Why most of us hate PHPBB??

Not only TriPHP. At any forum you go, all the users seem against PHPBB. They talk about vB, SMF or IBP. Why so?

I never used PHBB so I cant say I hate it. But when TriPHP Forum was first started the advice I got was to use SMF as the best free one.

I used PHPBB when I first started my forum. I think it's ok but VBulletin is better.

Members are more likely to join a VBulletin Forum than a PHPBB IMO

If you are starting a forum and are on a low budget, you can always take advantage of the free forums and then upgrade when you have made some revenue.

I believe, the forum OZZU still use PHPBB and it's a big forum

I used phpBB, vBulletin, SMF, IPB and according to me the best solution is vB but there's just a small problem: ISN'T FREE AHHHHHHRGGGGGG!!!.

So let me get this striaght ? the only difference between PhpBB and vbulletin is the cost and vbulletin is easier to mod ? I think id rather save my self money and spend alittle time modding ? :~

i created a theme that cloned VBulletin for smf and phpbb. An average user would never no the difference .
Us poor folks need to do this. i have to clone the look or use a pirated version

My forum runs on SMf and it is free and was supplied by my hosting service so that is why I use it. I have not had any problems and it seems to work very well for free.
As for PHPBB I have never tried it so I do not know any thing about it.
The only other board I had used to run on YaBB , and that turned into SMF. :cooler:

Sorry for asking an off topic question but, may i ask if the skin you are talking about is available or if you did it for your own site? (I'm interested on it).

I have experienced using PHBB and SMF but I really find VB much reliable specially in imposing rules in links and spamming. But both forum platforms have their own merits.

I have seen too many phpbb forums hacked. And that is why I do NOT recommend it. One of the forums belonged to a good buddy of mine. It was a place for people in the local area to go post. It was a small forum where just about all of the members knew each other. And hackers destroyed it.

phpbb is very easy to use and user friendly. The only down side I can see is you have to install mods for everything and it is very time consuming.

I am not against phpbb but I actually like it, it is a great script for newbie forum owners.

I am using phpbb on my new general discussions forum but I do feel the pain of doing some things which can easily be done in Vbulletin.

So the simple answer is... PhpBB is for Newbies and VB is for Pros