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phpBB or IPB

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 4:44 pm
by bawla
im just wondering which one do you guys prefer?

phpBB looks simpler which is wut i like but im using IPB because you have more features, i dont know if that is true since i didnt really look deep into phpBB

tell me which one you like more and why

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 7:27 pm
by m3mn0n
phpBB - i'm use to it 8)

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 7:35 pm
by bawla
i've been using IPB for a while and i've only been using phpBB for a bit and phpBB already seems better

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 8:43 pm
by Deemo
i like IPB much more because it has a much better user interface than phpBB in my opinion. also, some of the features in IPB are much better, including some of the mods u can get from ibplanet.com. I also think the admin panel in IPB is much better than phpBB

phpBB is great, but if i was to run a forum, id choose IPB

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 11:07 pm
by phice
My custom-made BlastMB is taking off quite nicely. ;) Hopefully it'll be able to compete against these bigger guys in a few months.

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 11:52 pm
by Shinmeiryu
So far it's looking nice, phice and commend you for actually having the patience to develop a whole forum.

For features, I prefer IPB. Although, I use neither.

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 12:55 am
by m3mn0n
phice wrote:My custom-made BlastMB is taking off quite nicely. ;) Hopefully it'll be able to compete against these bigger guys in a few months.
Nice work, phice. 8)

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 7:17 am
by tim
phpBB seems to be all my friends choice of message boards, mine too..

:wink:

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:40 am
by malcolmboston
well personally i prefer PHPBB

even though the version on this site is very basic (sorry guys) phpBB can be very professional which i feel IPB isnt

just my personal opinion

also phpBB is much easier to set up

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:02 pm
by Deemo
malcolmboston wrote: also phpBB is much easier to set up
to set up IPB it virtually takes 2 minutes, just download the .zip and run sm_install.php. i dont see how it could be easier

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:31 pm
by werlop
I like to use phpBB, one of the main reasons is the simplicity of administration and setup. However, I hav'nt had much experience of other forums, so I cannot really objectively comment.

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:32 pm
by werlop
phice wrote:My custom-made BlastMB is taking off quite nicely. ;) Hopefully it'll be able to compete against these bigger guys in a few months.
not to rain on your parade, but i got this when I accessed your forum:

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: user in /home/onlygee/public_html/BlastMB/include/auto.startup.php on line 7

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 3:46 pm
by reverend_ink
phice wrote:My custom-made BlastMB is taking off quite nicely. ;) Hopefully it'll be able to compete against these bigger guys in a few months.
Nice looking board and seems to run pretty fast. Are you going to be selling or giving away like phpBB?

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 7:18 pm
by Deemo
yes that forum is quite nice, good luck with that :)

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:41 pm
by phice
ha, it's funny that the guys at vBulletin are having the exact same thread, except between vBulletin and IPB.