Forum Boards....

[Snuggles]

Hey I am working for a non-profit this summer (student) and am curious what you would recommend for a free forum board to use.

(Non-profit is actually pretty cool because its purpose is to encourage inter and intracommunity communication via blogs)

 

[Mr.Game]

Are you just interested in blogging and are searching for an already built website?

Or do you want a forum, such as what you're posting on right now?

 

[_Sushi]

I am going to assume you mean PHP/MySQL based boards. ASP.Net is a different list...

phpbb is good and widely used, but if you want a more lightweight and vBulletin-like board you should go with MyBB. SMF is also a solution.

If you need a really light board use PunBB, or FluxBB, a fork of PunBB.

 

[shadows5631]

InvisionFree.

http://www.invisionfree.com/

I used it for a good 3-4 years.

 

[_Sushi]

InvisionFree.

http://www.invisionfree.com/

I used it for a good 3-4 years.

That's a hosted solution, which I am not sure if he wants. :confused1:

 

[CrazyKiller]

phpBB could do you good, but I never go with free forum software.

Invision Power Board is the *only* forum solution I would ever look at. It has a $150 license though (And I own 3 of them!).

 

[_Sushi]

phpBB could do you good, but I never go with free forum software.

Invision Power Board is the *only* forum solution I would ever look at. It has a $150 license though (And I own 3 of them!).

I love IP.Board too.

Also know that free hosted solutions like invisionfree are often riddled with ads, are slow, are unreliable, and have a decent amount of restrictions on them.

 

[Snuggles]

It's a non-profit - so strictly looking for a forum board. I've used PHPbb before but haven't set one up since high school - so was just wanting to know if there was a newer, better option.

Thanks for all the replies!