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Yeah, it is too much, but then again the time they spent on it must of been time consuming. Who knows, search around, some places have vBulletin license for winning contests. I may even start a contest this summer and give away 5 free vBulletin licenses. Ummmmm, not sure so you'll have to give me some time to get them.
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How do u instal the wizard one and is it good?
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I've used both and have licenses for VBulletin and I tend to agree that PhpBB is poorly coded. VBulletin seems cleaner visually. Under the UI I still find poorly organized and certainly confusing code. As I understand it the new PAID releases code is obstruficated so editing it is almost nil.
Since PhpBB is free its no wonder why its dominant in its use. Not to mention it is supported just as good if not better in some regards to VBulletin. I personally use PhpBB because of the ease of integration with other PHPScripts. If you were to do a search in some of the popular script banks like hotscripts or php.resourceindex you would find more support for PhpBB then VBulletin.
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I'd like to see any example of a PhpBB board that is huge. 75,000 plus posts huge.
Jared.
Since PhpBB is free its no wonder why its dominant in its use. Not to mention it is supported just as good if not better in some regards to VBulletin. I personally use PhpBB because of the ease of integration with other PHPScripts. If you were to do a search in some of the popular script banks like hotscripts or php.resourceindex you would find more support for PhpBB then VBulletin.
For myself
I'd like to see any example of a PhpBB board that is huge. 75,000 plus posts huge.
Jared.
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Originally Posted by harishankar
So demo, you're simply saying that PHP is the cause of all the trouble and so all forum software should be made in ASP or JSP? Or maybe go back to the good old days of Perl-based boards which used a flat text-file DB model?
P.S. I have updated to the latest phpBB and have no problems with it. Also I have a fairly good knowledge of PHP and have made some more security enhancements of my own within the code.
I adore both scripts. You have to think for 1 second tho, every script known to mankind on the web has some type of hole in it. Theres not 1 script that is so perfect. I know because Ive scripted so many portals and mods its not funny from ASP to PHP. Your work that you do is never completed. You may think so, but thatswhy theres things called BETAS.
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Originally Posted by Young Teck 06
Yeah, it is too much, but then again the time they spent on it must of been time consuming. Who knows, search around, some places have vBulletin license for winning contests. I may even start a contest this summer and give away 5 free vBulletin licenses. Ummmmm, not sure so you'll have to give me some time to get them.
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Originally Posted by SWS4LIFE
How do u instal the wizard one and is it good?
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Originally Posted by php4ever
I've used both and have licenses for VBulletin and I tend to agree that PhpBB is poorly coded. VBulletin seems cleaner visually. Under the UI I still find poorly organized and certainly confusing code. As I understand it the new PAID releases code is obstruficated so editing it is almost nil.
Since PhpBB is free its no wonder why its dominant in its use. Not to mention it is supported just as good if not better in some regards to VBulletin. I personally use PhpBB because of the ease of integration with other PHPScripts. If you were to do a search in some of the popular script banks like hotscripts or php.resourceindex you would find more support for PhpBB then VBulletin.
For myself
I'd like to see any example of a PhpBB board that is huge. 75,000 plus posts huge.
Jared.
This will close this post #43. Click that link and you will see that phpBB is just as strong as vB. Check out this site. I CAN go on if ya want me too, there are tons more out there.
Not being funny or anything, I sitll love and would use vB myself. I also have and still havemy L's for it too.:cheesy:
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Re: PhpBB vs VBulletin Young, your so cool bro!:cheesy:
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Originally Posted by RWD
I used IPB before, like every other forum, most use IPB or phpBB, I wanted to stand out from the crowd, I went VB, its faster, its different from the rest, if you have to pay, it shows you are serious and committed to make the site grow/work, its better software, well at least I think. Yes its expensive for a small site like me, but its worth it in the end, and I have already got new memebers that I didnt have when using IPB, and I think its down to being different from the majority of other motorsport forums.
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Ok. Now that we have discussed vBulletin and phpBB admin panel...
Which one is easier to "extend"?
The problem with most discussion software (which I have tried) is they presume too much, and do not build solutions to add "external" pages that can take on the look & feel and the security. There are several portals that allow the complete merging of both phpBB and vBulletin.
I am not interested in such complex system. They tend to seriously impact the discussion system, and if there is any upgrade, the portal version of it is always lagging several months behind.
Which one would be easier to add non-forum pages with the same look & feel and security (i.e. login, profile, etc.)?
Which one is easier to "extend"?
The problem with most discussion software (which I have tried) is they presume too much, and do not build solutions to add "external" pages that can take on the look & feel and the security. There are several portals that allow the complete merging of both phpBB and vBulletin.
I am not interested in such complex system. They tend to seriously impact the discussion system, and if there is any upgrade, the portal version of it is always lagging several months behind.
Which one would be easier to add non-forum pages with the same look & feel and security (i.e. login, profile, etc.)?
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