Favorite Forum Software

[Cory]

Paid: Xenforo

Free: Jcink

Xenforo has nice features and an overall pleasant atmosphere. As for Jcink, it just seems user-friendly and what I'm most used to due to using InvisionFree/ZetaBoards in the past.

 

[Jane]

An easy choice for me right now - XenForo. It's a very good premium option. It looks great, feels great, and users seem to love it.

In terms of free forum software, I would have to go for MyBB

 

[Jane]

Well zetaboards until Brandon sold his soul to crapatalk. I’ve been with Mybb..phpBB3 and SMF. Back with Jcink now. It’s so simple and easy to use. I looked at xenforo... the acp is so confusing…

 

[Nebulous]

Well zetaboards until Brandon sold his soul to crapatalk. I’ve been with Mybb..phpBB3 and SMF. Back with Jcink now. It’s so simple and easy to use. I looked at xenforo... the acp is so confusing…

What happened to your self-hosted SMF forum?

 

[Shawn Gossman]

XenForo for me.

Back when I first started a forum, PhpBB was the hottest software on the market.

PhpBB2 just came out and it was awesome. We even had addons. You had to manually add them so it took a few hours to add each one. Oh and back then, dialup was the internet so... yeah.

And then PhpBB3 came out, use it for a while. Moved onto MyBB. Moved to SMF.

Bit the bullet, got me vBulletin 3 and OMG, it was the best software ever!

Then they sold out. vBulletin turned into a weird situation.

Moved to IP.Board for a long time.

Then the Messiah was born, XenForo and have stuck with them since

*hit brakes*

PhpBB wasn't my first...

ProBoards was my first. Server 1

 

[PGen98]

XenForo for me.

Back when I first started a forum, PhpBB was the hottest software on the market.

PhpBB2 just came out and it was awesome. We even had addons. You had to manually add them so it took a few hours to add each one. Oh and back then, dialup was the internet so... yeah.

And then PhpBB3 came out, use it for a while. Moved onto MyBB. Moved to SMF.

Bit the bullet, got me vBulletin 3 and OMG, it was the best software ever!

Then they sold out. vBulletin turned into a weird situation.

Moved to IP.Board for a long time.

Then the Messiah was born, XenForo and have stuck with them since

*hit brakes*

PhpBB wasn't my first...

ProBoards was my first. Server 1

vB3 was perfection, utter perfection, and the plans they had for 4 looked poised to continue that perfection (at least the rough images we were shown). Such a shame IB bought them and ruined everything. I loved the vB2 days, as well, really great software!

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Such a shame IB bought them and ruined everything. I loved the vB2 days, as well, really great software!

I miss those days. Forums were in their prime back then!

 

[PGen98]

I miss those days. Forums were in their prime back then!

They definitely were! You'd find forums where you could post, refresh the thread list and that post was halfway down the page already. Forums were so, so busy!

 

[Shawn Gossman]

They definitely were! You'd find forums where you could post, refresh the thread list and that post was halfway down the page already. Forums were so, so busy!

That's kind of what it's like here This forum reminds me of those times.

And its nothing overzealous.

It's people just wanting to talk

 

[PGen98]

That's kind of what it's like here This forum reminds me of those times.

And its nothing overzealous.

It's people just wanting to talk

Agreed, the level of activity here is wonderful, and everyone's fantastic! Truly a rare gem of a community!

 

[Gizmo]

PhpBB as an admin but Xenforo as a user.

 

[Nebulous]

XenForo for me.

Back when I first started a forum, PhpBB was the hottest software on the market.

PhpBB2 just came out and it was awesome. We even had addons. You had to manually add them so it took a few hours to add each one. Oh and back then, dialup was the internet so... yeah.

And then PhpBB3 came out, use it for a while. Moved onto MyBB. Moved to SMF.

Bit the bullet, got me vBulletin 3 and OMG, it was the best software ever!

Then they sold out. vBulletin turned into a weird situation.

Moved to IP.Board for a long time.

Then the Messiah was born, XenForo and have stuck with them since

*hit brakes*

PhpBB wasn't my first...

ProBoards was my first. Server 1

That was a nice little trip down memory lane.

 

[nomad]

I love both XenForo and WordPress. They are the very best in my opinion.

Creating a forum on wordpress and managing your wordpress powered forum is easy but when you compare the forum with a proper forum script, your wordpress forums will look pretty basic.

 

[Strawberry]

It seems that forums have moved on since I was last a frequent user of them. I'm noticing that a popular choice nowadays is XenForo, from what I've seen so far it looks like it's one of the best. It seems to be really user friendly.

My favourite used to be vBulletin, like someone else said in here mainly the 2.x and 3.x versions. I also used IPB, SMF, PhpBB and MyBB.
There were some great free hosts out there too like IF/ZB.

 

[Heatman]

Creating a forum on wordpress and managing your wordpress powered forum is easy but when you compare the forum with a proper forum script, your wordpress forums will look pretty basic.

Well, if I have the knowledge of how to do that, it's always going to be considered first but as I don't, I'd stick with Xenforo or WordPress.

 

[Nebulous]

It seems that forums have moved on since I was last a frequent user of them. I'm noticing that a popular choice nowadays is XenForo, from what I've seen so far it looks like it's one of the best. It seems to be really user friendly.

My favourite used to be vBulletin, like someone else said in here mainly the 2.x and 3.x versions. I also used IPB, SMF, PhpBB and MyBB.
There were some great free hosts out there too like IF/ZB.

XenForo is the best

vB was cool back in the day, now not so much.

ZB had the most visually striking forums around. Their themes were very cool.

 

[safeinsanity]

I like SMF, xenforo, proboards, and forumotion.

 

[Nebulous]

forumotion

They are a free host but they don't make their own software. Their most popular option is an old version of phpBB.

 

[nomad]

Well, if I have the knowledge of how to do that, it's always going to be considered first but as I don't, I'd stick with Xenforo or WordPress.

Wordpress forums are not as powerful as other forums but they are easier to mange. If you plan to add a blog on your forum, wordpress can be the best option. Xenforo is good but I would choose free forum instead.

 

[Heatman]

Wordpress forums are not as powerful as other forums but they are easier to mange. If you plan to add a blog on your forum, wordpress can be the best option. Xenforo is good but I would choose free forum instead.

Yeah, you're absolutely right about how good it is to use WordPress if you have any plans of incorporating a blog to your forum. They are know best for setting up blogs.