Open Source Forum software

lizerazu · Post by **lizerazu** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:29 am

Guys,
I'm looking at setting up a forum for my girlfriends work. I've got wordpress set up for the blog and will use media wiki if she needs that but I don't know anything about forums. Any recomendations?

Thanks
Ben

allix · Post by **allix** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:06 am

This forum uses phpBB and its free software.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:25 am

Yeah, what Allix said!

Check out phpBB, although you should be religious about updating WordPress, MediaWiki and especially phpBB any time an update comes out!

Vogateer · Post by **Vogateer** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:19 pm

Since the phpBB crew started working on phpBB 3.0, there really hasn't been many updates. I used to do updates all the time, but it's been ages since I last saw a security update for it, which usually worries me a bit. After all, after that many updates, maybe they've squeezed out all the serious security problems and haven't had to release a security update, though it's easy to see how turning your attention to the next release might make you less inclined to look over the previous version for flaws.

I haven't had much trouble with it, except that adding on "mods" has made updates a more painful process. I've had a few hunks from patches fail, and that's a hassle to deal with. Maybe they'll improve the extension architecture or something to make that sort of thing much easier.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:30 pm

Vogateer wrote:Since the phpBB crew started working on phpBB 3.0

Speaking of 3.0, three days ago they released phpBB 3.0 RC8.

lizerazu · Post by **lizerazu** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:00 pm

Thanks guys. I'll keep all of that in mind. I'll be checking out phpBB asap.

snarkout · Post by **snarkout** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:48 am

punbb is pretty popular among friends of mine, and IIRC it powers the Arch Linux forums. Basically, hit google and you'll find a ton of options from very simple to feature rich. It's pretty much like blogging software - there are hundreds of options, but there are a few 900 lb gorillas in that bunch.