Forum Software

[Floppyman]

Hi all,

I'm looking for some (preferably free) forum software that is similar to pcmech and is easy to setup. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

[Statica]

Hi Floppyman:
What scripting language?

[Floppyman]

Hi Statica,

Thanks for the reply: Whatever is better nowadays, I suppose it's gonna be either PHP or CGI? Thanks again.

[MrBigglesworth]

Yeah, I use ikonboard for my forum. Methinks it's ikonboard.com. There's a free version which is cool. Make sure you choose the option to host it yourself though or you are limited in what you can do.

[Statica]

The best I've used is phpBB (phpbb.com); I had used phorum (from phorum.org) but that was a few versions back. w-Agora is highly customizable (http://www.w-agora.net/en/index.php)

Check out: http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Discussion_Boards/index.html for a repository of PHP based boards (or change it to whatever language you prefer).

HTH

[mairving]

PHPBB is the best free one and probably the closest to Vbulletin of any of them. Plus it has a lot of hacks and templates.

[hobey19]

i have used cutecast when it needs to be cgi rather than php. takes like 10 minutes to setup

http://www.artscore.net/cutecast/

craig

[Xayd]

Another vote for phpBB, it's the best you'll find for free.

[Keeble]

yep i vote phpBB as the best.

[Aaaron]

phpBB



Free

Easy to use

Lots of Mods

[Floppyman]

Thanks for your suggestions guys, I'll check out phpBB.

[Statica]

Also check http://www.phpbbhacks.com if you went with phpBB

[scracker]

Hi

There is a bunch of softwares that you can use to build a forum

Invision Power Board
PHPBB
Snitz
vBulletin

The best one I think is PHPBB since it is free, and easy to install and manage.