Help Forums
Description: Both features use 1 database. There are two types of forums used by D.P. Web Design...
- vBulletin: $500 (Online Example: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/)
- This is a high profile forum program used by thousands of businesses. It has a LONG list of features and plug-ins that will suit any business or personal needs. Visit the vBulletin homepage here http://www.vbulletin.com. There are three main cost to vBulletin,
- purchasing of the program
- installing the script/program on your server
- personalising & setting up layout (colour schemes, fonts, header image, icon sets)
- This is a high profile forum program used by thousands of businesses. It has a LONG list of features and plug-ins that will suit any business or personal needs. Visit the vBulletin homepage here http://www.vbulletin.com. There are three main cost to vBulletin,
- phpBB: $150 (Online Example: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewforum.php?f=1)
- This is an open source software with common basic forum tools. It doesn't compare to vBulletin with security & features but there is allot of websites using this Bulletin Board (Homepage: http://www.phpbb.com). Although there are no program purchasing cost there are still fees for,
- installing the script/program on your server
- personalising & setting up layout (colour schemes, fonts, header image)
- This is an open source software with common basic forum tools. It doesn't compare to vBulletin with security & features but there is allot of websites using this Bulletin Board (Homepage: http://www.phpbb.com). Although there are no program purchasing cost there are still fees for,
Open Source Definition: FREE & still in development, could have bugs to iron out.