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  • BOSS1
    Confirmed User
    • Sep 2005
    • 4331

    #1

    why do people use vbulletin instead of phpbb

    one is free the other one you have to pay for?

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  • AmeliaG
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Jan 2003
    • 10667

    #2
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    • baddog
      So Fucking Banned
      • Apr 2001
      • 107089

      #3
      I doubt phpbb offers the same features as VB

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      • NaughtyRob
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        • Nov 2004
        • 29602

        #4
        Way more features and security.
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        • StuartD
          Sofa King Band
          • Jul 2002
          • 29903

          #5
          phpbb is a major security flaw. There'll always be more holes than patches.
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          • Firehorse
            Desire it and have it!!!
            • Apr 2002
            • 30767

            #6
            I use both forum scripts.... and have found that VBulletin is far more secure ... I prefer the Admin CP and some of the options phpbb offers.
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            • Kard63
              Confirmed User
              • Nov 2003
              • 8944

              #7
              I like invision power boards

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              • JamesK2
                Confirmed User
                • Aug 2004
                • 6589

                #8
                VBulletin has advanced admin control panel, way more features, more add-ons, hacks etc and it's better to skin.

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                • nestle
                  Confirmed User
                  • Apr 2006
                  • 647

                  #9
                  phpBB had a MAJOR security vulnerability 2-3 years ago that basically left a lot of web servers wide open. I remember working for a hosting company at the time and customers' web sites just started disappearing and being defaced. Some companies even went ahead and banned phpBB from their servers.

                  Of course, that was a long time ago and I'm sure phpBB developers have learned their lesson. They have pretty strict rules about what is expected of all developers now.

                  phpBB 3 beta looks spectacular, completely css-driven and table-less design (with apparently a few flaws in IE7). It looks web2.0-ready.

                  vBulletin 2.x was awesome, it was leaps and bounds better than any other bulletin board script out there. After that though, it's on the trail of new features. vBulletin support team is pretty quick though.

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                  • sicone
                    Retired
                    • Jan 2004
                    • 18453

                    #10
                    Originally posted by nestle
                    phpBB had a MAJOR security vulnerability 2-3 years ago....
                    Didnt their site get hacked just a few weeks back

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                    • BOSS1
                      Confirmed User
                      • Sep 2005
                      • 4331

                      #11
                      while we are on this topic who is a good person ofr making a skin for vbulletin?

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                      • Doctor Dre
                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                        • Jan 2001
                        • 51692

                        #12
                        Vbulletin = Less flaws, lot better design, better admin, lots more features.
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                        • nestle
                          Confirmed User
                          • Apr 2006
                          • 647

                          #13
                          Originally posted by sicone
                          Didnt their site get hacked just a few weeks back
                          Did they really? I remember their site was supposed to be down due to upgrades (and implementing phpBB3 as their primary forum).

                          If they did then I retract my post about phpBB having vulnerabilities a few years ago.

                          Aside from the support vBulletin team provides, if there is a flaw found in vBulletin, their developers are pretty damn quick to fix and release a fix for it.

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                          • BOSS1
                            Confirmed User
                            • Sep 2005
                            • 4331

                            #14
                            thanks for the help, i will go for vbulletin

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                            • Hotrocket
                              Confirmed User
                              • May 2004
                              • 1327

                              #15
                              Originally posted by sicone
                              Didnt their site get hacked just a few weeks back

                              No it didn't..the site was down because they had 2 HD failures on their server..they kept the site down a cpl extra days as they went ahead and implemented the new version of the phpBB software into their site. Check it out ..its all totally different now.
                              Last edited by Hotrocket; 03-27-2007, 06:19 PM.

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                              • Aric
                                Confirmed User
                                • Sep 2002
                                • 1209

                                #16
                                Commercial .. use vBulletin or even Invision Power Board. More features, more support, more plugins, and definitely more secure than phpBB.

                                If you really want free, I would recommend SMF, but again - I still say stick to vB or IPB
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                                • Nodtveidt
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Mar 2007
                                  • 573

                                  #17
                                  I hate them both, and I hate IPB. I only ever use SMF, designed from the ground up by security experts who were more interested in the security of the forum than whackjob features that barely anyone used anyways.

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                                  • stickyfingerz
                                    Doin fine
                                    • Oct 2005
                                    • 24984

                                    #18
                                    Ive used Phpbb forever and never had many problems. Couple people I hosted for didnt update their patches and got wiped out, but since I backup mysql every couple days wasnt much lost, and I had them back up in short order. The big security problem they has was sql injection problems. The reason phpbb is hacked more is it is open source, so well... duh.

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