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View Poll Results: What's the best 'free' forum script?
phpbb		7	77.78%
XMB		1	11.11%
SMF		1	11.11%
Voters: 9. You may not vote on this poll

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11-15-2005	#1 (permalink)
x__dark Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 38	What's the best 'free' forum script? In your experience, which do you think is the best? I'm trying to start up a forum community and would like suggestions on which I should use.

11-15-2005	#2 (permalink)
Game master pro Linux User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tasmania, australia Posts: 274	I would say SMF, but really i would use http://forumer.com but the bad this about this is that you can't host it on your website,you need to use their hosting. Remember click on inivasion board setup, not phpbb. Myself i don't like phpbb but really i dont mind it

11-15-2005	#3 (permalink)
jasonlambert Linux Guru Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: London, UK Posts: 3,284	I tried FUDForum (www.fudforum.org) at the weekend, I wasn't that impressed though. I would still vote for phpBB.

11-15-2005	#4 (permalink)
chopin1810 Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 541	I'd say phpbb... all of the really nice forums i've seen use it.

11-15-2005	#5 (permalink)
onlinebacon Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Luton, England, UK, Earth Posts: 639	How would I be able to put a PHPBB forum on a page of my website, it is a project for school, and could be really useful to get more marks. Doing it in HTML

11-15-2005	#6 (permalink)
SpaceSquad Just Joined! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 85	imo, phpbb is a GREAT forum system. Let's just about anyone start a forum. But that creates a whole new problem, lol.

11-15-2005	#7 (permalink)
onlinebacon Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Luton, England, UK, Earth Posts: 639	HAHA, Imagine, a forum discussing what is happening in the neighbourhood, a forum about parking, a forum about mrs aberson's new garden makeover

11-15-2005	#8 (permalink)
kbk Linux User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 355	I use Ikonboard and I really like that, the interface is really nice...

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