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Inde
10-13-2002, 01:11 PM
I'm thinking of adding a message board to one of my free sites.

I'm considering using Invision Board. Has anyone here used that script? If so, please tell me your experiences with it.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks :)
Armed & Hammerd
10-13-2002, 01:18 PM
Go with either vbulletin - http://www.vbulletin.com/
or UBBthreads (formerly wwwthreads) - http://www.infopop.com/products/ubbthreads/
Inde
10-13-2002, 01:48 PM
Thanks for the links.

What extra benefit would I get from these paid scripts?

Do they handle more traffic?

I just need something simple for a small niche free site.
RockerHard
10-13-2002, 02:10 PM
If you want something free, try out Yabb Forum (http://www.yabbforum.com/) It's got some great features.
Inde
10-13-2002, 02:19 PM
RockerHard - Thanks. I'll check it out.
racksale
10-13-2002, 02:57 PM
I saw a test a few days ago on this. www.invisionboards.com was a clear winner...and its free too.

A few of our clients runt it, and it seems to be real gentle on our servers too.

re's

ditlev
www.racksale.com
boink
10-13-2002, 03:14 PM
phpbb is a good one, with a lot of features:
http://www.phpbb.com/
racksale
10-13-2002, 03:17 PM
Originally posted by racksale
I saw a test a few days ago on this. www.invisionboards.com was a clear winner...and its free too.

A few of our clients runt it, and it seems to be real gentle on our servers too.

re's

ditlev
www.racksale.com

sorry - url was http://www.invisionboard.com/

and yeah, phpbb is also great...
techanic
10-13-2002, 03:47 PM
Originally posted by RockerHard
If you want something free, try out Yabb Forum (http://www.yabbforum.com/) It's got some great features.

I have installed and played with YaBB and it seems solid. It is not as good as vbulletin, but then vbulletin will cost ya :), and it's only a little better.
2dxtreme
10-13-2002, 03:52 PM
http://www.ikonboard.com

Nice one and free
racksale
10-13-2002, 04:01 PM
Originally posted by 2dxtreme
http://www.ikonboard.com

Nice one and free

have to disagree on that one :)

in fact many hosts will not even allow that script to run at their servers. Generally cgi-based boards are real load-hogs, and Ikonboard is really one of the worst ones ive seen :)

For the users, IKON seems great, but as a webhost, i really dont like it.

:)
ditlev
racksale.com
Inde
10-13-2002, 04:26 PM
Thanks everyone.

I will try Invision Board first and see how it goes.
2dxtreme
10-13-2002, 06:30 PM
Originally posted by racksale


have to disagree on that one :)

in fact many hosts will not even allow that script to run at their servers. Generally cgi-based boards are real load-hogs, and Ikonboard is really one of the worst ones ive seen :)

For the users, IKON seems great, but as a webhost, i really dont like it.

:)
ditlev
racksale.com

I in turn will have to disagree with that :D

On a well configured server it doesn't do that much in terms of load.

Specialy when you use load balancing like I do.

And I believe they now also offer a Php version ;)
StwoF
10-13-2002, 08:14 PM
I messed around with practically every message board. Once I start getting lots of hits and posts and threads all of them failed. Except for http://www.vbulletin.com. It's simply the best user friendly, fast, and realiable board script on the net. It goes for around $180 or something but it's worth it.