ProBoards Vs. Forumotion

Discussion in 'Community Forum Software' started by Kaiser, May 20, 2011.

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Which one is better?

  1. ProBoards

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  2. Forumotion

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    62.5%
  1. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    ProBoards and Forumotion are both Free Forum Hosts which use their own software. Both of them are some of the worst Free Forum Hosts, and I never join ProBoards or Forumotion forums unless I have to, which is never. So if you had to vote for one, which would it be and why?

    Example: http://support.proboards.com/
    Example: http://help.forumotion.com/forum
    (Forumotion uses a highly modified version of phpBB2&3)
     
  2. Angel

    Angel Regular Member

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    Well proboard i just don't like some reason. forumotion has many themes and there community is pretty nice too. Ill go with forumotion :P
     
  3. Kaiser

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    I would choose ProBaords, I rather go with simple than bloated. Forumotion forums are way customized, too much to the point its not even a regular phpbb.
     
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    Angel Regular Member

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    I agree, there is so much to it. But the reason also im saying forumotion, that i didn't mention is cause i never tried ProBeoard so i can't really like judge it :P
     
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    I haven't tried either one but I can already tell though.
     
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    *angel leave in shamed of him self* lol alright xD
     
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  7. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    lol that was not to offend you or anything <3, I can just tell by looking at the both of them, I like neither, but I would go with PB.
     
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    I know lol.True but then i again, i wouldn't go with any either lol
     
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    Where's the neither option :ROFL: If anything I think I would have to say Forumotion as it has a better styling system than what ProBoards has.
     
  10. Kaiser

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    Well there is no neither option since its which one is better, but yea both are horrible.
     
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    I'd say Forumotion is a bit better because of some of the styles offered. But, it's a bit overdone (in a bad way) in a couple of places.
     
  12. Kaiser

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    They do have huge amounts of styles available.
     
  13. Tah Zonemaster

    Tah Zonemaster Regular Member

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    I wouldn't use both tbh, as I don't like forum hostings. You can't add custom code and make it your own. But if I had to choose: ForumMotion. Proboards doesn't like other languages than English and I used Forummotion a long time ago :P
     
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    If I desperately had to, ForumMotion for me too. Just because of the amount of extras they have on offer.
     
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    Yea, they appear to offer more than what ProBoards can, also you can attempt to escape from Forumotion, but you can't from ProBoards :(
     
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    Oh yea, forgot about that.. you can easily convert from Forumotion to a regular copy of phpbb3. But for Proboards you cant as it uses its own software, and im not sure how easy it would to write a converter for it for conversion to phpBB, or MyBB.
     
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    ProBoards banned all convertors and crawlers, etc. as it apparantly violates their own terms of service :eek:
     
  18. Kaiser

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    I can see why, and by the way when you convert from Forumotion, its not a real conversion as its just a crawler which copies everything.. from there to your new board.
     
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