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Nova · Mar 26, 2005, 03:09 AM // 03:09

I have seen this forum on another site, Guild-hall.net's forum. is it free? Where can I get it if so? Its realyl awesome.

Spooky · Mar 26, 2005, 03:20 AM // 03:20

As in, vBulletin itself? Nah, it's one that you have to pay for. If you're looking for a free forum that is still really good, try phpBB.

Nova · Mar 26, 2005, 03:29 AM // 03:29

Ok, its free? Cool, where you get it at? phpbb.com?

Thanks, Spooky.

THX · Mar 26, 2005, 03:33 AM // 03:33

Another good forum is Invision, the beta version is free.

Nova · Mar 26, 2005, 03:34 AM // 03:34

Thanks I'll look into them both.

Nova · Mar 28, 2005, 01:25 AM // 01:25

Uh how do I get phpBB?!

William of Orange · Mar 28, 2005, 01:27 AM // 01:27

The site through which my guilds forums are hosted (http://www.forumer.com) uses phpBB as the forum creation tool. It's free, and pretty simple to learn/manipulate.

Nova · Mar 28, 2005, 01:29 AM // 01:29

Thanks for a very fast reply!

Scaper-X · Mar 28, 2005, 02:36 AM // 02:36

Heh, there's a reason people like vBulletin.

Still, phpBB is a fine, free alternative.
-- Scaper-X

Jeanette · Mar 28, 2005, 03:00 PM // 15:00

VBulletin and PHPBB are extremely similar, except vbulletin has a few advantages that phpbb doesnt, but the downside is the price you have to pay...nobody likes paying for stuff

Inde · Mar 29, 2005, 01:44 AM // 01:44

mm phpBB - blah. I've deal with James and well - unclassy character in my own experience.

An up and coming forum is SMF - Simple Machines Forum - www.simplemachines.org

Nascent · Mar 29, 2005, 02:54 AM // 02:54

Having used both...I dunno which I like better.

PHPBB is remarkably easier to skin I found, yet it lacks some of the cool features that VBulletin has, such as the calendar for instance. BUT you can modify the forums code to incorporate such things (www.phpbbhacks.com has some wicked mods for the PHPBB Forum)

VBulletin I loathe to try and skin, dunno why, it just really irks the hell out of me, my results never come out as good as I would like them too. And the price! Dear lord the price. It's only saving grace is its overall power once you finally understand all the features and how to use them properly.

I'd say go with PHPBB if you're a first timer, the help forums on both www.phpbb.com and www.phpbbhacks.com are immensely helpful and can usually give you answers to almost any problem you'd have.