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Choose weather you think SMF (Simple Machine Forums) or PHPBB is better.

Personally, I think SMF is better because it has many features such as auto mod editing, mod updating, checks file versions, error logs, moderation logs, configable template, post requirments. And it keeps going on. So give me your opion on this.

I like the Look of SMF as well, however phpBB is more of the 'industry standard' and therefore has more community support, themes, and mods. Our choice about using phpBB here was based on ourselves having greater experience with it then SMF, however both can be viable options.

I just noticed that o.O. Sites with many members have PHPBB, and smaller sites have SMF. Some HUGE sites like the SMF site have a very slow loading speed. I know that it puts very little pressure on the server, but it does take a while to load. It's funny because, I have around 2456 members and it loads in 0.108 seconds, SMF has 43029 members and it loads in about 5 - 10 seconds. Also, SMF kills your SMTP server.

PHPBB, of course. Really nice and powerful system, imho. I am administrator of such forum, which is used by Rostov-On-Don Skaters Community. Code of this forum is easy, two days is enough to correct it, if you need some new opportunities

PHPBB is better.

i like phpbb, though i have not yet tried smf...my girlfriend is using a smf forum, i dont like it very much....

hello!

i am using phpbb2 for a website of my class at school, and i think its the better one!

i use different "hacks" (such as the money hack) which make the board more attractive...

bye manuel

I used phpBB2 on my forum for over 4 months. I didn't have any problems. Now I'm using smf and it's working just fine. Smf is more atractive ,for me, but it's maybe becouse I was using phpBB2 too long. phpBB is more common and that's one of reasons I moved to smf. Smf has more administration options...

My vote goes to SMF.

I recently switched from PHPBB to SMF and I must say SMF is ten folds better than PHPBB. Though I do agree there really arent that many styles and hacks for SMF, they will come. Plus PHPBB hacks are a pain to install especially when frequent updates cause many mods to have to be reinstalled. Also user administration and forum permissions are way easier to setup aswell as themes and many features missing from phpbb come standard on SMF.

*phew* lol

Heh this is a hard one

But i just started using smf so it got my vote. PHPBB isnt as buggy as SMF tho bt smf has a nice feel .

I prefer neither, even though that's not an option but for the sake of the option... PHPBB... though i'd rather continue toying with my personal Seditio test i'm running. Seditio formerly LDU is pretty nice, i'm even working on my own little skin for it.

I would say phpBB.. I can say that because in my experience on forums, I mostly see sites using phpBB. I think phpBB is good...

This is not so easy to chose.
Becouse PHPBB is more known and more people use it, its normal to have more bugs and exploits for it.
If you are doing some serious project then i would suggest SMF. Many "profesional" sites use SMF i think... but it depends whats your site about.
Im not for any of those two forums, i would use vBulletin but its not free ( yes you can crack it but its hmm.. ILEGAL ) then i would use IPB its much far more better then PHPBB, but PHPBB has more developed, so more skinks, mods ... for PHPBB

And i think IPB is payed from 2.1.x version, that sux

I think that phpbb is all what a forum needs.It's pretty safe.And it's version history contains many bugfixes.And it has pretty styles so it's good eyecandy for the users .I'm sattisfied with it.

PHPBB. More pepole know PHPBB, but its more buggy too