What is your favorite forum / community software?
- Thread starter MannDude
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NodeBB looks good. Pretty similar to Discourse at first glance but smoother.
Isn't NodeBB like a branch of an old abandoned project from a while ago?
I think it was similar design to another forum software that quit and rebranded as another forum software.
I am going to go ahead and vote IPB. I used Xenforo TWICE and it was an awful experience. I don't have any experience as an admin with Vbulletin but it is a bit outdated and Woltlab Burning Board is nice but I am not a fan of the design really and the ACP is a bit meh.
God please don't change
Especially not to something like Xenforo. Ugh.
I am also curious about the lack of excitement? If you are referring to a site like TAZ, they are heavily Xenforo biased so you wont find much excitement there for anything not xenforo....*eye roll*
But on the IPB support forums, excitement is high especially since they are gold now with IPb4.
I'm curious what everyone's favorite forum / community software is, whether as an end-user or administrator, doesn't matter. There are a lot of great options out there and due to some recent gripes about IPB and lack of excitement of IPB4 I'm just wanting to look at other platforms that may be comparable or better.
(No promises though, platform changes are a huge PITA and my gripes about IPB are generally temporary...)
God please don't change
Especially not to something like Xenforo. Ugh. I am also curious about the lack of excitement? If you are referring to a site like TAZ, they are heavily Xenforo biased so you wont find much excitement there for anything not xenforo....*eye roll*
But on the IPB support forums, excitement is high especially since they are gold now with IPb4.
I am curious what browser you are using when you access VPSboard?
drmike
100% Tier-1 Gogent
The issue on my end was more of blocking elements - javacript namely. Something plugin wise was fubaring/conflicting. Draft functionality working now for me, per se.
Hostissimus
New Member
Paid: IPB
Free: SMF
Free: SMF
jacobg830
New Member
Sadly it seems FluxBB is only going to have maintenance and security releases from now on and will eventually go EOL
They are directing users to http://flarum.org/on the homepage.
They are directing users to http://flarum.org/on the homepage.
I have to say I've gotten used to IPB lately and have stuck with it for a while. I do have an XenForo license though from when it came out and haven't used it lately.
Would you be willing to sell the XenForo license? Been looking for a second-hand one as I want to do some testing and play around with a install, but don't feel like committing to a full year license just for testing.
Hope you wont convert Vpsboard to Xenforo.
Still loving IPB and find it to be the best software hands down compare to XF and VB. IPB4 does have some bugs but nothing showsotpping and I have enjoyed upgrading my forum to IPB4 this past Wednesday and the users really love it
A project I'm involved with is using discourse... it does have nice design but it's a big ram hog, demanding on browsers, downloads a huge blob of static javascript that slows down page loading, and overall seems kind of tasteless in these regards. I prefer the simpler offerings and even think of writing something.
I like it as an end-user, but couldn't stand the admin area.
I am having issues with 3.4.x though and IPB staff seem to just want me to upgrade to 4.0.x now to 'fix' the issues they're unwilling to fix with 3.4.x. It's frustrating. If I upgraded to 4.0.x I have to do a lot of custom work and get someone to re-skin it so it looks (similar) to how the site looks now.
Figured I'd give 4.0.x enough time to mature before I upgraded but at this rate I may just be forced to in the next month or so... =/
eva2000
Active Member
Xenforo
voted for FluxBB
just because it is lightweight (for the user)
I once was in a fluxxbb forum and never experienced anything faster (page loads, etc)
for e.g, go to archlinux forum (uses FluxxBB) and see the difference
if many (currently 63,471) seasoned linux gurus (yes those running arch are) are using it, why not you?
I would say anything other than commercial would be better
all those vB/IPB/etc adds bulk to the visitor (who is more important than the admin on any site/forum)
just because it is lightweight (for the user)
I once was in a fluxxbb forum and never experienced anything faster (page loads, etc)
for e.g, go to archlinux forum (uses FluxxBB) and see the difference
if many (currently 63,471) seasoned linux gurus (yes those running arch are) are using it, why not you?
I would say anything other than commercial would be better
all those vB/IPB/etc adds bulk to the visitor (who is more important than the admin on any site/forum)