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Forum software - Which to use?

payt20 Posts: 54 Forumite

14 May 2006 at 2:23PM in Techie Stuff

I am about to install a forum on my website and i have been looking at a few. I was just wondering what everyone thinks is the best forum software?

I am after free software really as i cant afford to buy any.

Cheers

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Reluctant_spender Posts: 2,785 Forumite

14 May 2006 at 2:27PM

I thought links were not allowed in signature blocks?

I could be wrong though.

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Paul_VW Posts: 131 Forumite

14 May 2006 at 2:32PM

I used http://www.phpbb.com/ on a website I manage, I found it pretty easy to set up and install hacks; http://www.perrycourtfarm.com/forum/

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payt20 Posts: 54 Forumite

14 May 2006 at 2:57PM

Reluctant_spender wrote:

I thought links were not allowed in signature blocks?

I could be wrong though.

Wow is that a piece of forum software? Thanks for the help :P

If there not allowed i will remove it :P

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jazzy Posts: 1,100 Forumite

14 May 2006 at 3:32PM

Another good one and it's free, reputed to be better than phpbb
http://www.simplemachines.org/

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payt20 Posts: 54 Forumite

14 May 2006 at 3:37PM

wow, that simple machines looks good. Thanks

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amcluesent Posts: 9,425 Forumite

14 May 2006 at 4:11PM

I use a number of forums running vBulletin and like what it can do.

OT why-oh-why do organisations (the BBC being the worst) continue to use their own in-house written forum s/w which is 100% lame?

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