What is the Best CMS I can use?

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Pocketchange25

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What CMS should I use? I want to start my own forums website haven't made my decision on what yet. Looking for a free CMS so, no vBulletin most likely! Also I have used MyBB before it's ok but I'm just not really filling it for some reason, so what are other CMS's that you think is better then MyBB?

 

Conor

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There was a discussion on this the other day, check it out:

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...3-i-need-start-forum-best-free-forum-use.html

 

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cheekykent

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depends on your needs, budget and computer savvyness

 

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Uniqu3

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Have you tried Xenforo ?

 

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Uniqu3 said:

Have you tried Xenforo ?

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Nope never have is it any good?

 

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Uniqu3

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Pocketchange25 said:

Nope never have is it any good?

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Yes I have, it has a lot of themes and very easy to use.

 

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Treeofl1 said:

There was a discussion on this the other day, check it out:

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I'll be sure to check it out thanks man!

 

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Pocketchange25

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Uniqu3 said:

Yes I have, it has a lot of themes and very easy to use.

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Is the customization good though? Like can I make it to my liking and a good feel?

 

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Pocketchange25

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Uniqu3 said:

Yes I have, it has a lot of themes and very easy to use.

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Big question is it free or does it cost?

 

KHR

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vBulletin is the best, but its paid Forum Board.

phpBB is good for free board.

 

ChangGun

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SMF- Simple Machines , isn't bad.

 

davids355

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vbulletin is the best, although its not free. But i think the free ones you will get yourself into a trap - if your forum becomes successfull, your platform wont be able to cope.

 

Aty

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vBulletin is leading the forum market share, followed by phpBB.

 

BuildMoreLinks

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nothing beats vBulletin in terms of scaling, SEO and developer support, thats one of the reasons it's the most popular.

 

lord1027

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Uniqu3 said:

Have you tried Xenforo ?

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+1 for Xenforo..............

 

nikiobicata

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Just to be clear OP... You don't search for CMS. You looking for Free Forum Boards. This is different.
This is CMS:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems

For Forum Boards i prefer SMF : http://www.simplemachines.org/. It's free and have a ton of extensions.

Best of Luck

 

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Pocketchange25

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So most users are saying phpBB and some say simple machines so which is better between those two?

 

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tommyhot

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I've always used phpBB 3 which had a huge community at the time (maybe still does), but one thing I really liked about it is the code which is really easy to read and extend if you have some coding skills.