Forums locked due to general hate of phpbb
September 25th, 2007
I locked down the forums recently on the basic principle that if takes more time to maintain and de-spam something than to actually use it, something is very wrong.
So I’m looking to replace phpbb with something more HTML/CSS friendly, that has less-evil UI for maintenance, and post 1995 spam handling, let me know. I’m happy to pay for it if it does what I need.
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http://bbpress.org/ seems like it might fit your needs. It at least offers modern spam protection.
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.
Try http://bbantispam.com before you throw in the towel :-)
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?”
http://getvanilla.com/
CSS Beauty uses it, I assume it must be good :)
I really like the applications from Jive software (http://www.jivesoftware.com) Take a look at Jive Forums, or ClearspaceX.
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
Scott, try bbpress or Vanilla. Both are light-weight and easy to maintain.
How about Jive Forums? Apple Computer uses them
http://www.jivesoftware.com/products/forums/
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.
I forgot to mention you can import the database
You might want to look at FUDforum
http://fudforum.org/
It is pretty secure and fast.
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