PHPBB2 or SMF ?

**monaghan** · 12-10-2005, 14:10

What would you use PHPBB2 or SMF ?

Why (coz x or y is best not an appropiate reply - technical / operational / performance issues only) ? There's no need for mods/customizations on this forum, so purely technical / performance issues need to be considered.

I have a small phpbb2 forum than could be moved to smf without too much disruption at the moment.

Why ? Joomla seems to have better smf integration, however the customer (at this stage) doesn't need them integrated.

Any GPL forums that use pure CSS & no tables ?

talby101 · 12-10-2005, 15:19

They both quite good. I think smf has less of a history of security problems and is more lightweight ... so if you after better security and simplicity opt for smf. I understand the support for smf is quite good as well. However in fairness to phpbb, there is a large community out there so getting help would probably quite good with them too.

rustypaulin · 12-10-2005, 18:15

i use phpBB 2 mainly becuase i found it very easy to design a template for and because i'm used to it from other forums that i've visited, but i've never used SMF and i've never been to a forum with SMF, well posted at any

talby101 · 12-10-2005, 19:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by rustypaulin

i use phpBB 2 mainly becuase i found it very easy to design a template for and because i'm used to it from other forums that i've visited, but i've never used SMF and i've never been to a forum with SMF, well posted at any

If you can integrate your own templates easily then phpbb might be good idea if using your own css based designs is a neccessity.

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talby101 Cool Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: oxford Posts: 43 iTrader: 0 / 0%	They both quite good. I think smf has less of a history of security problems and is more lightweight ... so if you after better security and simplicity opt for smf. I understand the support for smf is quite good as well. However in fairness to phpbb, there is a large community out there so getting help would probably quite good with them too. Last edited by talby101; 12-10-2005 at 16:39.

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