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  • B-Eazy
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2004
    • 1521

    #1

    Vbulletin or PHPBB

    what is the difference other than money..
  • Joe Citizen
    Confirmed User
    • Oct 2003
    • 4552

    #2
    quality.

    vBulletin is worth every cent.

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    • KRL
      Entrepreneur
      • Oct 2002
      • 31429

      #3
      phpbb works great
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      • B-Eazy
        Confirmed User
        • Mar 2004
        • 1521

        #4
        Originally posted by KRL
        phpbb works great
        KRL is it easy to modify the phpbb board.. I will use a template of theres but i want my own logo.. Is that simple? Also if I was using phpbb for a bit to develope traffic to the forum can i move the already registered members to Vbulletin?

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        • Donny
          As you wish...
          • May 2002
          • 13754

          #5
          I have two message boards. One powered by PHPBB and the other by vBulletin.

          vBulletin has SO many more features. I love it. I'd recommend vBulletin any day. It's worth the extra money.

          For vBulletin I spent a total of $355: purchased the software outright, had them install it for me so that I knew if would be done right, and paid for a year of premium customer service.

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          • brizzad
            holla
            • Jul 2003
            • 11769

            #6
            Originally posted by B-Eazy
            KRL is it easy to modify the phpbb board.. I will use a template of theres but i want my own logo.. Is that simple? Also if I was using phpbb for a bit to develope traffic to the forum can i move the already registered members to Vbulletin?

            i run a few phpbb based sites, adding new templates is easy if you can use an FTP client, and modding them is very easy if you have notepad and can press CTRL+F

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            • B-Eazy
              Confirmed User
              • Mar 2004
              • 1521

              #7
              Originally posted by DonovanPhillips
              I have two message boards. One powered by PHPBB and the other by vBulletin.

              vBulletin has SO many more features. I love it. I'd recommend vBulletin any day. It's worth the extra money.

              For vBulletin I spent a total of $355: purchased the software outright, had them install it for me so that I knew if would be done right, and paid for a year of premium customer service.
              What are your boards Donny?

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              • Yug
                Confirmed User
                • Dec 2002
                • 218

                #8
                I use PHPbb for my boards (http://forums.a1celebs.com) ... Initially, if you want to fully customize your board, its a deep search through the stylesheets and template files. But once you have the hang of it, its alot of fun and very easy.

                I'd actually be interested in the advantages of vbulletin. Apart from the fact that phpbb is FREE and vbulletin is not
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                • Giorgio_Xo
                  Confirmed User
                  • Mar 2003
                  • 4263

                  #9
                  Both are very insecure proggies. I would recommend Gossamer Threads.

                  http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scri...orum/index.htm
                  Make Levees, Not War

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                  • Donny
                    As you wish...
                    • May 2002
                    • 13754

                    #10
                    Originally posted by B-Eazy
                    What are your boards Donny?
                    Lensman has made it clear that linking to other boards is an offense punishable by banning.

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                    • B-Eazy
                      Confirmed User
                      • Mar 2004
                      • 1521

                      #11
                      Originally posted by DonovanPhillips
                      Lensman has made it clear that linking to other boards is an offense punishable by banning.
                      Ow sorry donny..

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                      • myro
                        Confirmed User
                        • May 2003
                        • 245

                        #12
                        phpBB is worthless IMO, that's why's it free.

                        If you have small traffic, go for it.

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                        • brizzad
                          holla
                          • Jul 2003
                          • 11769

                          #13
                          Originally posted by myro
                          phpBB is worthless IMO, that's why's it free.

                          If you have small traffic, go for it.
                          i used to have a phpbb based site with over 50,000 members

                          never crashed, no database problems, everything went fine

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                          • candyflip
                            Carpe Visio
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 43070

                            #14
                            Originally posted by myro
                            phpBB is worthless IMO, that's why's it free.

                            If you have small traffic, go for it.
                            phpBB is free because it's open source and developed by the community...not because it is crap.

                            Spend you some brain.
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                            • KRL
                              Entrepreneur
                              • Oct 2002
                              • 31429

                              #15
                              Originally posted by B-Eazy
                              KRL is it easy to modify the phpbb board.. I will use a template of theres but i want my own logo.. Is that simple? Also if I was using phpbb for a bit to develope traffic to the forum can i move the already registered members to Vbulletin?
                              Yeh, its got a nice control panel. Not sure on moving members. Maybe see if VB has an import members feature. I'm sure there must be a way.
                              If you would like to develop your domains, you can lease inexpensive foreign labor
                              from the leaders in the field at iWebmasters.com TO LOWER YOUR COSTS AND INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTION!

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                              • Argoz
                                Confirmed User
                                • Aug 2002
                                • 3006

                                #16
                                vBulletin
                                rssEVOLUTION : Produce a FULL website with ANY RSS feed(s) in seconds.

                                contentSOLUTION : Allowing you to automatically grab articles from article directories,
                                import as many text files as you want at once, grab ANY content from ANY RSS feed, and scrape search engines, instantly.

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                                • candyflip
                                  Carpe Visio
                                  • Jul 2002
                                  • 43070

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by KRL
                                  Yeh, its got a nice control panel. Not sure on moving members. Maybe see if VB has an import members feature. I'm sure there must be a way.
                                  Most of the popular boards offer a conversion kit of some sort.

                                  I haven't played with vB in quite some time...but it's be willing to bet they have one.

                                  Spend you some brain.
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                                  • TheJimmy
                                    ICQ- five seven 0 2 5 5 0
                                    • Jan 2001
                                    • 10747

                                    #18
                                    there's a site I know about that has

                                    128606420 posts and 1094772 users that seems to be running phpBB just fine...


                                    either is fine, but a LOT of people rave about the VBulletin cpanel...


                                    start with phpBB and when you get bored and feel like dropping cash by VBull and pay a mysql guy to move your db over...


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                                    • the_wizz
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Dec 2003
                                      • 1633

                                      #19
                                      They both have converters I believe.

                                      phpbb is nice, its free. It works.

                                      http://integramod.com is a modded version of the board software. Comes with a ton of awesome features.

                                      If you'd like, drop me an ICQ 313367549 and I'll share a couple of sites with you that are running this modded phpBB.
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                                      • vixm
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Sep 2004
                                        • 605

                                        #20
                                        Both are great.

                                        Depends on what you need. If you're just starting a forum, stick with phpBB.

                                        I'd recommend vB b/c there are better admin options and easier to moderate w/ many members.
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                                        • vickyQ
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Nov 2004
                                          • 141

                                          #21
                                          Get phpBB for free and wait for the new generation of it (v 2.2.x) which will be the best ever: ;-)
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                                          • Manowar
                                            jellyfish  
                                            • Dec 2003
                                            • 71528

                                            #22
                                            Vbulletin is worth the money.

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