Your First Forum Script

Discussion in 'Community Forum Software' started by Tyler, May 30, 2009.

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What was the first script you ever used?

  1. phpBB

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  2. SMF

    25 vote(s)
    67.6%

  3. MyBB

    3 vote(s)
    8.1%

  4. vBulletin

    2 vote(s)
    5.4%

  5. IP.Board

    4 vote(s)
    10.8%

  6. Vanilla

    3 vote(s)
    8.1%

  7. Other

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. Havok

    Havok Regular Member

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    The first forum Script I've ever used was phpBB. I actually still use it sometimes, if I am really desperate of course :P
     
    Havok, Jun 5, 2009
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  2. Randy

    Randy Adept

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    you forgot InvisionFree, its based after IPB 1.3 but it is quite different. for me IPB
     
    Randy, Jun 5, 2009
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  3. Havok

    Havok Regular Member

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    I'm guessing that would go under IPB.
     
    Havok, Jun 5, 2009
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  4. Tyler

    Tyler The Badministrator

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    I did forget InvisionFree, wow. That, alongside phpBB, was another one I "grew up with", so to speak.
     
    Tyler, Jun 5, 2009
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  5. Randy

    Randy Adept

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    haha its all good I didnt use it first it was my second I used the actual IPB 1.3 first as it was the last free version of IPB/IP.Board
     
    Randy, Jun 5, 2009
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  6. cqinzx

    cqinzx Newcomer

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    It was SMF for me. It looked good and it was simple.
     
    cqinzx, Jun 5, 2009
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  7. Soliloquy

    Soliloquy Regular Member

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    Does anyone remember the days of CGI scripts? There were bulletin boards, but they were really primitive by today's standards.
     
    Soliloquy, Jun 14, 2009
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  8. Chris

    Chris Regular Member

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    Heh, ever use YaBB?
     
    Chris, Jun 14, 2009
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  9. theboss

    theboss Newcomer

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    phpbb2 and i use phpbb3 now
    its the best system imo
     
    theboss, Jun 14, 2009
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  10. Green Cat

    Green Cat Adept

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    The first one I ever used was phpbb but the forum I was creating with it was never opened.
    I then discovered Vb and started the site over. Since then I owned 3 vb and 1 IPB forums.
     
    Green Cat, Jun 14, 2009
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  11. Demo

    Demo Regular Member

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    I started with Invision Power Board 1.3.1, upgraded to Invision Power Board 2.0.0 and after a few months converted to vBulletin
     
    Demo, Jun 14, 2009
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  12. Chris

    Chris Regular Member

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    Care to share your reasoning as to why you feel that it's the best script currently available?
     
    Chris, Jun 14, 2009
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  13. Soliloquy

    Soliloquy Regular Member

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    He probably means the best free system, Chris. At least that's my guess.
     
    Soliloquy, Jun 14, 2009
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  14. Tom

    Tom Regular Member

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    Well if that's what he meant, I don't quite agree. MyBB for the win!
     
    Tom, Jun 14, 2009
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  15. Chris

    Chris Regular Member

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    Oh, I know. I was just interested in hearing his reasoning as to why he thinks it's the best when compared to, say, MyBB - elaboration. :)
     
    Chris, Jun 14, 2009
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  16. fattony69

    fattony69 Regular Member

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    I started on vBulletin back when it was on 1.x or 2.x. I can't remember. I wasn't an admin until 3.x. I prefer it because well, I hate change and its very easy for me where as I am a designer, not a coder.
     
    fattony69, Jun 14, 2009
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  17. Michael

    Michael Regular Member

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    The first board where I was a co-owner was vbulletin but I would help with my girlfriends first ever forum running phpbb but after two months vbulletin was its replacement :)
     
    Michael, Jul 31, 2009
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  18. cheat-master30

    cheat-master30 Grand Master

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    The first forum software I've ever use was probably the free hosted Invision Power Board software (whatever version Invisionfree uses). It was after a somewhat unsuccessful forum using Invisionfree's version of IPB that I decided to move to paid hosting, and quite honestly, picked vBulletin because I thought it was (still is) the best choice at the time.

    First forum I ever joined though used Yabb. Good grief that forum software was old fashioned, I still remember those little default avatars that came with it, and the username format.

    As for the person who mentioned early cgi powered forum scripts... I think I remember those. Weren't those the threaded types of forums where you rarely even had to register to post?
     
    cheat-master30, Jul 31, 2009
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  19. Yoshi

    Yoshi Regular Member

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    I first used free phpBB hosting on a forum I was a co-admin on, then we moved to vBulletin. Then when that forum failed we tried pretty much every other script, and now I'm back on vBulletin on my own forum :p
     
    Yoshi, Jul 31, 2009
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  20. Soliloquy

    Soliloquy Regular Member

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    Yes, and each successive reply was indented more and more...
     
    Soliloquy, Jul 31, 2009
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