- Hello! I was examining my options as to which forum service to use on my website and was wondering what is recommended? I'm currently using phpBB, but I see a good number of sites using it (i.e. ChickenSmoothie, Eldemore), so I was hoping to use a different service. Here are my current options:
phpBB (currently using)
SMF (Simple Machines Forum)
MyBB
AEF (Advanced Electron Forums)
Vanilla
PunBB
XMB
FluxBB
Phorum
bbPress
FUDforum
miniBB
my little forum
Behive
All have an average rating of 4.5 stars (except for miniBB, at 3.5 stars), but I wanted to know if anyone has used any of these? If so, please tell me what your experience was like, and how it is different from phpBB?
Also, would it be easier to change my existing files to use the database of the forums, or to change the forum files to use the existing database I have? Currently, I am the only member, so it is not an issue in terms of transferring users and data.
