PHPbb vs. vBulletin

[Lord Chaos]

1. I cannot get onto vbulletin.com , I just get "page cannot be displayed".
2. When is vB3 scheduled for final release?, and if it isn't scheduled for any specific date, does anyone have an estimate?
3. Is it possible to make it so your forums posts cannot show up in search engines?
4. Does *anyone* have some sort of part of a hack that I can see thats legal to see, so I can see how it functions for real?

I appreciate all the help in the thread.

[lifesourcerec]

Well, I own one license and use it for a sports site. I use phpBB on another. With the sports site, we've have countless mySQL database problems. They seem to be ok now with the self healing script. phpBB gets the job done if you want a basic stable forum. VB is good if you want an unique forum and easier to modify it. I'll probably purchase another license next week and transfer from phpBB to vB on the other site.

[Lord Chaos]

An additional question...would it be possible to give people only access to the styles modification control panel and not the rest of the admin panel?, this would be so I could create a dummy forum for style creators and they can test their styles before they get added to the main forum.

[Dark Shogun]

Originally Posted by Lord Chaos

1. I cannot get onto vbulletin.com , I just get "page cannot be displayed".
2. When is vB3 scheduled for final release?, and if it isn't scheduled for any specific date, does anyone have an estimate?
3. Is it possible to make it so your forums posts cannot show up in search engines?
4. Does *anyone* have some sort of part of a hack that I can see thats legal to see, so I can see how it functions for real?

1. There have been a lot of DDos attacks so they have banned a lot of ips. If you want access you will have to email them.
2. No one can give you that information because it wasn't given to us.
3. Yes
4. Any hack posted on vbulletin.org can't be shown to a person without a license unless the person that made it contacts you and shows it to you him/herself.

Originally Posted by Lord Chaos

An additional question...would it be possible to give people only access to the styles modification control panel and not the rest of the admin panel?, this would be so I could create a dummy forum for style creators and they can test their styles before they get added to the main forum.

Yes it is.

Dark Shogun

[Lord Chaos]

Excellent...I must say the PHPbb admin cp is a little easier and more intuitive than vBB, but seems to be with less features.

[klaus die maus]

Vbb Rockt
PhPbb2 not

[Bryan Ex]

Quick question... will user uploaded avatars from phpBB2 import into VB correctly?

[pucca]

I'll say this about both forums. They both have their advantages and disadvantages. As some pointed out, there's alot more to vbulletin than there is to phpbb. My sister who happens to own a puccafan forum(looks at username) is made from this company, and I must say, it is simply astonishing to find out what features comes with the package. I on the other hand own 2 forums from phpbb, and haven't touched vbulletin at all, but that doesn't mean I'll never try it. I'm actually quite anticipating the release of vbulletin gold. With phpbb, it's totally free, while as vb, you gotta pay and with some kids wanting to run their own forum, asking mommy and daddy for an owned license of 160 isn't easy to come by, and not to mention that if they ever want to upgrade, they have to pay another fee >_<.

Now, if you really wanna talk passion, for some people, the best feeling in the world is installing hacks and finding out that they work in the end. With vbulletin, they practically have all the features there, so it really takes the fun out of hacking the system. With phpbb, installing subforums, custom profiles, reporting posts hacks are all there for you to add, which really adds to the fun. And not to mention the fact that you get respect for doing it as well. Posting your forum and listing the hacks you've done really makes people appreciate what you've done to make the forum the very best that you can make it.

Templates wise, phpbb also has nearly 200 different templates that people have made to distribute, and you don't have to go digging for it either all over the web.

Sorry for the rant. I simply wanted to add some debating value to this which I have yet to see, because it's obvious that this is a biased forum. It's like going to phpbb and asking this very same thread. ^_~

[Link14716]

Originally Posted by pucca

I'll say this about both forums. They both have their advantages and disadvantages. As some pointed out, there's alot more to vbulletin than there is to phpbb. My sister who happens to own a puccafan forum(looks at username) is made from this company, and I must say, it is simply astonishing to find out what features comes with the package. I on the other hand own 2 forums from phpbb, and haven't touched vbulletin at all, but that doesn't mean I'll never try it. I'm actually quite anticipating the release of vbulletin gold. With phpbb, it's totally free, while as vb, you gotta pay and with some kids wanting to run their own forum, asking mommy and daddy for an owned license of 160 isn't easy to come by, and not to mention that if they ever want to upgrade, they have to pay another fee >_<.

Now, if you really wanna talk passion, for some people, the best feeling in the world is installing hacks and finding out that they work in the end. With vbulletin, they practically have all the features there, so it really takes the fun out of hacking the system. With phpbb, installing subforums, custom profiles, reporting posts hacks are all there for you to add, which really adds to the fun. And not to mention the fact that you get respect for doing it as well. Posting your forum and listing the hacks you've done really makes people appreciate what you've done to make the forum the very best that you can make it.

Templates wise, phpbb also has nearly 200 different templates that people have made to distribute, and you don't have to go digging for it either all over the web.

Sorry for the rant. I simply wanted to add some debating value to this which I have yet to see, because it's obvious that this is a biased forum. It's like going to phpbb and asking this very same thread. ^_~

Well, installing 100 hacks on vB is fun, too.

[Kwak]

You should give the demos a tryout. Not sure if phpbb has one.