What are the main differences between IPBoard, phpBB and vBulletin? Why should I buy IPBoard instead of vBulletin? phpBB is free and seems to be well supported too.
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TehMonki
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Posted 02 March 2011 - 07:19 AM
Why IPB?
Flexible Permissions
Control exactly who can access what, with incredible precision.
Encourage Interaction
Drive user interaction with profiles, statuses, personal conversations & more.
Painless Moderation
A wealth of moderator tools make it easy to deal with troublemakers.
Fully Brandable
Powerful customization tools enable you to entirely rebrand IP.Board.
Secure
We work hard to ensure IP.Board keeps your users & data secure.
Developer Friendly
Extend built-in capabilities using IP.Board's development toolset.
Those are just some key points to why ipb is a lot better than other forum software, like phpBB and vBulletin. The only person who can choose is you, but after my research when I was in your position I went with IPB, and I do not look back. I would strongly recommend you becoming a IPS customer rather than other software.
Check out this page http://www.invisionp...board/features/
To also see if its right for you , you can check out the product demo. http://www.invisionp.../suite/demo.php
Hope this helps you come to a conclusion.
Flexible Permissions
Control exactly who can access what, with incredible precision.
Encourage Interaction
Drive user interaction with profiles, statuses, personal conversations & more.
Painless Moderation
A wealth of moderator tools make it easy to deal with troublemakers.
Fully Brandable
Powerful customization tools enable you to entirely rebrand IP.Board.
Secure
We work hard to ensure IP.Board keeps your users & data secure.
Developer Friendly
Extend built-in capabilities using IP.Board's development toolset.
Those are just some key points to why ipb is a lot better than other forum software, like phpBB and vBulletin. The only person who can choose is you, but after my research when I was in your position I went with IPB, and I do not look back. I would strongly recommend you becoming a IPS customer rather than other software.
Check out this page http://www.invisionp...board/features/
To also see if its right for you , you can check out the product demo. http://www.invisionp.../suite/demo.php
Hope this helps you come to a conclusion.
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kornalius
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Posted 02 March 2011 - 07:50 AM
Are there a lot of plug-ins/extensions?
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Posted 02 March 2011 - 08:20 AM
kornalius, on 02 March 2011 - 07:50 AM, said:
Are there a lot of plug-ins/extensions?
There are also several other third party sites that offer modifications.
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kornalius
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Posted 02 March 2011 - 08:35 AM
teraßyte, on 02 March 2011 - 08:20 AM, said:
Have a look at our download section http://community.inv...ower.com/files/
There are also several other third party sites that offer modifications.
There are also several other third party sites that offer modifications.
Thank you very much for the quick response.
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.Ian
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Posted 02 March 2011 - 03:09 PM
I have been running forums for around 13 or 14 years. I can honestly say that with all the additional options IPB offers the most comprehensive experience that I have known.
Although I have not run phpBB I have run VB, FusionBB, UBB, UBB.Threads amongst others and are not aware of any other product on the market that could keep my users happy.
It is not perfect - but what is in life - but for $149 you could do a lot worse!
Although I have not run phpBB I have run VB, FusionBB, UBB, UBB.Threads amongst others and are not aware of any other product on the market that could keep my users happy.
It is not perfect - but what is in life - but for $149 you could do a lot worse!
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