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10-02-05, 09:33 AM
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I'd like to start a forum and have heard and seen plenty of php and Vbulletin boards. I've very little about http://simplemachines.org Do you have any experience with these boards? Do you have forum running on their software?
Jose
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10-02-05, 12:43 PM
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I personally like working with SMF. I launched a SMF board for a client, earlier this year, and plan to launch a couple of my own in the month of October. I switched my client's forum to SMF after giving up on phpBB in frustration.. seems quite a bit easier to work with for me, personally.
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10-02-05, 03:55 PM
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The way I see it is that Simple Machines is concerned with security first and foremost. I've heard complaints that their aren't a lot of hacks for it, but again I think that goes to the security issue.
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10-02-05, 06:20 PM
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I would NEVER go with SMF. phpBB is the way to go, easy to manage, pretty secure, tons of mods, and anything you will ever need. The poeple that give up in frustration are the people who arnt used to phpbb's interface, which is pretty easy to learn, and REALLY easy to learn for the registered member.
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10-03-05, 06:42 PM
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I personally like phpBB. It's just that their to be too many security problems. It's being around longer than SMF and it has a larger user base, so that has something to do with. However, SMF seems built with security in mind first.
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10-09-05, 07:37 AM
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I like vB the most, lol, but it guess phpbb or SMF would be a second choice.
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02-22-06, 04:24 PM
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| | Re: What is your opinion on Simple Machines?
I never tried it. I am an avid phpBB user and love the script.
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02-22-06, 04:35 PM
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I don't think it has anything phpbb dosn't have.. but I havn't checked any newer version out.
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02-22-06, 05:58 PM
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| | Re: What is your opinion on Simple Machines?
I couldn't give you a list off the top of my head but I like the admin area, the support, the security, and the look better, personally. I am not a fan of phpBB and, up until recently, I've never really seen a quality skin available for it.
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02-25-06, 05:05 AM
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| | Re: What is your opinion on Simple Machines?
Well, it has many options out of the box. MORE than phpBB. This is something I will always admit since it's the truth ...
But I like to use phpBB exactly because it has less features and I can make it as I wish ... SMF is a great option, it's just not appealing to me.  |
02-25-06, 09:16 AM
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So I would suggest just trying one or both out.. and see what you like more. It is more of a matter of personal oppinion.
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02-26-06, 01:35 PM
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I have 2 sites running SMF and one site running phpBB. I have been a long time phpBB user but I like SMF more now, but the best way is how I am testing both out against eachother.
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03-07-07, 05:58 PM
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| | Re: What is your opinion on Simple Machines?
I am making the transition to Get Vanilla! aside from that I only use simplemachines when I need a forum.
It is the only one that comes standards compliant out of the box. It has plenty of mods as well, and much faster than other forum scripts.
Vanilla is about to blow them all away. Its a much better way of thinking about things. It is however much earlier in its development cycle.
hope that helps
Nigel
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03-07-07, 06:21 PM
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Interesting! I'll have to check out Vanilla and see how it compares.
Thanks for the link, Nigel!
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03-08-07, 04:30 AM
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I'm using SMF for the forum in my sig, and I'm totally satisfied with it.
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03-08-07, 06:16 AM
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| | Re: What is your opinion on Simple Machines?
Thanks for the headsup Nigel.
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03-19-07, 02:54 PM
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| | Re: What is your opinion on Simple Machines?
I actually like SMF. I tried phpBB before but I wasn't so pleased with it.
Of course if I can afford VB, I'd get VB!
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04-03-07, 01:59 PM
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| | Re: What is your opinion on Simple Machines?
Dudes.. Come on look at SMF, its sooo blocky and looks really not nice. Use MyBB its the step down of vBulletin. Looks like it. Look at LostWebForums.com it looks really like vBulletin but its MyBB
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04-07-07, 03:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Gareth_Boyd  Dudes.. Come on look at SMF, its sooo blocky and looks really not nice. Use MyBB its the step down of vBulletin. Looks like it. Look at LostWebForums.com it looks really like vBulletin but its MyBB | Haha. I use SMF and I think it's okay. I'd like to try MyBB but I don't know where to download free skins.
Are you the owner of LostWebForums? I'm addicted to that show.
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