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This version of our forum software has been a pain the ass to maintain. It's got to go. Vbulletin is releasing a completely rewritten version of their forum software later on in the year. The question is do we move to Vbulletin 5.0 and hope that its a bit more stable, easier to modify and won't be a resource hog like 4.0 or should we move RCF over to something different?
There are several choices to go with, each have their own strengths and weaknesses. Money is not an issue, we will choose the best solution for the community regardless of price.
Xenforo is what vbulletin 5.0 will be like as it was written by the same guys who worked on vbulletin before quitting and starting their own company. However, they are being sued by vbulletin so they may lose everything.
PHPBB is the most used forum software on the planet. Lots of modifications and themes and its free but it looks a bit "clunky" to me.
[URL="http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php]SMF[/URL] looks like what we are using now. Its free and STABLE but not nearly as many cool modifications can be found for it.
Those are the top 4 choices but there may be more I just haven't seen yet. Thoughts?
There are several choices to go with, each have their own strengths and weaknesses. Money is not an issue, we will choose the best solution for the community regardless of price.
Xenforo is what vbulletin 5.0 will be like as it was written by the same guys who worked on vbulletin before quitting and starting their own company. However, they are being sued by vbulletin so they may lose everything.
PHPBB is the most used forum software on the planet. Lots of modifications and themes and its free but it looks a bit "clunky" to me.
[URL="http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php]SMF[/URL] looks like what we are using now. Its free and STABLE but not nearly as many cool modifications can be found for it.
Those are the top 4 choices but there may be more I just haven't seen yet. Thoughts?
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