Free Forum Software (PHP, MySQL); Alternative to phpBB

By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News Network
Tuesday, February 21, 2006

I stumbled upon Simple Machines Forum, from Simple Machines, which appears to be an excellent software and competitor to phpBB forum software which I use.

It supports hierarchical representation of categories unlike phpBB. Overall it gave me a good impression looking from the website.

Is there anyone with personal experience in both phpBB and SMF? Can you please comment on your comparative experience?

Filed under: PHP, Web, Web Services
Discussion

Setjeorgo
May 20, 2009: 3:12 am

I am looking to build a strong career in HR. It’s a very specific field and I have had very little luck finding openings. Can anyone refer me to an employment site that specifically caters to HR


Julia
April 27, 2009: 10:03 pm

keep up the good work!

April 25, 2009: 3:01 am

I have your site for its useful and funny content and simple design.


Jowdendsawn
April 3, 2009: 5:02 am

Hey everyone… how do I search for more than one word in other posts, so that it returns only posts with those two words?

March 2, 2009: 4:15 pm

Thank for making this valuable information available to the public.i


Julia
February 12, 2009: 4:53 am

You have an outstanding good and well structured site. I enjoyed browsing through it.+

February 7, 2009: 10:02 am

Hello All,

I am new here and just wanted to introduc myself.

I have a few questions but I will first search for the answers before asking them just in case they have been asnwered.

THanks!


laurenoxe
February 7, 2009: 7:59 am

Hey everyone, new to the forums and look forward to getting to know you all.

Lauren =)

February 2, 2009: 4:50 am

I would like to ask of you: How do you feel financial crisis in your life ?

February 1, 2009: 2:13 am

Sup , Wanted to say this is an awesome site and Im sorry to say I am addicted lol Im glad I found a cool forum that doesnt have constant flame wars lol. Besides here whats there to do?

January 24, 2009: 11:35 pm

Hi, all. Nice site…I really like your site ! Good job man.

January 21, 2009: 3:55 am

I like it and the background and colors make it easy to read

January 20, 2009: 2:35 pm

Nice post. I\’ll return.


sabrina
January 8, 2009: 10:40 pm

I’ve just joined this site and it looks great.


OPISUABSBAT
November 25, 2008: 9:12 am

Hello to All the Guests and Members,
My problemm: my pc worked slowly, fast reeboot and some others.
Please, help me to fix it - I need some sites, that consist info, how can I do it.
Thanks,
OPISUABSBAT


OPISUABSBAT
November 17, 2008: 12:25 pm

Your welcome everyone,
My problemm: my pc worked slowly, fast reeboot and some others.
Please, help me to fix it - I need some sites, that consist info, how can I do it.
Thx,
OPISUABSBAT


Untonistesy
November 10, 2008: 2:49 am

Digsby is a free program which combines IM, Email, and Social Networking into one. I’ve been using it for a few weeks now, and it’s really good. I’m running 3 IM accounts, facebook, myspace, and 2 gmail accounts on it and everything works. I’m honestly impressed so far.

Check it out and download it here: https://www.lan5.net/digsby.html

I do have a one problem with it though. I can’t figure out how to put links into my profile. It’s not that big of a deal though.

What do you think, is Digsby better than Trillian and those other communication programs?


mrtruckster
November 3, 2008: 12:13 am

Hello this is Mike from houston, you got a nice forum here with some good topics and I hope you can help me with some tehnical problems 
When I start my webbrowser, Im using internet explorer its some weird search engine. It used to be google and everytime I change
it back to google its okay. Until I start me pc again, then the wrong search engine is back. How can I get rid off this? Its getting annoying
and there hase to be a way right? 

Please help me, Im kind of low on budget and wouldnt like to take the computer to an expert and pay a lot of cash for it, all the ideas are welcome
and I will definetly try them! Hope to hear from you soon! 


AMistyCrissy
October 11, 2008: 11:28 pm

Hi there! I’m Crystal. I am almost 19. :)
I guess blog.taragana.com - nice name for this site! ;)
It is so cool here, especially in this category.
I was surfed about 2 hours before found this site. I think i’ll be here for a long time! :-*


Ron
August 22, 2008: 5:54 pm

Found your site in google, and it has a lot of usefull information. Thanx.\


bimbedlerorce
August 19, 2007: 9:28 am

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July 16, 2007: 2:20 am

Hi,

My essays is due soon. I need a place that sells essays online so I can buy one to give me a head start on writing my own. Any recommendations?

Thx


John
February 7, 2007: 3:14 pm

In comparision of the “brands” SMF wins definitely. phpBB proven it’s bad when so many users can not be controlled in their development.

I would also recommend to take a look at miniBB - https://www.minibb.net. It’s also often called “an alternative to phpBB”, I don’t see it’s overloaded with the features like phpBB or SMF or vBulletin for example, but it could fit any small-to-medium site perfectly.

January 7, 2007: 2:03 am

Hello.

Nice forum design. Okay, I need your advice.
So, I wanna make online-store, and I am looking for site template.
Can you suggest some online place or other resource where I can find many site templates?

It would be better if it will be free:)
I think many of us have personal sites, do you design it yourself?

Thanks a lot, Bill.


Surpriseee
November 19, 2006: 9:43 pm

Hi, this looks like afun forum.
It was recommended to me by a friend (I’m not going to say who), but I think I’m going to enjoy my stay (at least until I find something else to occupy my time)

November 18, 2006: 10:35 am

You should look at :

https://www.forum-software.org

which will help you to make your choice, by reviewing these two forums, and comparing their features.


Wildone
October 30, 2006: 3:35 am

The first forum i ever set up was a IPB one, i then changed to PHPBB because i was not getting the support needed from IPB, since then however and because of various problems, i switched again to SMF this forum is excellent and easy to use i have NEVER looked back and have not had any problems with it in the 1 and a half years that it has now been running!!

In my book SMF is the BEST

March 6, 2006: 4:50 am

James,
Thanks for the information.

Thanks Sylf.

Babar & Kabir,
phpBB is a forum software. Check my animax forum for an example.

All,

I will soon provide more information on phpBB & SMF.


john
March 5, 2006: 11:11 pm

Hello everybody.


Noman
March 5, 2006: 11:08 pm

Please tell me about SMF.

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