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Battle of the Message Board Systems

Postby Fsiphskilm » Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:35 pm

Oka
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I'm leaving CAA perminantly. i've wanted to do this for a long time but I've never gathered the courage to let go.
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:39 pm

phpBB sucks, in my experience...but that's just me. Invision is ok and vbulletin (what caa runs on) is cool too.
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Postby inkhana » Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:56 pm

Well, I don't care much about PHPbb (in terms of handling, I'm not knowledgeable enough about the security aspect). I use Invision, which has a moderately large mod base, but I have a copy of the software from back before it became pay (aka 2.0...I run 1.3 on my sites). Nuke, as far as I know, uses a PHPbb module rather than its own forum system...or that was the case when I played with it. And as far as I know, there's no such thing as a free version of Vb, so I guess it depends on how much you want to spend.


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Postby TheMelodyMaker » Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:21 am

Which one is the easiest to get set up and running?
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Postby shooraijin » Mon Feb 14, 2005 10:08 am

I'm very leery of phpBB because of its security problems. In fact, I'm a little spooked by some of the recent PHP exploits that have come out, and even though my architecture is kind of exotic, I don't want to be the first exploit either.

I've set up a Burning Board install, and that was pretty easy. I do like vBulletin's features, but it's a beast to maintain.

Never used Invision as an admin, though I'm not wild about it as a user. I've heard of phpNuke but that's about all.
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