Message Board

[Spookster]

I'm looking for a new message board system. I've been running XMB but due to recent upgrades done on my server it no longer works. I was thinking about trying a different one anyways. I've looked at phpbb so far. Any other decent ones around. Free ones I mean.

[Spookster]

I just downloaded and installed phpbb locally and it seems pretty nice so far. Any thoughts or opinions?

[sir pannels]

phpBB is pretty cool,
but deffently perfer XMB Forum its great

[firepages]

go here

http://neworder.box.sk/search.php3?srch=phpbb

then here

http://neworder.box.sk/search.php3?srch=xmb

I would recommend devbb as it should be a better XMB but the devbb install just dont work at the moment (javaman??? are you listening )

phpbb was built by comittee , its carp.

[Spookster]

Thanks guys.

Looks like the latest phpbb has addressed those vulnerabilities. As for exploiting a bb via the install file only a moron would leave the install file on the server after intallation. lol

As for XMB I just kept finding too many bugs in that system. I spent weeks rewriting sections of the code to fix the bugs I found.

[Jeewhizz]

There is a good one that works on PHP 4.0.06 and up - supposedly utilising the advanced features... i.e. supports globals off

i'll get teh address - i forgot it... gimme a min or two :0

[jkd]

I've heard good things about Phorum www.phorum.org ?

[firepages]

phorum is probably the best written PHP forum software out there...in saying that 1) they just got hacked & 2) design sucks bigtime..

however..

introducing...

http://www.invisionboard.com/

nuff said.

[Thejavaman1]

Re: Message Board

Originally posted by Spookster
I'm looking for a new message board system. I've been running XMB but due to recent upgrades done on my server it no longer works. I was thinking about trying a different one anyways. I've looked at phpbb so far. Any other decent ones around. Free ones I mean.

Richard and his buddies can't code PHP. I will look at the installer for DevBB, it should work...

[Spookster]

That invisionboard seems pretty impressive so far. I may have to download it to see how the administrative functions are.

[firepages]

invisionboard .....

http://www.firepages.com.au/forum/index.php

I like - this is a pretty impressive board & the install is idiot-proof, just gotta try and hack it & test it with a few concurrent users - but yep so far well impressed .

[mouse]

Has anyone experience of Ikonboard? this all seems top notch, free etc but I can't help wondering what the catch is.

[Jeewhizz]

Its server heavy... i know hosts that have banned it because it resource drains to much on shared servers... well at least the cgi version does

Jee