Best Forum Software

[zoddy]

Been considering a forum for one of my sites, was curious since many of you probably have forums which you think is the best and why. Also considering a chat portion to it so an add on of some sort might be nice as well.

What you think, vbulletin, ipboard, etc etc?

Love to hear your thoughts

thanks

[cooldude7]

if i am sure., i ll make money then ill buy vbulletin its the only one best imho.,
or for testing and for some low profit sites i use phpbb, i have 2 sites with phpbb and damn i modded the shit out of it.,
also installing mod is quite a hard on it.

[jhmplondon]

I have tested them all when I was looking for a forum for my large community website, definitely IP Board is the best. It integrates with current user database/website very easily and you can add chat module.

[VikingMan]

I have tested them all when I was looking for a forum for my large community website, definitely IP Board is the best. It integrates with current user database/website very easily and you can add chat module.

yeah I use this for my site and am happy

[Emil]

A lot of people will say vBulletin but I dont think it's any better than the free forum-scripts like SMF or MyBB. I've also heard good things about PHPBB 3.

[zoddy]

hmmm thanks all for the thoughts, IPBoard i noticed the chat feature max is 250 users... can you go beyond that?

anyone else bump bump

[jhmplondon]

hmmm thanks all for the thoughts, IPBoard i noticed the chat feature max is 250 users... can you go beyond that?

anyone else bump bump

from IP Board presale section:

Question: Would it be possible to purchase IP.Chat for more than 250 users online? Possibly 1000? 10,000? etc.

Answer: Please email [email protected] to discuss custom needs.

So it definitely is possible if you need it.

[Brujah]

Go with IP Board, but phpBB4 is looking interesting and will be built upon Symfony2.

You can always integrate your own chat solution if needed.

[CyberHustler]

phpBB3 is what I use...

[PastorSinAlot]

A lot of people will say vBulletin but I dont think it's any better than the free forum-scripts like SMF or MyBB. I've also heard good things about PHPBB 3.

I have use them all, and vbulletin is best if you dont want spam problems and major security problems

[zoddy]

thanks all how is ipboard for security?