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Maximus'
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Similar Forum Software?

Post by Maximus' »

I relise this is maybe a custom made one.

However we have had a custom league/ladder site made and it is near completion.

The next task will be a forum the coder said he would make a custom one but i just want to know if theres any avail like this?

http://www.enemydown.co.uk/forums.php

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Paul
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Chris Corbyn
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Post by Chris Corbyn »

Better off getting a ready made one like:

phpBB
vBulletin
Invision Board

Then write your own template for it so it looks like that ;) If you think there's too many features in the above, you can just leave them out of the templates.
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Post by Maximus' »

Basically the coder wants it to fit in with the Site perfect he feels vb etc dont offer that and there to advanced..

Can you recommend any others?
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Post by Ambush Commander »

Nicely email the site admins of that one and ask them where they got their software from. If it's home grown, you're outta luck: you'll have to code to make up the difference.
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Post by m3mn0n »

I'd go custom.

The time it takes to build something else into your system and tweak it so you have added functionality, you can make a new one from scratch and give it some basic features to start with, and then add more as time goes on.

Or if you have some time, add them before launch.

That's my recommendation.
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Post by Maximus' »

Yea after having a think and the coder allready suggested he build a custom forum think ill go for that :)

Just pushing for time to be honest as launch is the 5th march :(
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Post by Trenchant »

I would suggest using FUDforums then. I completely modified a FUD board to fit in a site template only 500 pixels wide! Not to mention that was the first time I had ever changed a template on a PHP board and the first time I had ever used fud forums!

The software is very reliable and was coded by a security consultant if I remember correctly.
http://fudforum.org/forum/
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Post by Grim... »

I'd go custom - a simple forum can be knocked up pretty quick if needed.
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Post by Maugrim_The_Reaper »

The decision is likely to come down to what features you need/want on the forum. phpBB etc add a lot of features, but if you only need something very simple - then a custom job is likely to be possible. It's still worth the time to look at other forum offerings like Fud Forums (it's a nice app) and phpBB - though honestly modifying and trying to work with phpBB is not an attractive thought. It ain't the prettiest code around...;)
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