http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress Support Forums Tag: comparison en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:34:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/vbulletin-vs-bbpress#post-10909 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:06:59 +0000 _ck_ 10909@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>You can't compare one of the most popular commercial forum programs with 7 years of development and thousands of ($$$) extensions to a fairly new open source project that's not even a 1.0 release yet.</p> <p>If you are running a small non-commercial forum, vbulletin is too much. If you are running a large forum that needs many powerful features, bbPress (currently) is too little.</p> <p>Virtually all of the features you are asking for are possible on bbPress, with a bit of work and sweat. None of them are available without 3rd party plugins, some of which are not complete or bug-free. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/vbulletin-vs-bbpress#post-10907 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:53:32 +0000 nolageek 10907@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>that matrix seems to be fairly outdated as many of the items are blank when they should be 'yes' or at least 'plugin' for bbpress. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/vbulletin-vs-bbpress#post-10903 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:54:21 +0000 chrishajer 10903@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.forummatrix.org/compare/bbPress+vBulletin" rel="nofollow">http://www.forummatrix.org/compare/bbPress+vBulletin</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/vbulletin-vs-bbpress#post-10899 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:16:19 +0000 MrMacMac 10899@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hi there... I'm a vBulletin veteran, but am considering a switch over to bbPress to use in tandom with wordpress. Can anyone out there tell me the advantages of using bbPress compared to vBulletin? Is it just as powerful? Does it tie into Wordpress seemlessly?</p> <p>I also need to know if some features I require are available in bbPress... Here is my shortlist:<br /> - Ability to act as forums admin (edit everything)<br /> - Ability to add moderators to specific forums<br /> - Custom avatars and signatures for users?<br /> - Spam and 'bad word' filters?<br /> - Private email/messaging system?<br /> - Can I create categories/subcategories?<br /> - Can I create little thumbnails for these categories?</p> <p>There's more but that's a short list... Any help anyone can give would be greatly appreciated :) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bandwidth-usage-vs-phpbb#post-7950 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:18:08 +0000 Trent 7950@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Nice fel64! That is one to remember (install) ! ! !</p> <p>Trent </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bandwidth-usage-vs-phpbb#post-7949 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:13:03 +0000 fel64 7949@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Again I recommend looking at the sizes of each page served. <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843">Firebug</a> can do that for you under the 'Net' tab. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bandwidth-usage-vs-phpbb#post-7947 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:59:19 +0000 Mr_Cynical 7947@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>OK, thanks. I probably wouldn't be using all that many plugins (just Private Forums and the remote avatar plugin), and avatars would only be done via hotlinking to the likes of Photobucket, Imageshack etc. I'll give phpBB time to settle in (the bandwidth per visit I'm seeing at the moment might just be because of the install a couple of weeks ago) and consider the switch later. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bandwidth-usage-vs-phpbb#post-7943 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:52:40 +0000 Trent 7943@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>In my opinion it would require less bandwidth as this was the first thing I noticed when I switched over from phpBB to bbPress myself. I would imagine this is due to the fact that bbPress is less 'bloated' with code in the core, but if you use a bunch of plugins, this can get you back up again. The database structure is less and the number of calls is less, but that has nothing to do with bandwidth.</p> <p>The data served is about the same.</p> <p>I think it is less, others have a comment on this?</p> <p>Trent </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bandwidth-usage-vs-phpbb#post-7942 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:39:55 +0000 fel64 7942@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Depends on your theme/templates I think. The default template is very small; I think files go between 15 and 20 kB. Obviously avatars can add a lot to that and whatever else you want to add to your theme (if anything) can too. But it's not really about the software behind it that determines the bandwidth usage. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bandwidth-usage-vs-phpbb#post-7939 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:58:12 +0000 Mr_Cynical 7939@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I currently run a small forum (for my Guild Wars guild) using phpBB. Would bbPress use less bandwidth (for the same posts) than phpBB? </p>