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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

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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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