How does this board compare to PHPBB?
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Topic: How does this board compare to PHPBB?
Posted By: cmeurer
Subject: How does this board compare to PHPBB?
Date Posted: 09 March 2006 at 1:38pm
| Just curious.... |
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 09 March 2006 at 2:06pm
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I've never really used phpBB so can't really say what the differences are. But, phpBB is written in PHP which runs best on a Linux/Unix web server and Web Wiz Forums is written in ASP so runs best on an Windows IIS web server. So the software you use largely depends on what OS you are using for the web server as to which one will perform better for you. |
Posted By: namtoday
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 6:32am
Ive never used phpBB but from wat i know, phpBB has tons of security holes which are digged  by hackers day by day, while webwizforum, i believe, provides a better security so far. The speed of phpBB is faster than 7.x (trust me, it's true :( ), but it's abit slower than 8.0, however, about skins, phpBB looks better than wwf so far cause it supports round conner. and lol, alot more differences but i dont know :D, for me, i only use wwf. |
Posted By: thataintchicken
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 9:21pm
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PHPBB has the clear advantage (and disadvantage) of a larger community.
They have a total of 238,669 registered users, while we only have
9,210. This means they have more skins, mods, and other attachable
bells and whistles. Where WWF shines is the coding. WWF is faster,
smarter, and more secure than PHPBB by far, and I believe that WWF is
simply better all around. It is definatly much easier to skin and mod
than PHPBB. So in the end, you're basically weighing between Bells and Whistles and Functionality. Even though your pretty much choosing the forum that matches your server operating system, I still believe WWF is #1. (PS. Apparently I'm not the only one who uses these 350 x 19 signiture images!  )
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Posted By: cmeurer
Date Posted: 15 March 2006 at 12:17am
| I've read some scary stuff about PHPBB being un-secured. I like the "feel" of this board much better... cm |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 15 March 2006 at 9:40am
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I use both WebWiz and PHPBB on diffrent clients forums, I use PHPBB for clients forums if their website was already in PHP and vise versa for ASP and Webwiz. In my humble opinion Webwiz is far more secure and wellbuilt than PHPBB, also i personally reckon it's quicker, smoother and better layed out. Thats not to say PHPBB doesn't have it's good points, the commnity is huge and the amount of mods, skins and extra graphics is huge.... Altho when Ver8 of Webwiz is released i can see the same thing happening. ------------- Handyman man? |