thoughts on other forum softwares?

Troy · December 19, 2013, 01:33:49 PM

I'm thinking of switching to VBulletin soon.

This will make design, development, maintenance, etc easier.

Anyone have any thoughts or opinions?

kendoll · December 19, 2013, 01:48:44 PM

vBulletin has my vote.

Ken

Jocool · December 19, 2013, 09:26:33 PM

I use vBulletin on my forum and I won't use any other. The latest incarnation includes mobile adaptability so no need for Tapa. I don't get into the technicalities though. My IT people do that.

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pbe gummi bear · December 19, 2013, 10:15:25 PM

Vbulletin is nice from a user perspective so you got my vote.

Duke · December 20, 2013, 11:22:47 AM

Quote from: Jocool on December 19, 2013, 09:26:33 PM
I use vBulletin on my forum and I won't use any other. The latest incarnation includes mobile adaptability so no need for Tapa. I don't get into the technicalities though. My IT people do that.

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Please share the forum address JC I want to visit.

Jocool · December 20, 2013, 11:28:23 AM

Forum is sydneyangler.com.au I'm waiting for my IT people to do my upgrade. Should be done in a couple of weeks. As soon as the silly season is over.

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Thunder71 · December 20, 2013, 11:37:52 AM

I've used PHPBB and SMF mostly just because they are free, I'd like to try VBulletin at some point... must be a reason almost all major forums use it.

Not that this one isn't major.

Troy · December 22, 2013, 11:11:14 PM

Ok, the plan is to migrate this winter as soon as I raise enough funds to afford the license.

sparky · December 23, 2013, 09:20:31 AM

I hope tapa talk will still be used , i dont care for the mobile forums like tvwbb uses .

Jocool · December 23, 2013, 10:58:56 AM

Quote from: sparky on December 23, 2013, 09:20:31 AM
I hope tapa talk will still be used , i dont care for the mobile forums like tvwbb uses .

Tapa can be used if integrated into the software after the initial install. What software do TVWBB use?

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Troy · December 23, 2013, 12:26:53 PM

virtual bullet uses vbulletin

tapatalk will still work with vbulletin if the admin installs and configures it.

sparky · December 24, 2013, 05:54:26 AM

Sounds good then , I don't know shit about running a forum

but thanks for all ya do Troy !

jcnaz · December 24, 2013, 07:48:19 AM

^^^ Ditto!^^^

Duke · December 30, 2013, 07:11:18 PM

It sounds like it will really streamline the site.

HankB · January 02, 2014, 01:12:51 PM

If the new forum S/W has a feature that tracks a user's threads which have had further replies, that would be great! An example of that is the "UserCP" display at BBQ-Brethren and also encountered at overclockers.com. I just looked and see that both use vBulletin so if that feature needs to be enabled, please do so. I prefer that to emails as a way of tracking responses. I need one or the other to make sure I don't overlook a question that someone asks in reply to one of my posts.

Thanks again for the effort and $$$ you put into making the WKC happen.

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