Underated Forum Software

[phenetic]

What forum software do you see that is good, but doesnt get teh attetion you think it should deserve.

me i have been lookin and am starting to work with Burning Board, i have used wBB Lite, but then i bought vBulletin. Burning board 2 is very cool and it really should get more attention than it does now.

 

[sportman3333333]

smf is so great

in my forum, smf rocks.

 

[phenetic]

im bout to try SMF, maybe ill even make a few skins for it....but yea i think is phpBB is TOO OVERATED, too me it looks like a "kiddy" forum sort of.

EDIT: Ok i tried this SMF software, and i can see how big this is gonna be, i mean this is a "newbies" dream, no editing of the forum files or nothing for popular mods such as the shop and arcade

 

[sportman3333333]

there are shops and arcade, do you need help

 

[phenetic]

nah, but i aint gonna use it, im sticking with vBulletin, its still the best so f*ck SMF right now

 

[sportman3333333]

why is your vbulletuin a old version

 

[phenetic]

i use both vb2 and vb3

 

[sportman3333333]

k, i like 3.0.6

 

[phenetic]

2.3 has some mods i like but cant get on vb3, but seems my hip-hop site likes vb3 the best

 

[Richard]

Heres one XMB (forums.xmbforum.com) the latest version is quite good I think in time it could give vB and IPB a run for there money

 

[mskprathap]

I don't know how many of you have heard about YABB (Yet Another Bulletin Board).
Its free opensource forum software with easily avaialble mods and nice templates.

I have been using it for quite some time now and I find it much much better than pHpbb.

Invision is nice,so is vb but when it comes to free one,I think YaBB is the one.

mskprathap

 

[Su2000]

If it has to be underrated, I would think Burning Board. I have the last 1.0.x version before it turned to wBB Lite.

Btw, do you think this forum software looks a little like IPB? (support.jaia-interactive.com) It's MyTopix, and it has similarity to IPB. (that's what I'm thinking)

 

[phenetic]

XMB is alright, but if you edit one template, it affects all the other themes.

yaBB is alright, but im not a fan of perl, plus the makers of yaBBSE have made SMF

and wBB to me reminds me of vBulletin

 

[gemleeus]

i like the smf board layout also, i just can't get the hang of upgrading to 1.0.1 i've uploaded the files but where it tells you to type your domain in your favorite browser i don't seem to know what to type in, i've tried all kinds of different ways? i just stick with whatever comes with the script i install.

 

[Richard]

Heres another one pubBB (www.pubbb.org)

Its very simple and fast no images or higher features but thats what makes it an attractive alternative.

 

[phenetic]

tryed it, it reminds me of yaBB, but yea its not too bad

 

[sportman3333333]

i am sticking to smf

 

[nicholas]

paid its got to be vb and ipb....free one i think phpbb is the most common and popular one....but smf is on the way up.... ...so i would say the underrated forum software to look at has to be smf

 

[phenetic]

yea but wBB Lite is very similar to vBulletin 2, but the template system is better is wBB 2, smf just has to get rid of its old yaBBSE look

 

[Rhianna]

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