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I really like the look of this site and I really like the look of Vbulletin, just there is no way that someone of my age can afford let alone be allowed to pay for something of that calibre. What do I do? I had phpbb, but it's not really my thing. any recommendations would be great. Or if you can get my a good deal on one of these. :p

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As I had said the other day in your initial thread:

PHPbb and SMF aren't that bad; You just need to make sure you stay on top of upgrading them whenever a new release is available. You fall behind and you leave yourself open to issues.. even more so when you're using 3rd party mods/plugins.

You don't necessarily need to change your forum software although for opensource I always recommend MyBB. I know a few popular IPB coders that left IPB after YEARS of making mods to go with 'em and develop solely for MyBB. :) Just a recommendation though and not saying you HAVE to switch it. :)

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In my time I've used a lot of Bulletin Board systems for different purposes, like IPB, vBulletin, phpBB, XMB, WBB (:p), PunBB, myBB, and even helped create one from scratch which was then sold for a nice sum. Oh, and back in the day UBB, YaBB and Ikonboard. >.> Urg.

While phpBB is probably the most popular (?), it's also my least favourite. And the rest are a bit too dated. So I would also vouch for myBB. Seems as current as the competition.

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Hmm. So you really think that mybb is the way to go?

Currently you could get ipb 3.1.x and this skin Should come to around $166. If you want if fully like Neowin you would probably need to buy this site for insane cash.

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Currently you could get ipb 3.1.x and this skin Should come to around $166. If you want if fully like Neowin you would probably need to buy this site for insane cash.

If you've read this thread or his previous one he's stated that IPB is not an option at all.

just there is no way that someone of my age can afford let alone be allowed to pay for something of that calibre

Alternatives is what he's looking for that are open source.

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I think I will do phpbb again. :o

Its really the time it takes to mod it that annoys me. And yes I have used Automod.

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I like SMF the best, but I haven't tried MyBB or PunBB which are the 2 that see mentioned the most when talking open source boards.

If you need one with a Portal, you might check out Joomla with http://www.kunena.com/ as the forum.

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I think I will do phpbb again. :o

Its really the time it takes to mod it that annoys me. And yes I have used Automod.

If you website got hacked, simply going back to how it was before would be a bad move.

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If you website got hacked, simply going back to how it was before would be a bad move.

I'm going to run a full security scan and check for holes before I launch again. Still can't be too sure if its going to be perfectly safe or not.

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