Scott Berkun

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• Jason Luther - September 25, 2007 at 12:19 pm #

• http://bbpress.org/ seems like it might fit your needs. It at least offers modern spam protection.

  
  

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• Andrew Becherer - September 25, 2007 at 12:48 pm #

• I would recommend something that is supported by Akismet. I have used Akismet with several Wordpress and Drupal sites to great effect. Comment spam isn’t really a problem for me anymore.

  I wish your comment box had a preview button.

  
  

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• Gabriele - September 25, 2007 at 12:58 pm #

• Try http://bbantispam.com before you throw in the towel :-)

  
  

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• jenz - September 25, 2007 at 2:06 pm #

• bbPress is a great way to go. From the bbPress web site:
  “Have you ever been frustrated with forum or bulletin board software that was slow, bloated, and always got your server hacked?”

  
  

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• Andrew - September 25, 2007 at 4:37 pm #

• http://getvanilla.com/

  CSS Beauty uses it, I assume it must be good :)

  
  

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• Tony - September 26, 2007 at 3:20 pm #

• I really like the applications from Jive software (http://www.jivesoftware.com) Take a look at Jive Forums, or ClearspaceX.

  
  

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• Jonathan Davis - September 28, 2007 at 3:05 am #

• If you are serious about forums, you have to pay for them.

  The two biggies are both superb: Invision and vBulletin.

  http://www.invisionpower.com/community/board/index.html
  http://www.vbulletin.com/

  My strong preference is for vBulletin though. It is without doubt the best forum software out there.

  JD

  
  

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• Mohsin - September 28, 2007 at 11:42 pm #

• Scott, try bbpress or Vanilla. Both are light-weight and easy to maintain.

  
  

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• Dan - October 3, 2007 at 8:58 am #

• How about Jive Forums? Apple Computer uses them

  http://www.jivesoftware.com/products/forums/

  
  

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• tom - October 5, 2007 at 1:05 pm #

• I have seen spam problems solved in phpBB with sntispam plugins or
  http://www.icyphoenix.com/
  Icy Phoenix is a CMS based on phpBB (a fully scalable and highly customisable open-source Bulletin Board package PHP based) plus many modifications and code integrations which add flexibility to the whole package.

  
  

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• tom - October 5, 2007 at 1:06 pm #

• I forgot to mention you can import the database

  
  

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• arnaud - October 7, 2007 at 11:17 am #

• You might want to look at FUDforum

  http://fudforum.org/

  It is pretty secure and fast.

  
  

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• bloggingnews01 - March 9, 2009 at 9:59 am #

• Dear Frnd!,…
  bbPress is a great way to go. From the bbPress web site:
  “Have you ever been frustrated with forum or bulletin board software that was slow, bloated, and always got your server hacked?”

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• Hair Waxing - March 8, 2010 at 5:54 pm #

• I’m sorry you had a terrible time with phpBB. I have used vBulletin in the past, and I highly recommend them if you want a professional forum with great software support.

  Best of luck to you!

  
  

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