A complete forum that works

[per_for.closer]

Can any one suggest a complete message board/forum software that works with powweb?

So far i've tryed, phpBB2 and Invision Board with no luck!



Thanks

[brdoco]

Have you tried IKON Board (http://www.ikonboard.com) (No Affiliation)? I haven't, so I don't know if it'll work... but its free. You can't beat that. All you have to do is register.

[ffejy]

Ikonboard seems to be the best one in the opinions of many users... supposed to be easy to install, and well made and all that stuff.

[xero-infinity]

They need to come out with a PHP version of Ikonboard. I think that would be kinda neat I guess...

[VBman]

Yabb SE (http://www.yabb.info) and OpenBB (http://www.prolixmedia.com) are two of my favorites.

[Mirzabah]

Originally posted by per_for.closer
Can any one suggest a complete message board/forum software that works with powweb?

So far i've tryed, phpBB2 and Invision Board with no luck!When you say "no luck" do you mean that you couldn't get them to work, or that you found them lacking in features? If you couldn't get them to work, then you'll have exactly the same problem with any PHP-based BB software. The problem is caused by the fact that PHP runs in CGI mode on powweb's servers. This means that you have to put "#!/usr/local/bin/php" at the top of your PHP scripts.

phpBB2 does work on powweb. There's an installation tutorial here: http://powhelp.mywebthing.com/viewtopic.php?t=15. The tutorial itself is on a phpBB2 forum hosted on powweb. On the same board are tutorials for installing other BB software.

There have been numerous discussions of BB software on these forums. I suggest that you take advantage of the "search" facility to look them up.

[VBman]

I have just tried getting the Invision Board beta to work, but did not get it completely working. I can get the admin page to work just fine, and although I got the main index page to load without errors, it comes up blank. I'm still working on figuring that one out.

[VBman]

Originally posted by per_for.closer
So far i've tryed, phpBB2 and Invision Board with no luck!

I just got BETA 2 of Invision Board to work, so if you need help, email me and I can help. I will work on whipping up a tutorial for it. IBForums are the best forums I've come across, and I've tried them all, believe me.:)

http://invisionboard.com

Sample of the forums: http://www.invisionboard.com/forums/

[TakeIT2]

I'm curious by what you mean by "Complete Forum That Works" as well? I have not tried to implement any of the others mentioned yet,I don't know what they are like to admin, but they are on my agenda. I really like the look and feel of phpBB, I think that has moved to the top of my "What's Next List." SuperBB inside of PostNuke is ok, admin is limited, easy but limited, and threads do not edit well yet, they do but not well...

I'm running out of firewood for the irons in the fire though...

Paul

[Mike M]

I have 1 question. Do these boards have all the Pop up Banners being they are for free??

[TakeIT2]

Free as in Open Source most of them, some have comercial versions,(i.e. paid for) but none that I have seen foist banners, some might have features where you can run your own banners.

These are scripts to be included in your web site, not an outside service hosting the board,(which foist banners)...

A lot of open source projects release versions of their work as free, some are full versions, some are limited functionality.

Paul

[MannInc]

per_for.closer,

If you'd like to use PHPBB2, I can help set it up for you if you like? I'd need several items though (sent via PM)

Your database name, the username/password, your FTP username/password.

PHPBB2 does work here, as I've got it set up at my site, http://forum.manninc.com and a uptodate tutorial at the U.P.S. site as well.

[JetsMaster]

Personally, I recommend Infopop's UBB. I mean, the free forums are OK, but they are like "Just Another Goodie" for sites in that they are very periphiary and often only get a handful of posts. The UBB, on the other hand, is like an entity onto itself and seems to be condusive to creating a large community, no matter how obscure the topic is. I don't know why that is. I guess it's probably the interface. My second favorite is Jelsoft's vBulletin, but like UBB, that will cost you a pretty penny. For free BBs, I think YaBB-SE is the best.

[agueviv]

I´m using ikonboard, but my main complain its that users cant upload files (pics its what most value them)

I wonder if http://invisionboard.com allow you set up for uploading files...

Another question, have you tried file manager from invision?

regards,

abiel

[satis]

wow, you realize you resurrected a thread that was 11 months old?

Anyway....upload pics? For avatars, or into the messages? If it's avatars, phpBB supports it, FYI.

[KimmiKat]

agueviv,

Yes it can, although I disabled it on my own mboard. It also can allow members to upload their own avators into a special directory, just like vBulletin does.

[agueviv]

Thanx KimmiKat, its what I looking for, to display picures at message body...

I´m going to change to invision board.

Do you know if I can export ikonboard data to invision (users, posts, etc. etc.)?

satis: yes, I know that. Its just that I use the search function, in order to dont ask topics already discussed, and I post in the topic that I find related to my question, to avoid cross posting...

Crap, I have a Board Administrator mind!! :D

take air,

[KimmiKat]

agueviv,

You can ask on the Invision Board's support board, there is a conversion utility, but not sure if it's current.

[TakeIT2]

In phpBB 2 the bb code allows for images.... also if you allow html in posts you wouldd be able to use the image tag.

Paul