• 0

vB or IPB

Asked by Rodrigo Vieira,

 Share

Question

36 answers to this question

Recommended Posts

  • 0
Mentor

Paul Ferson Veteran

Posted
  • Veteran
Posted

As an end-user I'd always say IPB. vBulletin's latest release is quite good looking but it is simply not on the same level as IPB. I can't say much about administrating vBulletin either, but I have had some experience with IPB and it is very usable. It's a very straightforward ACP and allows you to get to work quickly. Don't get me wrong: I have a few gripes with it but it is a very usable system, and is the sort of thing you could get anyone on to. Coth has a good suggestion as well. You might like to see XenForo. Personally I think it's the most appealing software of the three for running a forum on due to all the eye-candy and the quality of design, but you might like to test it out first. I don't think it is a particularly cheap option either, but it manages to blend the functionality of vBulletin and IPB while retaining a completely different interface.

Link to comment
https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1076947-vb-or-ipb/#findComment-594863415
Share on other sites
  • 0
Proficient

Neowinian

Posted
Posted

Invision power software is fantastic, I have been an administrator on two sites, one of them my own, with this software and one with vBulletin which was a design website/forum. vBulletin seems outdated now and is trying to catch up with the likes of Invision Power and Xenforo. Go for it, i would not recommend hosting with invision power though, it would be better to get a designated host like justhost or bluehost and then upload the forum software.

Good luck with your forum!

Link to comment
https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1076947-vb-or-ipb/#findComment-594863427
Share on other sites
  • 0
Mentor

coth

Posted
Posted

IPB doesn't have a subscription system?! :s How do you explain the subscriber levels on Neowin?

Wasn't following IPB news since some time. Checked now on Neowin. It has some basic subscription system, but it appears to be very buggy - jumps by two pages and marking as read pages that were not read.

Link to comment
https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1076947-vb-or-ipb/#findComment-594863967
Share on other sites
  • 0
Grand Master

DaveLegg Developer

Posted
  • Developer
Posted

Wasn't following IPB news since some time. Checked now on Neowin. It has some basic subscription system, but it appears to be very buggy - jumps by two pages and marking as read pages that were not read.

Subscriptions have nothing to do with marking pages as read :s

Link to comment
https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1076947-vb-or-ipb/#findComment-594863981
Share on other sites
  • 0
Grand Master

game_over

Posted
Posted

I've ran a website since 2004 on VBulletin and have no complaints, i also recently setup a website for a client using IPB and it's just as good, they both do the job... really i would just try them both side by side perform the same tasks and see which fits your work flow better, i will say IPB seems more modern, but apart from that it's down to personal preference really.

phpBB is the worst software i've ever used, can't stand it.

Link to comment
https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1076947-vb-or-ipb/#findComment-594864401
Share on other sites
This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to question listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Posts

    • Microsoft unveils new Surface Laptop with improved trackpad, Snapdragon X2, and more

      By FunkyMike · Posted

      Not even an OLED display on the laptops. Also it seems that the laptop design isn't the same as the Surface Ultra model. Looks like bargain bin at high prices.
    • Microsoft announces 12th-gen Surface Pro with Snapdragon X2 processors

      By tsupersonic · Posted

      make your own notch - it's not that hard
    • VirtualBox 7.2.10

      By Copernic · Posted

      VirtualBox 7.2.10 by Razvan Serea VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Solaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, 7, 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4, 2.6, 3.x, 4.x, 5.x and 6.x), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, OpenBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD. Some of the features of VirtualBox are: Modularity. VirtualBox has an extremely modular design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a client/server design. This makes it easy to control it from several interfaces at once: for example, you can start a virtual machine in a typical virtual machine GUI and then control that machine from the command line, or possibly remotely. VirtualBox also comes with a full Software Development Kit: even though it is Open Source Software, you don't have to hack the source to write a new interface for VirtualBox. Virtual machine descriptions in XML. The configuration settings of virtual machines are stored entirely in XML and are independent of the local machines. Virtual machine definitions can therefore easily be ported to other computers. VirtualBox 7.2.10 changelog: VMM: Fixed issue when CentOS 10 VM was not booting due to the message "Fatal glibc error: CPU does not support x86-64-v3" (​github:gh-642) Devices/EFI: Fixed booting issue when ARM VM had less than 1024 MiB of RAM assigned (​github:gh-679) USB: Fixed issue when it was not possible to attach USB device to headless VM on Apple Silicon/macOS 26.4.1 (​github:gh-631) Storage: Fixed issue when VIRTIO-SCSI device was not recognized as SSD device by guest system (​github:gh-634) Network: Fixed issue in E1000 emulation code which triggered debug log creation (​github:gh-645) Network: Fixed issue in E1000 emulation code which prevented OS/2 guest from booting (​github:gh-683) Linux Host: Fixed issue when VMs could not be started due to kernel oops (​github:gh-639) Linux Host and Guest: Fixed issue when kernel modules were failing to build with openSUSE 16.0 kernel Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for kernel 7.1 Linux Host and Guest: Added extra fixes for RHEL 9.8 kernel (​github:gh-676) Linux Host and Guest: Added possibility to build source code using NASM instead of YASM as the assembler (​github:gh-520) Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for Extended Data Control Protocol for clipboard sharing with Plasma on Wayland guests (​github:gh-33) Linux Guest Additions: Added extra fixes for preventing vboxvideo kernel module build with kernel version 7.0 and newer (​github:gh-655) OS/2 Guest Additions: Fixed issue when Shared Folders automount and clipboard sharing stopped working (​github:gh-551) Download: VirtualBox 7.2.10 | 170.0 MB (Open Source) Download: VirtualBox 7.2.10 Extension Pack | 19.1 MB View: VirtualBox Home Page | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • UK to ban under-16s from social media following a six-week trial with teenagers

      By FloatingFatMan · Posted

      OK, now ask yourself how are they going to enforce that law? By requiring every single adult to prove their age and provide their legal identity documents to an UNREGULATED 3rd party company that already has a long track record of multiple data breaches. Not to mention, parliament have voted AGAINST this ban, twice, and Starmer is going ahead anyway. So, where's the democracy here, because that looks like dictatorship to me. The solution here is parental responsibility, not government control. Run some public service announcements on TV and UK social media teaching parents how to setup parental controls. That's already been proven to actually work. But the, this is not and has NEVER been about keeping kids safe. It's about control and monitoring. Watching what you're doing online and controlling what you can see and what you can say.
    • what other retro software do yall use

      By +InsaneNutter · Posted

      Interesting read. I knew the adware was quite controversial at the time, however never realised to the point The Guardian wrote an article about Patchou. I just said no and enjoyed his creation, I’d probably be a lot more wary of something like that today though.

  • Recent Achievements

    • One Month Later
      Prasann earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Week One Done
      Prasann earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • First Post
      Dys Topia earned a badge
      First Post
    • Collaborator
      vjlex earned a badge
      Collaborator
    • Reacting Well
      Dys Topia earned a badge
      Reacting Well

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      525
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      180
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      105
    4. 4
      Steven P.
      89
    5. 5
      ATLien_0
      70
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!