cross platform forum software

[electronicfiles]

hi- anyone have exp with creating user forums? i'd like to know what software to buy in order to create a user forum like this. thanks!

[kalisphoenix]

This is vBulletin, which is a hundred bucks or so iirc.

Check out phpBB.com -- phpBB runs probably more forums than anything else, and it's totally free. Very similar to vBulletin in most ways.

[Nicolasdec]

I would also use PHPBB

[Mac-Addict]

PHPBB Is the way to go! Its free and simpler than vBulletin.

[7031]

I have a forum which runs on phpBB3, but I believe that if you don't mind paying a bit, vBulletin is awesome.

You would still need to pay for hosting with either though. There are some free, but to be honest, I haven't had very good experiences with any of them.

[afornander]

personaly i think u should go with vanilla (http://getvanilla.com/). simple, clean, web 2.0. overall wonderfull.

[Nicolasdec]

personaly i think u should go with vanilla (http://getvanilla.com/). simple, clean, web 2.0. overall wonderfull.

i have used Vanilla and I think its terrible. the look of it (you probly can change it) and its too web 2.0 of me. :)

[yagran]

j'adore vanilla 1.1.2

[4God]

This (http://ipbfree.com/home/) one seems pretty good as well.

[zflauaus]

I use Simple Machines Forums (http://www.simplemachines.org/) because I couldn't stand the amount of spam I was getting on my phpBB. I'd recommend it and it was actually very easy to set up manually.