Favourite Forum Software

Abizaga said:
I LOVED vB 3.8. When groups and albums were introduced I was estatic!
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3.8.5 was my FIRST forum version I actively used and moderated on, and it will always have a special place in my heart.
 
Hungry Ego said:
3.8.5 was my FIRST forum version I actively used and moderated on, and it will always have a special place in my heart.
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I started with vb 3.6 so it was a hella long time till 3.8. It was probably vBulletin's best upgrade ever.
 
phpBB and forever will be. I'm a huge fan of their Admin Panel, it's really easy to navigate my way around. I'm guessing I've just got to using phpBB over the years too.
 
I was actually never a fan of phpbb personally.
 
Alexander said:
Why? Is there a reason as to why? Have you ever hosted a forum on phpBB?
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I have indeed. A few. The forum I ran before QA was PHPBB. I just found it hard to properly modify, and I thought the interface felt a bit clunky. That and back then it had many security flaws.
 
Abizaga said:
I have indeed. A few. The forum I ran before QA was PHPBB. I just found it hard to properly modify, and I thought the interface felt a bit clunky. That and back then it had many security flaws.
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I will absolutely agree with that. phpBB is awful and I will never touch it again. They make simple things complicated and it's so hard to properly customise.
 
Ash said:
I will absolutely agree with that. phpBB is awful and I will never touch it again. They make simple things complicated and it's so hard to properly customise.
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I kinda wish somebody made a vB3 esque theme for Xenforo though. That would have been amazeballs
 
Ash said:
That would be awesome. Would love it for DH since our aim is to remind everyone of forums from a while ago
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I forget was this theme made custom for DH?
 
Ash said:
No, it's a premium theme but I have customised it quite a bit to make it look like the OG DH
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I wonder how themehouse woulda done at a vBulletin 3.x esque theme...?
 
I love using MyBB. I use it for my site and it is amazing how it works. You can customise it and make it look really good. But, I do like the interface of Xenforo
 
For paid software I love IPB the most. I think it's definitely worth the money, the ACP is very easy to navigate and plus you pay for what you need. Xenforo is good too, but every time I tried a demo it ran slow on my server. (I know it's not Xenforo's fault of course, it's my hosting. But I also don't really care for the ACP layout too much tbh...) As for free I like SMF and MyBB the most.
 
I like XenForo cause I'm so used to using it. However, though, that's not saying the other forum software are worse. However, though, remember that the other types are more DIY (do-it-yourself). Stuff isn't as premade. However, though, putting on mods isn't that tough. Maybe the toughest is getting that alert system for MyBB and that isn't too bad.
 
Mine would have to be MyBB and IPB. I’ve done a lot of work on MyBB in the past and I’ve always loved to IPB ACP and it’s simplicity.
 
XenForo

I like that it has a modern look whilst retaining a lot of the best features of old school forums. I liked old forum software but they were a lot slower. I also like that it has features like easy GIF to put in your posts. A lot easier to share Media and stuff as well.

I do like the reactions too, gives me a dopamine boost
 
I'm a XenForo man myself, with MyBB as my preferred free software. I'm also quite fond of Discourse on the free front, but I've never set it up myself.
 
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