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Junior Poster in Training
Hi,
I'm only familiar w/ phpbb, what are the advantages of Vbulletin?
Usually the larger forums use vbulletin, and the smaller forums use phpbb (like mine, heh) just curious what the big deal is.
Teach Me @.@ hehe
Thanks all.
Ron Johnson
I'm only familiar w/ phpbb, what are the advantages of Vbulletin?
Usually the larger forums use vbulletin, and the smaller forums use phpbb (like mine, heh) just curious what the big deal is.
Teach Me @.@ hehe
Thanks all.
Ron Johnson
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The C# Man, Myth, Legend
Well, for one thing, currently vBulletin is much nicer! It has more features, and is easier to manage than phpBB.
But, I'm sure Dani will tell you more ;-).
But, I'm sure Dani will tell you more ;-).
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Please do not email or PM me with support questions. Please direct them to the forums instead.
ASP.NET Specialist / Webmaster, Extended64.com.
Please do not email or PM me with support questions. Please direct them to the forums instead.
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Well, as I'm sure you know already, phpBB is free and vBulletin has a pricetag of $160. vB has much cleaner code. It also has virtually no bugs, and when one does arise, it is fixed within the day. It comes with many more options configurable via the admin panel. In addition, their templating system is amazing - especially template conditionals. All I could really suggest is going to vBulletin.com and testing out the demo admin interface to see just how configurable it is.
Dani the Computer Science Gal
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If you are developing a serious community, I highly recommend VB. If you are developing a community and can't afford the price tag, phpbb is ok.
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Boy did I walk into a forum full of vb heads? Just kidding.
The poor college kid is going to tell you phpBB is great. I wonder why?
The poor college kid is going to tell you phpBB is great. I wonder why?
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Don't be so sure gooseneck. DaniWeb emerged as a result of a phpBB project I was working on called techtalkforums.com 
Dani the Computer Science Gal
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I meant no disrespect. You guys are some of the more non-biased people I have met when it comes to forum software.
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Junior Poster in Training
I just went through the Vbulletin admin demo (never checked it out before). It looks pretty good, but I think what phpbb w/ some mods does for my site is all it needs for now. Although I do like some of the features of Vbulletin.
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well i am goin to throw invision into this mess as from what i have seen invision has pretty much alot of the features of vb but i do think vb probably has more features, but invision is about 2 weeks or so away from releasing 2.0 so you could always check them out. they are free unless you want support from them but there is no need as there is tons of web sites out there about invision board that can help you out. i would say you should check into invision and see what you think.
http://www.invisionboard.com/
ps i have never really messed with vb so i dont know all the features it has but i have looked at the admin panel via there webpage
http://www.invisionboard.com/
ps i have never really messed with vb so i dont know all the features it has but i have looked at the admin panel via there webpage
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everything is good, just see what contents are in ur site.
I know a lot of VB forums being dull w/o members and forums with free boards running smoothly with lot of members ??
the reason is simple, what u expect to give from u r site makes members to attract people.
Some of dull boards ( VB)
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I know a lot of VB forums being dull w/o members and forums with free boards running smoothly with lot of members ??
the reason is simple, what u expect to give from u r site makes members to attract people.
Some of dull boards ( VB)
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