Every admin on this forum is at a different level of technical knowledge. There's no need to validate it, because we've all been there. Some of us are still there. It's why these forums exists, so we can get help from each other at those different levels of experience.
As far as you question goes, if you're looking for which will be easier for you, it's not really going to matter. Both will demand the same level of technical skill from you. Other than one having a few more features than the other, and their being a distinction between how styles are edited (and you'll get differing opinions as to which is considered easier to style), they're fundamentally the same as far as administrating goes. So, really, you'll only get people's favorites when it comes to that question.
PHP is the engine that let's users make changes to your websites. It's what makes it dynamic, rather then just a static thing to look at. MySQL is your database, where all your posts, threads and user information goes. It's the meat and potatoes of the website. So yes, you definitly want to make sure your forum is compatible with what your host is running. Just check vB.com for what version of PHP and MySQL need to at least be, and pick the version of vB that's right for your. Again, that's just a matter of choice, but as a recommendation, and as an observation, I'd say go with vB4. It just seems the most stable and most widely supported by 3rd-party add-ons at the moment.
03-24-2013, 02:51 PM
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