Web Forum Software

[womalley]

First let me say Hello :)

I am totally new to the DiscountASP.NET family and I have to say so far I am very happy.

I was looking into different options for a Message Board. I have the Community Starter Kit CS Version and wanted to know what Message board software you guy's have used and really like.

The layout of this forum is very nice :)

Thank you for the reply,
William O'Malley
Programmer - Application Developer
www.paranormalCorner.info (http://www.paranormalCorner.info) (not up yet)

[bruce]

apparently, we like dotnetBB, the software that drives this forum

another popular alternative would be PHPBB

Bruce

DiscountASP.NET
www.DiscountASP.NET (http://www.DiscountASP.NET)

[vanbebar]

InstantASP's new InstantForum v4.0 is hands down the best asp.net based forum that I've worked with..

http://www.instantasp.com

[Neel]

I would go with phpBB. First of all it's the most economical solution (it's free). Onlything I would need on this end is a MySQL add-on.

I haven't used it on my site yet since I only have a MS-SQL add-on, but the mySQL add-on is well worth it if a forum is going to be a vital part of your site. Many free open-source bulletin board packages utilize MySQL http://community.discountasp.net/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif

Peace.

[bruce]

i think phpBB works with MS SQL as well.

Bruce

DiscountASP.NET
www.DiscountASP.NET (http://www.DiscountASP.NET)

[newbie]

Hi Mate,





Snitz forums work very well, minimal setup and totally customisable,





http://forum.snitz.com (http://forum.snitz.com)



Graham

[wmeyers]

I'm using aspplayground.net and so far I'm very happy with the product and service. The price was very reasonable.


I used to use Snitz but I outgrew it...its great for smaller forums but as you grow the overhead and lack of uniform consistency in the programming may catch up to you.