Forum / Message Board Software ....

[DomainerUpdate]

I'm in the process of developing a forum. My question is for both users and developers, between VBulletin & InvisionBoard, what software do you recommend? Are there pros and cons, or more pros about one than the other?

I've seen both in action. I just would love to get some feedback from other forum gurus, users, and developers out there on your preference.

Thanks!

[CureCancer]

VBulletin is by far the best choice, majority of new and old developers of other scripts will build a interface that is compatible with vbulletin.... i learned the hard way when i decided to choose another forum script... 2 years ago.. this year i upgraded my site and could not use but vbulletin... so i lost members and threads!

vbulletin is the best choice!

[dcristo]

phpBB can be upgraded to vBulletin later down the track, if you choose to go that option

[DomainerUpdate]

VBulletin is by far the best choice, majority of new and old developers of other scripts will build a interface that is compatible with vbulletin.... i learned the hard way when i decided to choose another forum script... 2 years ago.. this year i upgraded my site and could not use but vbulletin... so i lost members and threads!

vbulletin is the best choice!

Thanks for the feedback ... I see that DNForum uses VBulletin and has evolved/updgraded the features as well as made enhancements over the years.

Is there a place that someone can direct me to so I can see all of the features and capabilities of VBulletin? I'll check out their site after this post ... I like how some InvisionBoard forums, users can post photos within a post. I'm sure that's a feature that can be implemented in VBulletin.

[stock_post]

VBulletin.com
VBulletin.org

And go to their forums as well

[draggar]

If you're low on a budget and you're going to need RSS feeds, look into SMF (Simple Machines Forums or something like that). It's free (like phpBB) and has RSS feeds (input) built into it.

[DomainerUpdate]

It looks like with vBulletin, I'm looking at a 1-time licensing fee of $160 + an annual fee of $30 for sofware updates.

Outside of normal Hosting and development, the $160 cost is pretty minimal to get a forum up.

Besides what I'm saying above, any other additional costs you see I may be missing?