Forum software

Here are a few more:

Phorum - http://www.phorum.org/
Easy Forum! - http://hot-things.net/htedbs.php
Board Plus - http://www.phpwebscripts.com/free_sc...oard_plus.html
Multi-Forums - http://www.sebflipper.com/?page=scripts_mfp

Ovi

I use PHPBB, it's nice and easy to get the basics, then you can start to develop it from there.

[temi]

I agree with you Steve, phpBB is a fine forum software, especially if you can find the time top add various hacks and patches to make it a real professional forum software.

Yeah, I'm just learning about adding the extras to it, managed to skin it last week, it took longer to work out where to install it to than it did to actually do the install. I'll be adding more soon. I think the next one will have to be a no follow though, I don't mind people having links in their sig as long as they post something useful, but I'm starting to get the spammers comming in :-(

[piet]

Is this forumsoftware realy free?

Or is there a catch?

No there is no catch, it's free. The only thing I would say is that if you pay for VBulletin, apparently its already SEO ready, PHPBB you will have to mess around with

[temi]

True about VB being SEO ready to some extent, but there are hacks you can apply to make it even more search engine friendly.

[JoyB]

I use vBulletin and I'm very pleased with it.

[Stephanie]

Yes we are using vBulletin and it is so powerful - and the next version will have a blogg facility so I don't regret paying the money.

[Chris]

I use PHPBB3 has a very nice Ui and runs smooth thats what I like most.