Well then, which non-PHP board did you choose? I'm still using an older version of UBB on my Forum, but I've been looking to switch to something with more flexibility, without paying a fortune for the full, new version of UBB.
I wrote a program for a now deceased company, which they required to be MS IIS, but they went bankrupt so I got control of it. The program is a messageboard called activeboardz (activeboardz.com).
It has been drifting for a while, and no one has been interested since code red. (hell, I'm not even interested). However, I have been toying with porting it to PHP.
The bottom line is that it's not quite as cool as UBB feature-wise, but it doesn't ****-up, there is a lot more flexibility with the page layout & look, it's significantly faster than almost any messageboard product on the market today, and requires less server load. If you actually care, there's more info on the page.
again, php-based, but pretty nice... and did i mention free?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Actually, YaBB is perl based, not PHP. I've been using it for about 6 months, and it is excellent. Very robust, very configurable. It's straightforward to install, and I can heartily recommend it.
Use that. It's as close to UBB and/or vBulletin as you can get without the need of PHP or mySQL. It's ALL CGI based and if you WANT PHP/mySQL there is an option to turn it on, during installation.
I've used this board and it is VERY powerful and amazing for the price $0.
Use that. It's as close to UBB and/or vBulletin as you can get without the need of PHP or mySQL. It's ALL CGI based and if you WANT PHP/mySQL there is an option to turn it on, during installation.
I've used this board and it is VERY powerful and amazing for the price $0.
Mac Guru</strong><hr></blockquote>
The truth is that you really want it to be connecting to a database backend, because pure CGI boards are painfully slow and prone to error. See UBB for reference. That's why infopop now markets its new, database centric messsage board instead of UBB.
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yeah, you have to use a banner, but it's very full-featured.
It has been drifting for a while, and no one has been interested since code red. (hell, I'm not even interested). However, I have been toying with porting it to PHP.
The bottom line is that it's not quite as cool as UBB feature-wise, but it doesn't ****-up, there is a lot more flexibility with the page layout & look, it's significantly faster than almost any messageboard product on the market today, and requires less server load. If you actually care, there's more info on the page.
<a href="http://www.yabb.info/" target="_blank">http://www.yabb.info/</a>
again, php-based, but pretty nice... and did i mention free?
On the pay side of things, I've used VBulletin (which is PHP and MySQL based) and, aside from heavy DB server loads, everything is pretty smooth.
I'm eager to integrate a free, open source solution into one of my projects however.
<strong>also, if anyone's still interested in this thread, sherlock turned up this nice little free solution...
<a href="http://www.yabb.info/" target="_blank">http://www.yabb.info/</a>
again, php-based, but pretty nice... and did i mention free?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Actually, YaBB is perl based, not PHP. I've been using it for about 6 months, and it is excellent. Very robust, very configurable. It's straightforward to install, and I can heartily recommend it.
If you're interested, I use it at <a href="http://www.fefcholden.org.au/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi" target="_blank">our Car Club discussion forums</a>
cheers
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Use that. It's as close to UBB and/or vBulletin as you can get without the need of PHP or mySQL. It's ALL CGI based and if you WANT PHP/mySQL there is an option to turn it on, during installation.
I've used this board and it is VERY powerful and amazing for the price $0.
Mac Guru
<strong><a href="http://www.ikonboard.com" target="_blank">iKonboard</a>
Use that. It's as close to UBB and/or vBulletin as you can get without the need of PHP or mySQL. It's ALL CGI based and if you WANT PHP/mySQL there is an option to turn it on, during installation.
I've used this board and it is VERY powerful and amazing for the price $0.
Mac Guru</strong><hr></blockquote>
The truth is that you really want it to be connecting to a database backend, because pure CGI boards are painfully slow and prone to error. See UBB for reference. That's why infopop now markets its new, database centric messsage board instead of UBB.