Favorite Forum System

[Ratmaster]

What do you like for a forum system?

Remotely Hosted and/or open source.

My favorite open source one is phpBB3, and my favorite remotely hosted one is HyperBoards.

[Nick]

I like IPB and punbb. I hate VB >.> Ick. But I dont mind it, just hard to manage and no good features.

[Ash1402]

This one is ok... it just annoys me that it tells me posts are unread when i click to go back to index

[bizwiz]

I would go with open source. phpBB3 is a very nice one and is also my favorite.

[Notmuch]

phpBB has a simple, user-friendly interface, a helpful FAQ and a generous administrator control panel. And remember, it's free!
You can choose the databases server (MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC), the functionalities (at first I was a little discouraged by the mods installation process but I found great support on the online community and the documentation they provide answered all my questions) the skins... Everything is customizable so you can create the free forum you always dreamed of.

If you haven't got much time, and want to see what the new phpbb3 can offer, just try it out on this host : create forum

Hope this can help!

[counter]

i think vb rocks as a paid system its easy to use good mods it just gets me what i want
as for free system i would choose smf its an open source system secure fast easy to modify and handle
i am currently using it although i got a vb licence

Have a great day

[Jakey]

Well paid forum system..hands down VB. But if you were wanting one free then I would say PHPBB. Great forum system thats easily customizable and easy to get mods for.

[Plouplou]

In that case the best free forum software would be PhpBB3 located at: free forums

It is a lot like vBulletin and I do mean a lot like it! At one time it was a reverse engineered clone of vBulletin and they were ordered to take out any and all vBulletin coding. Yet, it still remains one of the more impressive free forum softwares available - in my opinion.

It's like the poor man's vBulletin, when you want the best but can't afford it - then get the next best thing (they even have a vBulletin skin available.)

[SmartGirl]

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