Free Good Forum(like this one)

[ZhugeBin]

I need a free forum something like this one we have here. Any suggestions?? Btw, is this pHpp?

[Beans]

This is vBulettin.

Others are:
1. OpenBB
2. phpBB - www.phpbb.com

The URL for OpenBB is somewhere in these forum. hehe..

[AlieXai]

> The URL for OpenBB is somewhere in these forum. hehe..

http://www.openbb.net
http://www.iansoft.net

[Blank Verse]

this board is php, yes...but don't you have to pay for Vbulletin..or have I really lost it?

[AlieXai]

> this board is php, yes...but don't you have to pay for
> Vbulletin..or have I really lost it?

1. This board is scripted in php
2. vBulletin is the product name
3. vB is NOT free (yes you have to pay for it).
4. The creator of this thread was probably asking for a php forum that you install yourself in your own webspace (not remote hosted).

[PreDarSatan]

vbulletin has a lite edition for free

[Dolan DUFC]

use ikonboard, its better

[Blank Verse]

Ikonboard is free at least.

[ZhugeBin]

can i have the website url?

[Bruce]

http://google.com sheesh! :rolleyes:

[Chicken]

Originally posted by PreDarSatan
vbulletin has a lite edition for free

Just an FYI side note... the vblite forum isn't suitable to actually run a forum with. more of a, "can I set this up on a server and will it work when I get the real one" kinda thing.

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by ZhugeBin
can i have the website url?

If you're looking for ikonboard, then it's http://www.ikonboard.com/ . It's the best so far, for free.

[ZhugeBin]

ok, thanx a lot! :D

[Gayowulf]

iB isn't the best if you are planning on having a large, poprular forum with many users and a lot of hits.

iB is a cgi board; PHP is better for high traffic forums.

[Blank Verse]

define a lot of users?

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Blank Verse
define a lot of users? 1 or more

If you couldn't tell, I'm not a big fan of flat file forums.

[Blank Verse]

Originally posted by Phrozen
If you couldn't tell, I'm not a big fan of flat file forums.

Me neither.

[Gayowulf]

Originally posted by Blank Verse
define a lot of users?

A forum with 100 active users would warrant a PHP board.

I think it depends a lot on how active the users are, and how many people just visit the forum

[Blank Verse]

I've used an Ikonboard with about 90 users before without a problem...mind you, a lot of the users didn't use the board a lot.

[maelzx]

i got a friend who are using ikonboard 2.2 (beta). and his board got 1000 ++ member. almost half of them consider as active member. his board also got 10 000 ++ message already. and he use flat file database :)

anyway .. he is PERL programmer ... also one of ikonboard 2 developer. so maybe there some coding that he use to make his site faster.

flat file database isnt bad for PERL/Cgi type board. but for PHP or ASP you must consider using Database.

ikonboard 3 look good for me ... only the size quite big.

[WorldWarGeneral]

Ikonboard RC1 has an option to use a MySQL database instead of a flat-file one. I haven't tried it though.

[AlieXai]

And I wouldn't recommend using the mysql option for iB3 RC1 yet. Maybe wait until RC2 is released.

[LastActionHero]

Try Burning Board (www.woltlab.de/en) as good as vBulletin.

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by LastActionHero
Try Burning Board (www.woltlab.de/en) as good as vBulletin.
Burning Board is cool! ;)

[Sem]

Try http://www.xmbforum.com - real nice. Free, PHP/mySQL driven, nice CP, customizable.My favorite so far. (I'm not affiliated with XMB - just like it heaps)
Sem.

[Ashed]

What's happening with the Woltlab site? There seems to be a problem with their MySQL database...? :confused:

[LastActionHero]

Originally posted by GRiN
What's happening with the Woltlab site? There seems to be a problem with their MySQL database...? :confused:

Yup, something is wrong maybe MySQL

[AsianDOC]

Is there an example of XMB? It seems their forum is down.

[Coight]

Just install it via cpanel Doc, then if you dont need it just delete the database...

Robert

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Asian_DOC
Is there an example of XMB? It seems their forum is down. Well their forum is up for me. http://forums.xmbforum.com/xmb/index.php

[Ashed]

Originally posted by LastActionHero
Yup, something is wrong maybe MySQL

Damn, I need to ask a question about the board. :(

[LastActionHero]

Originally posted by GRiN


Damn, I need to ask a question about the board. :(

Post it here or PM me/Satelk.

[Ashed]

Cool. :cool2:

Alright, check this page out: http://www.uber-gaming.com/forums/thread.php?threadid=1&boardid=8

None of the posts show up, well not the texts at least (I've typed something in when posting) and there's this MySQL warning at the top of the page that says:


Warning: Empty regular expression in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/uber-gaming.com/httpdocs/forums/_functions.php on line 297

[LastActionHero]

OK this has got to do with the censoring of words. In your admin cp you must have left the space meant to put censored words empty. Put in atleast one word there.

[Ashed]

Wow thanks. Didn't think it was that simple. :eek:
Also, do you know a way so that when I delete the first post of the thread it also deletes the whole thread?

[Gayowulf]

speaking of burning board, when is wB due to be released?

[LastActionHero]

Originally posted by Gayowulf
speaking of burning board, when is wB due to be released?

wb is now officially called wbb 2.0 , version wbb 1.1.0 is out and wbb 2.0 is almost ready. You can expect it soon maybe in a month or so.

[The Red Guy]

I noticed that there is a LastActionHero in the Woltlab community. Are you the same person?

[LastActionHero]

Originally posted by Net-Master
I noticed that there is a LastActionHero in the Woltlab community. Are you the same person?

Yep. If you ever see a LastActionHero on any forum assume it to be me :)

[The Red Guy]

You're a busy person aren't you?:p