discuss Free Forum Software: phpBB

[Jason]

phpBB • Free and Open Source Forum Software

phpBB is free and open source forum software that is easy to use, powerful, and highly customisable. Our community offers extensive support to end users.

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How do you feel about it? What mods and themes you like? How would you compare it to other software?

My take is that it is good enough for my current forum project. Its big disadvantage is the manual updating it needs. It's not a one-click solution as with all the other big-name software.

 

[Yama]

Until recently, I was running a forum on phpBB. I have used it for many years and I think it is one of the best open source forum script. However, it can be little complicated to the newbies. I never used any premium themes and add ons with phpbb though

 

[Shawn]

My first self-hosted forum ever was running phpBB1. About a week later, v2 came out and I went to it shortly after. I used it for a long time. It was nice but at the same time it was a nightmare because adding plugins was manual. You had to edit each page the plugin changed. v3 is way better.

 

[Jason]

My first self-hosted forum ever was running phpBB1. About a week later, v2 came out and I went to it shortly after. I used it for a long time. It was nice but at the same time it was a nightmare because adding plugins was manual. You had to edit each page the plugin changed. v3 is way better.

Adding plugins on myBB and phpBB is manual, but it's not hard to do.

 

[Shawn]

Adding plugins on myBB and phpBB is manual, but it's not hard to do.

It used to harder on phpBB2 and below. You had to manually do all the code edits.

On MyBB and phpBB3, it might not be as automatic as others but it's nothing like it used to be like it was on phpBB2.

 

[Jason]

It used to harder on phpBB2 and below. You had to manually do all the code edits.

On MyBB and phpBB3, it might not be as automatic as others but it's nothing like it used to be like it was on phpBB2.

The updating of the software, not the plugins, is manual. It's probably not hard to do, but sort of a challenge.

 

[Shawn]

The updating of the software, not the plugins, is manual. It's probably not hard to do, but sort of a challenge.

I played around with PhpBB3 last year, but I don't think I updated the main software at all.

What's the process like?

 

[ActionAce]

PHPBB is the best and the most widely used free form software that I have ever come across and use it for a couple of my forums and it works pretty well. There are so many extensive customization options through modes that you can have access to. I sincerely appreciate its flexibility.

 

[Jason]

I played around with PhpBB3 last year, but I don't think I updated the main software at all.

What's the process like?

It's not semi-automated like with most other software. You need cPanel or FTP