vBulletin or xenForo? Demo for both

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  1. Peace

    Peace Regular Member

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    We're currently on vBulletin 4.2.2 - I bought a xenForo license last week, and I'm really enjoying it!

    I've been working on styling a similar theme. I still have a lot of work to do, but I'm wondering which one you prefer from a stylistic perspective?

    vBulletin: https://www.psychopathfree.com
    xenForo: https://www.psychopathfree.com/xf

    Threads also look a bit different, although I've tried to include a similar separator block on xF, for our vision-challenged members:

    vBulletin: https://www.psychopathfree.com/showthread.php?2233-Share-Something-Good-that-Happened-Today
    xenForo: https://www.psychopathfree.com/xf/index.php?threads/share-something-good-that-happened-today.1905/

    Do they look similar enough that it wouldn't confuse an existing user to make the jump? I'll be opening it up to our community for testing within a few weeks, but I wanted to get some feedback from other site administrators first.

    I have to say, xF looks a lot cleaner to me, and I love responsive design!! Our mobile theme finally looks good. And it's so speedy, using way fewer queries.

    Thanks!
     
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    BamaStangGuy Administrator

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    XF hands down.
     
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  3. CM30

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    They both look pretty much the same, but XenForo looks that bit better.
     
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  4. Peace

    Peace Regular Member

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    The more the same, the better. I want to make sure that style is not at all a factor in whether or not adoption is a success. Thanks guys!
     
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    Id stay with XF :) Looks much better than vB :)
     
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  6. Autopilot

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    I would agree, XF is much cleaner and not as clunky looking as vB.
     
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  7. Big al

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    XF. FTW. Definitely lots better people to deal with than VB. :weluvxf:
     
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  8. Iconic

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    Xenforo looks the much much better.
     
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    The XenForo looks much better IMO.
     
    Code Monkey, Oct 29, 2013
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    too_cool_3 Regular Member

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    For what it's worth, XF looks nicer. The 'theme' is very similar between the two so I doubt you'll have any confusion.
     
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  11. JoshSmith100

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    Vbulletin is hands down the better forum software but in this case Xenforo looks better. This surprises me since im not much of a fan of Xenforo in the first place.
     
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    fattony69 Regular Member

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    Is this a joke?
     
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    I like Xenforo much better. Looks sleek and clean.
     
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    As a former vBulletin 4 forum owner, Xenforo now takes the cake. It's a lot faster and uses less performance. My communities' traffic has also gone up since the move. Activity is also doing well, so no, I can't cosign this statement. Xeneforo url's are also prettier and are better than vBulletin's search engine friendly urls.
     
    cpvr, Nov 4, 2013
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