In other promotion forums, I see this question "Which Forum Software is Better?" Well, I'm about to review phpBB3, SMF, and MyBB. Those three are the most free and popular forum software in the world.
phpBB3
phpBB3 is just a regular php bulletin board script. I got to say, it's very customizable. Easy to install styles and the styles are absolutely fantastic!! It's so customizable you know. But there's a huge downside about phpBB3, it's so hard to install mods! It takes patients and skills to install it. But it does come with the install manual, but it still hard to install. It includes editing files which is hard. That's why it's VERY recommended to make backups before install mods. But overall, it's a great forum software.
SMF
SMF, meaning Simple Machine Forum, is a okay forum software. Nice looking themes, but I dislike the layout of SMF. It's disgusting! Really easy to install styles AND MODS. All you have to do basically is just upload the zip file. That's it, no accessing to cPanel. It has a lot of bbcodes you can use, but it's pretty hard to add new ones. It requires you editing files... So overall, easy to install styles and mods, but dislike the layout.
MyBB
MyBB is a okay forum software also. Nice themes, but the layout doesn't change obviously. Really easy to install themes and mods. But it requires you to access to your cPanel, which can be a hassle (only for mods). The awesome part is that it has lots of features like it already installed the Warning System and the Reputation for you. Also no need to setup permission because they already done that for you! Really easy to install styles, just upload the .xml file and your done. You can even edit templates without going to your cPanel! Awesome huh!
In my own opinion, the winner of this battle has to be MyBB. The reason why is that really easy to install mods and styles. You can edit templates without going to your cPanel, and it already comes with features you wanted like Reputation. Also the permission is already set for you!
Remember, this is my own opinion. I could be wrong..... So don't complain!
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