 12-14-2010, 01:11 AM | | Thank you for pointing out my mistake. I stand corrected.
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