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Most user friendly forum software

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by dylanphelan, Jul 15, 2010.

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    Hi all

    What's the most user friendly forum software available?

    I am setting up a new site, the target market may not be that tech savvy, so I want to keep it as simple as possible.

    I normally use joomla for my sites as I need a diverse range of functionality, but for this one I can't see it going beyond a forum and possibly user blogs / articles

    Thanks.
    Dylan
     
    dylanphelan, Jul 15, 2010 IP
  2. s4ndid

    s4ndid Peon

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    i would say...right now is the wordpress moment of Glory!
     
    s4ndid, Jul 15, 2010 IP
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    MaverickGuy Peon

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    The most user friendly forum software may be wordpress 3.0 with the buddypress plugin.
     
    MaverickGuy, Jul 15, 2010 IP
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    lawsofpower48 Greenhorn

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    phpbb is pretty simple... and its free
     
    lawsofpower48, Jul 19, 2010 IP
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    alexts Well-Known Member

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    i would recommend phpbb as well
     
    alexts, Jul 19, 2010 IP
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    Salman Qamar Active Member

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    Mybb or wordpress.
    according to me
     
    Salman Qamar, Jul 19, 2010 IP
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    siothach Active Member

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    my opinion: phpbb is good soft to try at begining
     
    siothach, Jul 19, 2010 IP
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    palmerlarryray Active Member

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    I Like myBB for ease of installation and use
     
    palmerlarryray, Jul 19, 2010 IP
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    learntofly Greenhorn

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    personally i stick to vbulletin, easy to use and tons of plugin
     
    learntofly, Jul 22, 2010 IP
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    I'm Taz Peon

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    MyBB hands down..
     
    I'm Taz, Jul 27, 2010 IP
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    paid software: VBulletin

    Free software: Simple machines forum. (upgrades, updates are dead easy for admin)

    The best feature i liked is the homepage of the forum will ask the following 2 questions:
    # Show unread posts since last visit.
    # Show new replies to your posts.
    So, in my opinion, SMF is the best.
     
    apsara, Jul 28, 2010 IP
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    Well I will recommend VBulletin over Wordpress as it is very rich in functionality and very easy to configure.
     
    ultimaterinks2006, Jul 29, 2010 IP
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    phpBB is very powerful and has a User Blog plugin
     
    DFred, Aug 2, 2010 IP
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    Vbulletin is the best fourm as i am conserend you get lots and lots of mods for that so try to use that
     
    chotu007kumar, Aug 3, 2010 IP
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    I think Invision Powerboard is the best!
     
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