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lled1975
post Jul 8 2009, 09:42 PM
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Hi, i am setting up a forum.. just some typical forum but might support many users...

So far i saw like what forum.lowyat.net using is IP Board and ohters like vBullentin.. but both have to purchase..

is there any similiar forum software which is free? Thanks!
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do you have your own domain?

you can check out http://www.phpbb.com/ but i am not sure if its free or not
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QUOTE(Azlan96 @ Jul 9 2009, 08:19 PM)
do you have your own domain?

you can check out http://www.phpbb.com/ but i am not sure if its free or not
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ya i have own domina

phpbb is free, but it seems the features is not as good as Vbulletin and IVBoard..
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QUOTE(lled1975 @ Jul 9 2009, 08:42 PM)
ya i have own domina

phpbb is free, but it seems the features is not as good as Vbulletin and IVBoard..
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phpbb is one of the best free forum already... sweat.gif

you can also try this:
http://www.simplemachines.org/
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QUOTE(lled1975 @ Jul 9 2009, 08:42 PM)
ya i have own domina

phpbb is free, but it seems the features is not as good as Vbulletin and IVBoard..
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phpbb is rated as one of the best among the free options for hosting a forum.Of course they will be lacking some features.Other wise, how are they going to make money.You pay for what you get which is why Vbulletin and IVboard have better features than it.
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can anyone what is the features different between phpbb and Vbulletin? thanks!

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post Jul 13 2009, 12:31 AM
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seems like u r spamming? blush.gif

btw i'm using forums-free.com, so far stil happy wif it^^
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forum free?? cool.gif
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QUOTE(yusazie @ Jul 13 2009, 09:12 AM)
forum free?? cool.gif
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o.o yes, y dn u google it ? forums-free.com blush.gif
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QUOTE(lled1975 @ Jul 8 2009, 09:42 PM)
Dear all,

Hi, i am setting up a forum.. just some typical forum but might support many users...

So far i saw like what forum.lowyat.net using is IP Board and ohters like vBullentin.. but both have to purchase..

is there any similiar forum software which is free? Thanks!
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I like simplemachines forum...clean, good development speed and good support community. Works with large user base very well too.
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I prefer PhpBB. It is a nice software and free. Also it's open source so integrate it into your site and do really cool things. It has an active forum where the development staff remain quite active to help you with bugs you may encounter.
Demo : free forums
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http://www.vbulletin.com/
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Free for personal use. Good features *better than PHPbb*
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vbulletin, got free version? smile.gif
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If u want IPB feeling then I would recommend simple machine forum(SMF), quite powerful with functionality at par with IPB brows.gif . it oso lightly coded, very fast to load.

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QUOTE(failed.hashcheck @ Sep 19 2009, 11:12 AM)
If u want IPB feeling then I would recommend simple machine forum(SMF), quite powerful with functionality at par with IPB brows.gif . it oso lightly coded, very fast to load.
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I'm setting up SMF on my XP machine. Just a quick question - if I want to maintain separate SMF copies for different communities on the same server, is it possible?
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yes u can, just create another user for it / folders. so the url will be different
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+1 here for simplemachines (SMF)

it's my favorite forum software.

clean, beautiful layout, highly secure.
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QUOTE(Dannyl @ Nov 5 2009, 12:22 PM)
I'm setting up SMF on my XP machine.  Just a quick question - if I want to maintain separate SMF copies for different communities on the same server, is it possible?
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just place it in a different folder and use a different prefix for the database table naming. (better if use different db)
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