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VB vs XF vs IPB  

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  1. 1. VB vs XF vs IPB ?

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IPB is not that much heavy. All you need is a well optimized server. Most community suites doesn't practically work well on shared servers. So get yourself a VPS or a Dedicated Server. Checkout http://www.7skyhost.com

 

I'm a IPB-only user and I don't see any single reason why should I even care about any other community suite software... :)

 

So in short, I recommend IPB :)

 

Thanks...

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For many years, I was a huge fan of xenForo -- granted, during that time period, XF was actually being developed on a fairly consistent basis. After gambling and introducing myself to IPB about 2 years ago, I've been obsessed with it. It offers all of the same features as XF (notably profiles, comments, real-time updates, etc).. while offering a far more intuitive ACP and the best security measures available (as alluded to by Justin). vBulletin is more of a "corporate" software. It is bare-bone software with a few desirable features, but hardly on the same level as IPB.

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I have recently seen a community leave IPB (was a mess), and changed their system to xenforo.

Why? I don't know.. But now I have noticed a better performance in that site.

 

I'm a IPB fan, but if you need the change.. go for XF, vB could be a wrong idea.

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I love vBulletin to be honest. It may not be for everyone however because the admin panel can be scary to some. I use it because it offers many options for Steam Integration and also has an addon to make a custom serves page so users can view and connect to your servers. I believe that all in all however IPB is the better forum software because it is constantly being updated and being cared for.

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ipb is good but hooks sucks,vb has a larger community that develops alot of really nice hooks.i prefer ipb just for my staff as its easier for them but i hate the fact that blog and prefixes are a add-on in ipb,i still dont get why they do that.

 

Integrated apps are a nuisance - it can cause a number of issues with core upgrades, so IPB's approach is pure genius really.

 

 

 

Thanks everyone for the help! :)

 

Glad we could be of some assistance!  :joyful:

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nice thread I was going to post one of these threads.

 

I used to use vb until v4 which I hated with a passion, so then switched to ipb, I have never used or even installed xenforo or vb 5, you know what it's like you get used to something and don't like change lol

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Excellent thread. Even tho i was going to post that in ipboards, you could code in a game servers page. by just making a new addon of plugin.

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