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Old 04-17-2008   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: Phpbb?

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What did vBulletin offer more than phpbb (in features)?
Many, many things. phpbb was a pretty basic forum -- back when we were using it, anyway.

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I was here for a long time and didn't notice that if you guys used phpbb or not. What caused you to switch?
The way it looks was one big thing. The admin side of phpbb was really bad too.

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And last question, how similar is phpbb to vBulletin?
Not very. phpbb = low end, very basic. vBulletin = high end, very fancy.

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I'm asking this because a local football organization asked me to make them a forum.
I can definitely recommend vB. We also used Invision Power Board for a while, and Community Server. Invision was OK, but had (has) some serious security problems.
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