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Originally Posted by complete  Sounds like we have other experienced webmaster midst us to share tips with.
I'm using vBulletin, which costs money compared to phpBB but it seems there are more mods and other applications written for it. I'm also using vBSEO, which turns all the URL into search engine friendly links but also cost money. So far I can't say it has helped to get more traffic or not. I have 2 other forums but they are not nearly as active as this one. Yes, fighting spammers is not fun. I try to find some applications someone else has written to make it more difficult. |
Ive only heard good things about vBulletin, only downfall is that you have to pay. phpBB is great if you know how to do a lot of coding and mods whereas vBulletin has the features already available. ive also heard vbulletin is more secure out of the box than phpbb. although with phpbb 3, i have yet to install a security mod. with phpbb 2, spam was a major issue unless i used the security mods. the best one I found was asking the person registering questions that only a human could answer.
I was going to do an
SEO mod for phpbb that changed the links to spider friendly urls but just havent had the time. there are a few others as well but my time is limited until dec when i get off for 4 weeks in between semesters.
here is one of my current sites:
NJ Surfing Club
I created it in dreamweaver using all CSS. its in a dreamweaver template format to help save time when making changes. the forum is in phpbb. the forms were done in php and interact with a mysql database.
i purchase my site through
Web hosting services from ICDSoft: Superior Tech Support and Super Fast Servers. i have been using them since early 2000. i have used others but icdsoft has been awesome thus far. They respond to my emails in a few seconds and have helped me through a lot of issues.