Best forum

[cheatpark]

This time its not that simple. What do you think is the best forum in terms of looks? I know that this will cause a few arguments. I personally can't decide myself.

 

[ducktape]

phpbb2 best looking free forum

 

[GregT]

phpbb2 with custom templates

 

[cheatpark]

I'm actually a bit fed up with its looks. Why do you think it looks best?

 

[Bruce]

phpBB2 with a custom template.

Personally, I don't like the way any of the forums look out of the box.

 

[cheatpark]

I can't find any good templates for any forum. Can someone help me?

 

[Bruce]

I think your missing a word.

custom

As in making your own.

 

[cheatpark]

Yeah but that would take a long time.

 

[GregT]

so

 

[Archbob]

Quality=Time

I like how phpbb2 looks out of the box though. There was a phpbb2 to vb template, I forgot where though.

 

[DJHK]

I think phpBB2 is the best...gotta get working on a custom template, though.

Other ones I recommend are Burning Board or vBulletin (only if you got the $$$).

 

[The Red Guy]

You may want to try http://www.openbb.com/

 

[cheatpark]

Originally posted by The Red Guy
You may want to try http://www.openbb.com/

What about it being hard to customize. I'll give it a go anyway.

 

[Giancarlo]

Phorum is good for simple purposes.... completely adequate for my use. I highly recommend it.

 

[cheatpark]

Originally posted by Giancarlo
Phorum is good for simple purposes.... completely adequate for my use. I highly recommend it.

I said best looking forum. Not best forum.

 

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by cheatpark

I said best looking forum. Not best forum.

Sorry about that.

 

[The Red Guy]

OpenBB's new look is nice. No doubt. But if you want a good looking forum, try vBulletin.

 

[Hoth]

Originally posted by Bruce
Personally, I don't like the way any of the forums look out of the box.

I agree. Any modern forum can look like anything, once it's customized for a site.

(I prefer OpenBB, since it's fastest... looks aren't a major consideration since my forums all look different when I'm done. OpenBB is probably hard for someone to customize at first, but once you know where everything is it's easy.)

 

[cheatpark]

Surprisingly I actually like the new openbb. Its very fast. Has had loads of bug fixes. You can customize it if you want (I found it not too hard to edit some of the template stuff). As long as you know html you could make openbb completely different. Also I had no problems during installation. The bad point is that it requires the latest version of php.

 

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by cheatpark
Surprisingly I actually like the new openbb. Its very fast. Has had loads of bug fixes. You can customize it if you want (I found it not too hard to edit some of the template stuff). As long as you know html you could make openbb completely different. Also I had no problems during installation. The bad point is that it requires the latest version of php.

The new look more than covers up for the bugs and the need for the latest version of php.