PhpBB Review

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Install: PositivePositive (Easy) — Admin: PositivePositive (Easy)
Use: PositivePositive (Easy) — Themes: Yes Yes
Our Opinion : FullFullFullHalfNone — Users : FullFullFullNoneNone (Rate it)
— Sat, 2006-05-13 11:03 — lastnico

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Installation : PositivePositive (Easy)
Administration : PositivePositive (Easy)
Forum Use : PositivePositive (Easy)
Themes : Yes Yes
Our Opinion : FullFullFullHalfNone
Users : FullFullFullNoneNone (Rate it)
Released under : GPL License
Current version : 2.0.21 (06/08/2006).
Demonstration : PhpBB Demo
From PhpBB website phpBB is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customizable Open Source bulletin board package. phpBB has a user-friendly interface, simple and straightforward administration panel, and helpful FAQ. Based on the powerful PHP server language and your choice of MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC database servers, PhpBB is the ideal free community solution for all web sites.
Official web site : http://www.phpbb.com
Download Link : Download this forum software here : PhpBB.

Server Architecture

Features Details
Operating Systems Details
Systems supporting this software.
  • Linux
  • Windows Server 2003
Web Server Details
Web Servers control the communication between the forum and the users.
  • Apache 1.3
  • Apache 2.0/2.2
  • Microsoft IIS
Languages Details
Main development language.
  • PHP 4
  • PHP 5
Databases Details
Applications which store forum datas.
  • MySQL
  • Postgresql
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft SQL Server
PhpBB is one of the software that support most of major database systems, so you will not have any problem to install it. A Microsoft IIS Server can be only used with a PHP plugin (which is of course not provided by Microsoft).

Technical Features

Technical Features Details
CMS / Blog softwares integration Details
Web publishing tools which can be integrated with this software.
  • Drupal
  • Joomla / Mambo
  • WordPress
User base integration Details
This feature is useful when you would like to integrate your forum with an existing solution.
None
Template Engine Details
With known template engines, it is generally easier to customize forum and create new themes.
None
Webservices / XML-RPC management Details
Generally allow remote control from other softwares than browsers (program, etc...)
No
PhpBB can be easily linked to other CMS and blog solution and you will always find these bridges in these tools web sites. Here is an integration plugin of PhpBB and Word Press : wp-phpbb-files.zip. You will find more information on WordPress website.

Comments

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Good forum for small comunityes

Tue, 2007-03-06 06:48 — PET

This is a good forum for small sites who don't want to invest in a profesional forum.
Admin CP is very very limited, templates are very very stupid made, not to talk about the mods....

question on blog integration

Sat, 2006-11-04 03:29 — robelicit

well, it says blog integration is possible--can u tell me if there is a way to have the board/forum on the right half of the page (literally & visually) while simultaneously, the blog ware is working & visible on the left-hand half of the page?
thanx,,,
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