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Old 07-11-2005, 10:20 AM   · #1
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Free forum software?

Hey i was looking towards VB or IPB, but they both cost quote a lot of money

usually i just use phpBB, but im going to need something more professional and secure. Any ideas?


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Old 07-11-2005, 10:22 AM   · #2
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Old 07-11-2005, 10:46 AM   · #3
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you can try simplemachine (http://www.simplemachines.org) it's free
and very customizable. better permissions than phpbb and a lot faster.

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Old 07-11-2005, 10:58 AM   · #4
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yeah i liked SMF, the only problem was something became outdated on the server and it stopped working, and i couldn't be bothered getting my server owner to update

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Old 07-11-2005, 11:15 AM   · #5
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PHPBB is better then all the other free forums....
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Old 07-11-2005, 11:16 AM   · #6
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im not too sure, SMF is pretty good
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Old 07-11-2005, 11:32 AM   · #7
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http://www.mercuryboard.com/

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Old 07-11-2005, 11:43 AM   · #8
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is mercury board any good?
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Old 07-11-2005, 11:48 AM   · #9
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The old version of Invision (1.3) was free, perhaps someone has a copy of that?
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Old 07-11-2005, 11:55 AM   · #10
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I really dont think tht it is legal to do use tht version now
even if u use it...it will have alot of security flaws and bugs..
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Old 07-11-2005, 12:03 PM   · #11
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Originally Posted by unknowngiver
I really dont think tht it is legal to do use tht version now
even if u use it...it will have alot of security flaws and bugs..



You can use it but you can't give it to anyone.
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Old 07-11-2005, 12:23 PM   · #12
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so i don't stand much chance getting it?


and mercury messed up lol
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Old 07-12-2005, 07:46 AM   · #13
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what exactly is Zend? and why does SMF use it, when other forums don't?

and how come SMF used to work for about a week, and then stopped ???
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Old 07-12-2005, 10:26 AM   · #14
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http://www.mybboard.com

Both of those are good. I personally don't like phpBB because you spend so much time trying to keep updated with patches and it's almost like every month that you have to watch out for a certain hack method and whatnot.

Zend in a nutshell is an optimizer for PHP on your server. It helps speed up the runtime for your PHP code.
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Old 07-12-2005, 10:50 AM   · #15
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hmmmm simple machines forum (smf) wont work, and on researching its something to do with not having Zend or having an outdated version of Zend.... but i don't understand why it worked for a week or 2 then stopped

i'll try mybboard now

how secure is it? and is it easy to skin etc?

update: Mybboard is a little buggy for my liking
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Old 07-12-2005, 12:26 PM   · #16
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I tried out punBB ( http://www.punbb.org ) a while back. It's very fast, and seems quite nice. May want to give it a try
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Old 07-12-2005, 01:43 PM   · #17
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webtrickscentral.com is new, but very good. The template system allows for a lot, but there aren't too many templates out there to work from. The only flaw I found.
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Old 07-12-2005, 01:57 PM   · #18
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I heard good things about pun as well. I guess the truth is that phpbb is the best for full featured forums with an incredible amount of support and available mods. However if you just want a plain forums try pun.
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Old 07-12-2005, 02:25 PM   · #19
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http://foruminsider.com

Browse around there aswell. Helped me.
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Old 07-12-2005, 04:59 PM   · #20
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wrong.

http://sebflipper.com has it for download in the members section.
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Old 07-12-2005, 05:09 PM   · #21
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Old 07-12-2005, 06:32 PM   · #22
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Old 07-12-2005, 06:46 PM   · #23
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Old 07-12-2005, 09:07 PM   · #24
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Old 07-12-2005, 09:35 PM   · #25
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Originally Posted by Wildchild22
is mercury board any good?


Did you even try it?


If not then you are messed up


its the best free board
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