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by **bug** on Sun May 28, 2006 5:30 pm

I'd keep my opnion to myself.
But I'll say this:

Phpbb - Plantey of mods, and stuff.
SMF - Great mod implanting. More stable.

by **bish** on Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:06 am

I've only ever used phpbb, its constantly being updated, with new bug fixes and version releases. I havent used SMF so maybe i should give it a try!

by **DjDarkman** on Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:59 am

phpbb is the standard ,smsf isn`t very attractive ,but the 1 thing 1 don`t like about phpbb is that i can`t custumize many things without editing the code.

by **tomyssj4ever** on Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:53 pm

php is the cool,smsf isn`t very attractive but it is ok to.

by **Sainted** on Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:11 pm

I think phpBB is easier for the nooby users while SMF serves the more experienced ones.. Smile

by **De1Rekt0n** on Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:29 pm

Well phpBB is better but I would prefer your own coded forum, open source is kind a bad because there is plenty 0day exploits for that stuff. Sad

by **Samppa** on Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:39 am

Open code offers the choice of having anyone who so wishes to look through the code and block the possible exploits though.

by **Dr^Heart** on Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:00 am

i have seen many forums using phpbb... actually i used phpbb before... when i was still operating a forum i used IPB which is quite good .... my friend uses SMF... i find it cute...

by **kovach** on Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:54 pm

phpbb is more popular but SMF is more elegant!

by **FireSt0rm** on Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:19 am

I'd go with phpBB cus I don't know anything about the other one.

phpBB is open-source, free and easy to setup and to use.
One disadvantage is that it's also one of the most exploited software out there. Mainly because it's open-source and well known.

by **Raven** on Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:41 pm

I like PHPBB since there is better support for it.

by **devlin** on Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:57 am

I use phpBB myself, although I've never tried SMF. I do sort of like vBulletin forums, although I have never administered tham, so I don't personally know what the back end is like.

by **zwickyy** on Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:25 pm

SMF is highly customizable forum software. If you already used SMF you'll see that more options are available not just for the simple users, and for the administrators. If you get used with it, it's OK Smile

You will see that it's more powerfull than PHPBB.

by **hiNt** on Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:23 pm

I choose phpBB Exclamation

by **darkholm** on Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:17 pm

Defineitly phpbb. I personally can't wait for a stable build of phpbb3 os I can have subforums. As I am, I can't afford much of anything and phpbb is easy to get free.

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