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Antonio 11-19-2008 02:38 AM

starting a forum - what software???
 
Ok, I'll be adding a forum to my computer help mainstream site. What is the best software out there (FREE is good but paid no problem either)? The site's on a virtual host.

Plus any ideas on how to bring people to that forum??? I'm already using Yahoo answers + wrote a few articles so far.. Any other ideas, advises, bumps on the road I should be on the lookout for? mainstream is quite new for me although the site is more than a year old...


Thanks

asianseekerz 11-19-2008 02:43 AM

i could suggets vbulletin softwares for forms!!!!!!!!!!

Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life 11-19-2008 02:58 AM

vbulletin is pretty slick, a license is only something like $200 i believe. i wouldn't quote me on that though, its your best bet to look into. stay miles away from phpbb

Ron Bennett 11-19-2008 03:13 AM

Invision Power Board is another to consider.

http://www.invisionpower.com/community/board/index.html

In particular, check out the new IPB version 3 preview...

http://ipb3preview.ipslink.com/

Personally, I prefer vBulletin, but you may find IPB has some features / looks that better fit your needs.

If in doubt, go with vBulletin - time proven software with excellent support.

http://www.vbulletin.com/

Ron

papill0n 11-19-2008 03:15 AM

vbulletin is hands down the best forum script

mona 11-19-2008 05:25 AM

Free forum softwares are phpBB /www.phpbb.com/) and SMF (www.simplemachines.org/) -- I would check them out and see if they have what you're looking for!

$5 submissions 11-19-2008 05:46 AM

Vbulletin and get VBSeo installed as well.

Get keywords for the forums from wordtracker and either seed the forums with medium or medium to heavy search terms and stock it with "core" articles for faster viral growth.

Hire cheap forum posters, I can help you on this for free if you wish :D and pay only per post and based on the quality you expect

Ask them to respond to your seed articles and threads for better SEO or you can even have them quote your threads on other forums they post on (warning: might attract some haterz lol )

xsabn 11-19-2008 05:52 AM

SMF / www.simplemachines.org

Jens Van Assterdam 11-19-2008 05:54 AM

Vbulletin all the wayyyy

Tevion 11-19-2008 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by $5 submissions (Post 15076433)
Vbulletin and get VBSeo installed as well.

Get keywords for the forums from wordtracker and either seed the forums with medium or medium to heavy search terms and stock it with "core" articles for faster viral growth.

Hire cheap forum posters, I can help you on this for free if you wish :D and pay only per post and based on the quality you expect

Ask them to respond to your seed articles and threads for better SEO or you can even have them quote your threads on other forums they post on (warning: might attract some haterz lol )

Nice advice, thanks :thumbsup

Antonio 11-19-2008 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by $5 submissions (Post 15076433)
Vbulletin and get VBSeo installed as well.

Get keywords for the forums from wordtracker and either seed the forums with medium or medium to heavy search terms and stock it with "core" articles for faster viral growth.

Hire cheap forum posters, I can help you on this for free if you wish :D and pay only per post and based on the quality you expect

Ask them to respond to your seed articles and threads for better SEO or you can even have them quote your threads on other forums they post on (warning: might attract some haterz lol )


some good points, thanks

Looks like VBUlletin is the way to go, what pisses me off is that they aren't selling it, they're leasing it - you have to pay a fee every year, that's too fucking fucked, fuck it, fuckers, but I guess if I can't find something at least as good then I'll have to go with them

reading some mainstrem boards too, lots of votes for the simplemachines too, but all the pros agree that Vulletin is the best

The Dawg 11-19-2008 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonio (Post 15076484)
some good points, thanks

Looks like VBUlletin is the way to go, what pisses me off is that they aren't selling it...

You can buy full license for a flat price, you just wont be able to get the updates/support after the first year. Whenever you choose to update the software you will have to pay $60.

Max - RiotDesign 11-19-2008 08:48 AM

+1 for SMF (itīs free and has excellent support from their programmers)

VBulletin is nice, but might be too much for just a small to medium-sized community. And you can always migrate to it if you outgrow SMF, which is highly unlikely.

TeenCat 11-19-2008 08:54 AM

i dont know nothing about smf, but i heard its a good one ... vbulletin is having some problems with db and you can lost some posts with vb ... phpbb was good with version 2 but had shitty spam control, version 3 has better spam control, but it is causing 500 internal server error if you have bigger traffic ... so ... lets try smf or ipb ... :) have luck with your forum! :thumbsup

Nordicprofits 11-19-2008 01:58 PM

vbulletin for sure


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