jeffman Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I tried to do a search on this topic, but search words like forum kept getting me posts about THIS forum, etc.Anyway, I'm looking for advice on installing a bbs/forum. It should be free and simple to set up and administer. If anyone has some experience to share, I'd appreciate it.(I looked into hosted boards, but I want a free one with no ads. If anyone has suggestions on that, I'd appreciate them also.)ThanksEDIT. I also tried Googling, and I know there's stuff out there; I just can't tell what's worthwhile, ya know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowMage Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I tried to do a search on this topic, but search words like forum kept getting me posts about THIS forum, etc.Really? I get links to various software vendors like vBulletin and phpBB... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffman Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 I meant when I use this forum's search feature, the way we're always telling other members to do before they ask something that's been answered a thousand times.Yeah, links to vendors I can get. But I can't tell easily if the products are what I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowMage Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I meant when I use this forum's search feature, the way we're always telling other members to do before they ask something that's been answered a thousand times.Oh. Yeah, haha. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingolme Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 This wikipedia article might have the information you're looking for: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of...tware_%28PHP%29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffman Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 It really is amazing how Wikipedia has entries I would never have thought existed. The tables there don't say much about simplicity, but they are very informative about features, so they do provide a good place to start looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Personally I've only ever used phpBB and IPB, and as far as my opinion goes... IPB rocks in comparrison. It's not a free one though, so that's probably not the kind of answer you were looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffman Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 Actually, I was just now looking at IPB because I wanted to know if the current version would address eduardchile's suggestion. (I don't think it does.) A starter version hosted plan runs $5/month, which is really not bad for my situation.How would you describe the learning curve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Very steep in the 1.3.* versions, but they've simplified stuff a lot in the 2.* version we're currently using. Before I was a mod here, I actually played alone in a test forum on my own computer, and it was very easy figuring things out. I'd imagine 3.* has even further simplifications.But maybe my rough experiences with 1.3.* were because that was the first time ever I was looking at a forum's admin panel, so with that in mind... if you've dealth with any one admin panel, you'll probably find it easy.[edit]Looking at the vBulletin 3 screenshot from Wikipedia, it very much reminds me of IPB 1.3... yep... still feels like it's disorganized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffman Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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