Hello,
I may install a forum in the future,
what's the best forum solution?

i know vbulletin, simple machines.

what forum can you suggest me?

Thanks..

In my opinion vbulletin is the best by far but of course it costs, phpbb is the next best thing, it's admin panel is a lot more user friendly than the one in vbulletin but it's nowhere near as powerful.

--Stream

I'd personally recommend SMF, the interface isn't as bloated as most other forums, and SMF has a good track record of keeping their code very secure and well written.

I would consider checking out many of them. some offer test runs like WowUltra and many others so you can see exactly how everything works. But regardless you should try out as many as possible and compare features.

vbulletin seems to be the most popular

Off course vbulletin is much better

thanks for replies..

what happens if someone use vbulletin forum in his/her website without purchasing a license for it?

by the way, i installed smf on my website to try, but it's too slow..
you can check it : http://www.eslreader.com/forum
Is it slow because of smf forum or my hosting?

You always need to input a license key when installing vBulletin.

However, hypothetically speaking (with no personal experience of this!) there are 'nulled' versions floating about.

Trust me, having a license makes things 100x easier because there's one particular site which is full of addons and templates which requires a valid key for you to join.

I like vBulletin also, however since funds don't permit right now for me to use it. I would go with Phpbb3, it works fine for me.

vbulletin is the best forget the rest.

which one is better? phpbb or smf?

I want to use one of them, but i couldn't decide yet.
Can you help me decide it?

thanks

ive used phpbb before and had no complaints with it. It was decent. Load time was good. and it was easy to set up. Although I do not have experience with the others listed above

I've used phpbb, invision, and vbulletin.

phpbb is a great free solution with many plugins, but doesn't have the sophisticated features such as vbulletin

invision is good, but it was a long time ago.

vbulletin is one of the best and easiest to use I'd have to say.

Vbulletin is the easiet. I agree.

phpBB3 is out and is alot better than the older phpBB's although at the moment there isnt alot of support for it.

Originally Posted by Stream

In my opinion vbulletin is the best by far but of course it costs, phpbb is the next best thing, it's admin panel is a lot more user friendly than the one in vbulletin but it's nowhere near as powerful.

--Stream

I'm unfamiliar with vBulletin's administrative capabilities, though no stranger to phpBB3's

What would you say a few of the key differences would be?

Originally Posted by Boro

phpBB3 is out and is alot better than the older phpBB's although at the moment there isnt alot of support for it.

Righto, but a few of the guys on the phpBB3 support boards'll help you out very well- if they can get a hold of your threads.

Not a lot of templates floating around for it at the moment yet either.

The one i'm using is called "AeroBlue" and I think it's one of the most decent looking ones available.

You can see it here: http://www.magickcircles.com/Forums/index.php

Can't wait until some template junkies start developing some more awesome templates. I'm not yet familiar, or dedicated enough with it's sourcecode to completely alter it's design.

I use VB for some of my forums and it's a pretty decent solution

Originally Posted by phpost

Hello,
I may install a forum in the future,
what's the best forum solution?

i know vbulletin, simple machines.

what forum can you suggest me?

Thanks..

VBULLETIN.

vbulletin is more preferred.