wordpresshubs: Web Forum Platform: Ultimate Guide & Comparison Chart

samedi 12 novembre 2016

Web Forum Platform: Ultimate Guide & Comparison Chart

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For those of you who are looking to start a forum, you are aware there are a lot of platforms to choose from. Making the right choice to start with is important because it is difficult to transfer an established forum to a new platform. I have gathered information on the top 8 forum platforms based on my experience. Please keep in mind that there are many other options to choose from but these are just ones I have used and liked.

Comparison Chart On phpBB, MyBB, MyProBB, vBulletin

class="border" width="97%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2">valign="top">align="center" valign="top" width="110">href="http://www.phpbb.com/">phpBBalign="center" valign="top" width="110">href="http://www.mybb.com/">MyBBalign="center" valign="top" width="110">href="http://www.cubiclesoft.com/MyProBB/">MyProBBalign="center" valign="top" width="110">href="https://www.vbulletin.com/">vBulletin colspan="18" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd">General Information valign="top">Licensealign="center" valign="top" width="110">GPLalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Customalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Commercialalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Commercialvalign="top">Costalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Freealign="center" valign="top" width="110">Freealign="center" valign="top" width="110"> per
yearalign="center" valign="top" width="110">5 – 5valign="top">ProgramingLanguagealign="center" valign="top" width="110">PHPalign="center" valign="top" width="110">PHPalign="center" valign="top" width="110">PHP 5align="center" valign="top" width="110">PHPvalign="top">Installation
Methodalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Installation Wizardalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Installation Wizardalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Manualalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Installation Wizardvalign="top">Upgrade Methodalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Upgrade Wizard or Manualalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Upgrade Wizardalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Upgrade Wizardalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Upgrade Wizardcolspan="18" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd">Posts valign="top">HTMLalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Not
Supportedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Not
Supportedvalign="top">BBCodealign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Smilesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">WYSIWYG
Editoralign="center" valign="top" width="110">Not Supportedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Requires Pluginalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Not Supportedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Quotingalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Nestedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Nestedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Nestedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Nestedvalign="top">Attachmentsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Multiple Filesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Multiple Filesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Multiple Filesvalign="top">Syntax
Highlightingalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Toolbaralign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yescolspan="18" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd">Forums valign="top">Subforumsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Unlimitedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Unlimitedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Unlimitedvalign="top">Redirect
Forumsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Categoriesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Last Postalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yescolspan="18" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd">Data Storage valign="top">MySQLalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Oraclealign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Novalign="top">Postgresalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Novalign="top">SQLitealign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Novalign="top">Text
Filesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Nocolspan="18" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd">Security valign="top">Blacklistsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">ACLsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Warningsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Suspensionalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Bansalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">IP
Blockingalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Audit
Loggingalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">User
Reportsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Flood
Controlalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Groupsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Multiplealign="center" valign="top" width="110">Multiplealign="center" valign="top" width="110">Multiplealign="center" valign="top" width="110">Multiplevalign="top">CAPTCHAalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Requires
Pluginalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yescolspan="18" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd">Moderation valign="top">Moderatorsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Global and forum Level Supportedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Global and forum Level Supportedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Global and forum Level Supportedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Global and forum Level Supportedvalign="top">Move
Threadsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Close
Threadsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Split
Threadsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Shadow
Topicsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Sticky
Threadsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Important
Threadsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yescolspan="18" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd">Notifications valign="top">RSS/ATOMalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Instant
Messagingalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Uses
Jabberalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Novalign="top">Bookmarksalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">E-Mailalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yescolspan="18" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd">Searching valign="top">Full-textalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Authoralign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Unread
Topicsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Tracked but Not Searchablealign="center" valign="top" width="110">Tracked but Not Searchablealign="center" valign="top" width="110">Tracked but Not Searchablealign="center" valign="top" width="110">Tracked but Not Searchablevalign="top">Advanced
Searchalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yescolspan="18" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd">Community valign="top">User
Ranksalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Avatarsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Rating
Systemalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Available Through Patchalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Online
User Listalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">PMsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Custom
Profilesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Requires Pluginalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Signaturesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yescolspan="18" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd">Special Features valign="top">Customizablealign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Statisticsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Friendly
URLsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Requires Pluginalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Requires Pluginalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Calendaralign="center" valign="top" width="110">Not Supportedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Not Supportedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Pollsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesvalign="top">Lo_Fi Viewalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yes

Comparison Chart On bbPress, FusionBB, Invision Power, and Vanilla

class="border" width="97%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2">valign="top">align="center" valign="middle" width="110">href="http://bbpress.org/">bbPressalign="center" valign="middle" width="110">href="http://www.fusionbb.com/">FusionBBalign="center" valign="middle" width="110">href="http://www.invisionpower.com/">Invision
Poweralign="center" valign="middle" width="110">href="http://vanillaforums.org/">Vanillacolspan="18" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd">General
Information valign="top">Licensealign="center" valign="top" width="110">GPL2align="center" valign="top" width="110">Commercialalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Commercialalign="center" valign="top" width="110">GPLvalign="top">Costalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Freealign="center" valign="top" width="110">9 first year and every year afteralign="center" valign="top" width="110">Starting at .99 monthalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Freevalign="top">ProgramingLanguagealign="center" valign="top" width="110">PHPalign="center" valign="top" width="110">PHPalign="center" valign="top" width="110">PHPalign="center" valign="top" width="110">PHPvalign="top">Installation
Methodalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Installation Wizardalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Installation Wizardalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Installation Wizardalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Installation Wizardvalign="top">Upgrade
Methodalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Upgrade Wizardalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Upgrade Wizardalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Upgrade Wizardalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Manualcolspan="18" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd">Posts valign="top">HTMLalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Requires Pluginvalign="top">BBCodealign="center" valign="top" width="110">Requires Pluginalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Requires Pluginvalign="top">Smilesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Requires Pluginalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Requires Pluginvalign="top">WYSIWYG
Editoralign="center" valign="top" width="110">Not Supportedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Noalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Yesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Requires Pluginvalign="top">Quotingalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Nestedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Nestedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Nestedalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Singlevalign="top">Attachmentsalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Multiple Filesalign="center" valign="top" width="110">Multiple Files

About phpBB

Summary

PhpBB is designed for the average user in mind. This platform can handle a descent amount of traffic and is pretty easy to customize and there are many templates to choose from. I would recommend phpBB for someone who is looking for a free solution that is both functional and customizable.

Screenshots

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Example Forums

href="https://forums.mozilla.org/addons/">Mozilla Add-ons Forum
href="http://forums.southparkstudios.com/forum/">South Park Studios
href="http://forums.theelderscrollsskyrim.com/index.php">Skyrim Forums

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About MyBB

Summary

MyBB is another platform that is free, functional, and customizable. MyBB has a large support community and is easy to use. I would recommend this platform to someone who is looking for something a little different than phpBB.

Screenshots

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Example Forums

href="http://www.ncaabbs.com/">NCAA BBS
href="http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/">Yu-Gi-Oh Cardmaker
href="http://www.msghelp.net/">Messenger Plus Live

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About MyProBB

Summary

MyProBB is similar to MyBB but offers a few additional features and support. If you like MyBB and are looking for something a little more this would be a solid option. I would not recommend this for someone who is just looking for a good platform because of the cost and limited abilities.

Screenshots

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Example Forums

href="http://www.cubiclesoft.com/Forum/index.php?cmd=Forum&ID=8">MyProBB Web Forum

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About vBulletin

Summary

VBulletin is a platform that is designed for large forums. This platform is used by millions of sites and can meet any can be used for pretty much anything. I would highly recommend vBulletin for any size forum in pretty much any situation as long as you are willing/able to purchase it.

Screenshots

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Example Forums

href="http://www.animeappeal.com/?styleid=70">Anime Appeal
href="http://forums.digitalpoint.com/">Digital Point
href="http://www.bikeforums.net/forum.php">Bike Forums

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About bbPress

Summary

BbPress was brought to us by WordPress and is a great option for someone looking for a fast forum. By default bbPress does not come with much but this increases the load time and performance of the forum. There is also a plug-in for pretty much anything you would want to add, just be careful not to add to many plug-ins because it will affect the performance.

Screenshots

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Example Forums

href="http://wordpress.org/support/">WordPress
href="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/">Singletrack
href="http://forums.dropbox.com/">Dropbox

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About FusionBB

Summary

FusionBB is a great forum platform and can met the demands of a large community. If you are willing to pay for your forum this would be my recommendation. Yes it is a little pricy but the features and support you get will easy make up for the price.

Screenshots

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Example Forums

href="http://www.fusionbb.com/forum/index.php">FusionBB Forums
href="http://www.spiritburner.com/fusion/index.php">Classic Camp Stoves
href="http://boards.basketball-u.com/showforum.php?fid/53/">Basketball U

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About InvisionPower

Summary

InvisionPower is another great paid forum platform. InvisionPower also offer several other products and if you are using them this would be a great choice. If you are not using any other products by InvisionPower I would use fusionBB.

Screenshots

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Example Forums

href="http://community.invisionpower.com/">IPS Community
href="http://forum.emule-project.net/">Official eMule-Board
href="http://gmc.yoyogames.com/">GameMaker Community

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About Vanilla

Summary

Vanilla forums is another great free option. If you are looking for something different than the standard phpBB forum platform this is a great option. But if you are just looking for the most functional free forum platform I would still go with phpBB.

Screenshots

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Example Forums

href="http://vanillaforums.org/discussions">Vanilla Forums
href="http://flatpress.org/vanilla2/">Flatpress
href="http://eggheadforum.com/">Big Green Egg

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Web Forum Platform: Ultimate Guide & Comparison Chart

Comparison Chart On phpBB, MyBB, MyProBB, vBulletin

Comparison Chart On bbPress, FusionBB, Invision Power, and Vanilla

About phpBB

About MyBB

About MyProBB

About vBulletin

About bbPress

About FusionBB

About InvisionPower

About Vanilla

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