Comments on: Do you use vBulletin or IP.Board?

By: riz

riz — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:31:10 +0000

Me personally…..confius over whether to decide ip or Vbulletin…both has a good script…but i think maybe Ip is slightly better….:)

By: Brandon Sheley

Brandon Sheley — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:20:52 +0000

Which website are you talking about, exact page and what version of IE?
Thanks

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By: Don Dice

Don Dice — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:45:11 +0000

I use bbs at capo classifieds - it's old and clunky but works like a charm. Sort of like good old wine.

By: JimmyAL

JimmyAL — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:05:00 +0000

Thank you for the tips. I really look forward to using an IPB in the future. I’ve heard many webmasters praising this software recently and I even saw another big forum change from vb to ipb. I even did some testing on my localhost and found IPB more powerful and attractive.

By: dallas

dallas — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:42:32 +0000

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By: devon gym

devon gym — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:41:26 +0000

For me V – Bulletin is still the way to go to reduce extra work.

By: Heather Marie-

Heather Marie- — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:07:04 +0000

I HATE THE NEW V-BULLETIN BOARD. THE OLD V BULLETIN 3.0 and up well until FOUR simplified the css
cms etc. all of the fun way to just easily utilize the color pattern etc. each forum/set up fast quick CLEAN sheet
board message boards etc. i use to LOVE like LOCO(like crazy)my v-bulletin board not anymore i left after i lease it for 1 year,then i was goin to re-purchase etc. when i see the NEW VB 4 ugly typicalboring i agree no way this is a NEW set up except what your saying KELLIE was makin me dizzy using the ostensible DEMO. horrible. i was thinkin STILL to buy it cause i like it alot the vb 3.8 i had and 3.5 few years but now i am not sure anymore. might get IP board they are talkin bout i also want to say wtf?WHY DID VBULLETIN make it so hard for 1 simple UPLOAD OF A SMILIE HORRIBLE i hate V-BULLETIN BOARD 4.0 horrible and imo?NOT WORTH PAYING ALMOST THREE HUNDRED.
ADIOS.

By: Ryanjames

Ryanjames — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:34:12 +0000

I too have a very positive experience with IPB community. I haven't purchased the software yet but I am very eager to. As soon as I'm done with my current project, I'll devote all my free time to learn IPB. I haven't felt this excited to work on my website for many many years.

My current website is using phpBB with custom portal to pull stuff from it onto the main page. I've always wanted a CMS for my website and ip.content just got me really, really excited.

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By: dsimms

dsimms — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:42:07 +0000

I used to be a VB lover…not anymore….I am tired of paying BS rake hikes…vbulletin is not worth what they are charging these days. I am moving to IPB – it is cheaper, yes it will cost to customize, and there are less mods for IPB, but honestly, I am not a mod horder anyway. Yes VB is driving their customers away, and they will go to second best, IPB…only vbulletin to blame…

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By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:28:07 +0000

Hi Brandon -

Thanks for the great, insightful article.

It's Michael "The Law Professor" from http://www.thelaw.com/forums/ – one of the oldest free legal advice forums online. I began using vBulletin way back when it was just hitting version 2.0. It was poetry through version 3.x and I used a number of add-ons to create a community like many of you have.

The problem is that version 3.x is gone and is a dead product. As PHP marches onwards (and LAMP for that matter), it will not be supported. We have not moved to version 4 as continued problems with styles and other aspects lead me to believe that moving now, if at all, would be a very poor decision. We'd need to redo all the integrations of our scripts with vBulletin 4.0 and that will just not happen without a discernible benefit from moving to vBulletin 4.

I have 2 custom hacks in vBulletin that have kept us there. I am still toying with the idea of switching over to Invision Power Board but am still hedging on what to do with almost 10 years of search engine indexing and site backlinking. Some of you are managing and this will be my next step – investigating the pros/cons of moving. As it stands right now, several of our favorite mods are not available in vB 4 (such as vB Experience) and if we can hire a programmer to modify the two necessary addons and find a way to permanently redirect our traffic without losing our draw in search engines, I'd move and never look back, unfortunately. I think that IPB has a far superior vision as to what a community site is and vBulletin is playing a long, long game of catch up.

And most of all, I don't want to be caught paying for vBulletin version 5 when I haven't been able to use vBulletin 4 at all almost a year after I bought it in the presale. I'm remarkably impressed by everything at IPB, including the software architecture, flexibility and process thus far.

By: Build Your Personal Brand

Build Your Personal Brand — Mon, 31 May 2010 02:43:31 +0000

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By: Paul Fijma

Paul Fijma — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:48:15 +0000

I am from a totally different base. I have use ActiveModules in a DotNetNuke Portal. So… now i am looking for new software to run a forum. I have used a simplemachines forum, but i dont like it. so searching for something new.
So many choices, so much to compare… its a difficult choice. I am still wondering why i would pay for a vB or IPB forum if the one everybody refers to is phpBB.
I guess it is about 40% personal choice (looks, feels, menu, style, layout, logic), 30% added functionality (easy to mod), 15% speed (compared to other forums) and 15% other things.
Platform choice also makes a difference. MS platform and MSSQL is much more expensive to use then the LAMP platform. So i primary look at does it have the keyfeatures i like, does it work the way i expect? what are reactions of other people (like here) How does comment from other people on a product relate to my wishes directly, short and long term?
difficult choices.
I also see movements between several types and that does give some info, but also again a lot of discomfort…

By: Panupat

Panupat — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:28:09 +0000

I too have a very positive experience with IPB community. I haven’t purchased the software yet but I am very eager to. As soon as I’m done with my current project, I’ll devote all my free time to learn IPB. I haven’t felt this excited to work on my website for many many years.

My current website is using phpBB with custom portal to pull stuff from it onto the main page. I’ve always wanted a CMS for my website and ip.content just got me really, really excited.

By: Edwards

Edwards — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:08:45 +0000

I have very little experience with VBulletin, but my time with IPBoard has been very positive. I opened a ticket with them today, a Sunday, and they had a response to me in 2 hours. I don’t expect that it’s typical, but at least it’s possible.

By: bcam360

bcam360 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:43:35 +0000

I am coming from the vbulletin forum, and I am going to go with vbulletin for now. Anything with more security on the web tends to wieght heavy with me. Btw, great site. Not too complicated and pleasing to the eye. Here is my site: http://msafi.com/software-reviews/