Free Forum Software (PHP, MySQL); Alternative to phpBB
February 21st, 2006 by Angsuman ChakrabortyI stumbled upon Simple Machines Forum, from Simple Machines, which appears to be an excellent software and competitor to phpBB forum software which I use.
It supports hierarchical representation of categories unlike phpBB. Overall it gave me a good impression looking from the website.
Is there anyone with personal experience in both phpBB and SMF? Can you please comment on your comparative experience?
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February 22nd, 2006 at 1:20 am
I have not used SMF, but it does seem to have a very large and dedicated cult following (similar to WordPress when it first started out). I have been looking into using PunBB for a small project that I am conducting on the side, but I am considering the use of SMF instead.
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:42 pm
I don’t have extensive experience with phpBB - I’ve been only a user of it. In the past, I’ve managed a site using Invision Power Board, then migrated to SMF. SMF works extremely well for the small community site I run.
March 5th, 2006 at 11:04 pm
Please tell what is phpBB?
March 5th, 2006 at 11:06 pm
It’a very gook site. Notify me about phpBB please.
March 5th, 2006 at 11:08 pm
Please tell me about SMF.
March 5th, 2006 at 11:11 pm
Hello everybody.
March 6th, 2006 at 4:50 am
James,
Thanks for the information.
Thanks Sylf.
Babar & Kabir,
phpBB is a forum software. Check my animax forum for an example.
All,
I will soon provide more information on phpBB & SMF.
October 30th, 2006 at 3:35 am
The first forum i ever set up was a IPB one, i then changed to PHPBB because i was not getting the support needed from IPB, since then however and because of various problems, i switched again to SMF this forum is excellent and easy to use i have NEVER looked back and have not had any problems with it in the 1 and a half years that it has now been running!!
In my book SMF is the BEST
November 18th, 2006 at 10:35 am
You should look at :
http://www.forum-software.org
which will help you to make your choice, by reviewing these two forums, and comparing their features.
November 19th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
Hi, this looks like afun forum.
It was recommended to me by a friend (I’m not going to say who), but I think I’m going to enjoy my stay (at least until I find something else to occupy my time)
January 7th, 2007 at 2:03 am
Hello.
Nice forum design. Okay, I need your advice.
So, I wanna make online-store, and I am looking for site template.
Can you suggest some online place or other resource where I can find many site templates?
It would be better if it will be free:)
I think many of us have personal sites, do you design it yourself?
Thanks a lot, Bill.
February 7th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
In comparision of the “brands” SMF wins definitely. phpBB proven it’s bad when so many users can not be controlled in their development.
I would also recommend to take a look at miniBB - http://www.minibb.net. It’s also often called “an alternative to phpBB”, I don’t see it’s overloaded with the features like phpBB or SMF or vBulletin for example, but it could fit any small-to-medium site perfectly.
July 16th, 2007 at 2:20 am
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