Hi,
I plan to setup an forum for my friend and his
friends shortly. But before I setup, I would like to
know what are the popular open source forum
software/packages to look at..
Please advise. Thanks.
--Robinson
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Quoting Robinson Tiemuqinke <hahaha_30k at yahoo.com>:> Hi, > > I plan to setup an forum for my friend and his > friends shortly. But before I setup, I would like to > know what are the popular open source forum > software/packages to look at.. > > Please advise. Thanks. > > --Robinsonwww.phpbb.com www.simplemachines.org www.phorum.org
Robinson Tiemuqinke wrote:> Hi, > > I plan to setup an forum for my friend and his > friends shortly. But before I setup, I would like to > know what are the popular open source forum > software/packages to look at.. > > Please advise. Thanks. >having setup and maintained a couple phpBB message boards, I will say, with absolutely no hesitation, AVOID THIS PILE OF BUGRIDDEN #$@$@#$ AT ALL COSTS. I've heard SMF is pretty good. re: your follow up question about video... video is just another file, no BBS is going to support advanced video streaming, but any that allows file attachments should allow video files. note that php itself often has a default 64MB file upload size limit that you'll need to increase to support more than a tiny video.
Robinson Tiemuqinke wrote:> Hi, > > I plan to setup an forum for my friend and his > friends shortly. But before I setup, I would like to > know what are the popular open source forum > software/packages to look at.. > > Please advise. Thanks.Whatever you choose, be very careful of third party plugins and watch the security notices. Bulletin Boards are notorious for poor code that allows various types of hacks from simple defacing to full blown compromise - especially the third party plugins to the various bulletin board software.