MyBB Vs. phpBB Vs. SMF (Free Software)

Discussion in 'Community Forum Software' started by Kaiser, Apr 8, 2011.

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Which Free Software Is Better?

  1. MyBB

    13 vote(s)
    72.2%
  2. phpBB

    4 vote(s)
    22.2%
  3. SMF

    1 vote(s)
    5.6%
  1. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    Which one did you vote for, and why?
     
  2. TheeGiveR

    TheeGiveR Regular Member

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    I have used all 3, and MyBB meets my needs the most. The best free forum software.
     
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  3. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    Yea mybb is my favorite free software.
     
  4. SpacewardAsh

    SpacewardAsh Lurking From Space

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    Is this a trick question? lol the poll says this:
    Which Paid Software Is Better?


    lol, either way, I've voted for phpBB :)
     
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  5. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    Haha I didnt notice I put paid. Fixed.
     
  6. Trealix

    Trealix Gamer

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    MyBB all the way
     
  7. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    Haha I dont think there will be any votes for smf.
     
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  8. Trealix

    Trealix Gamer

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    they say its simple but is ugly.
     
  9. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    Haha true indeed.
     
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  10. Allan

    Allan It's All Good

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    I voted for smf :p
    I have tried all 3 and to me SMF has the easiest ACP out of them all.Phpbb is just confusing and hard to learn.Mybb was good i just didn't like that members couldn't delete there accounts.I think that is a vital thing to have.
     
  11. Coastercraze

    Coastercraze Regular Member

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    I have tried a lot of free forum softwares in the past and MyBB seemed a lot better overall. The AdminCP was pretty good and the styling was actually easy.
     
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  12. Kaiser

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    Agreed. MyBB's ACP is the easiest and simplest among the free forum software. Never was a fan of phpBB's ACP.
     
  13. Daniel

    Daniel Regular Member

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    Haha there has been one :P MyBB is the popular one out of the people here so far :) I know I absolutely love MyBB :)
     
  14. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    I love MyBB as well. I have had my great days with it... ahh memories..
     
  15. zZJoennZz

    zZJoennZz Regular Member

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    A big fan of MyBB posted this :D

    In my thought, MyBB is my choice, like you all, you used of all that 3 software. I'm not a fan of ACP of the SMF, I much like phpBB prefer to SMF.
     
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    MyBB. It's like the best of both worlds; reasonably simply plug in system like SMF, with a reasonably good support community behind it like PhpBB. Plus it looks great and also made it possible to merge my two remotely-hosted forums together
     
  17. Kaiser

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    I really like the MyBB merge system, its lets you merge as many copies of MyBB you want into one... thats always a plus when you buy other MyBB forums.
     
  18. Ashley

    Ashley Regular Member

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    rofl, nice find Ash.

    Anyway, phpBB gets my vote hands down. Loads of good features and themes, and they're always improving.
     
  19. Kaiser

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    Looks like SMF is still doing poor. :thumbsdown:
     
  20. Ashley

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    I never really was a huge fan of SMF. I don't mind joining up with forums that use that software, but it's one of the ones that I actually feel iffy about. I like it from an admins standpoint because it's easy to use and understand, and I like it from a members' standpoint because it has a fairly decent layout, but the one major thing it lacks is decent themes. If SMF ever was popular to begin with, it was probably back before I started foruming and there probably wasn't that much of a choice for forum softwares like there is now.
     

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