Forum Software Package

[brownie]

Hi

Could someone tell me what softwre powers the Kirupa Forums. My company is intending on setting up a forum and I would like to start setting things up.

Cheers
Brownie

PS just read an old post phrom Phil, really miss having him around

[Maxtr0sity]

vBulletin: http://www.vbulletin.com

[Lou_Sifffer]

that....


... and a whole bunch of gerbils...

:D

[kirupa]

I upgraded recently to the newer version:

http://www.pangaro.com/ASC2002/scans/-negroponte/seek-blocks-gerbils-box72.jpg
(http://www.pangaro.com/ASC2002/seek2.html (http://www.pangaro.com/ASC2002/seek2.html))

The one on the right is responsible for providing search results/errors :ub:

[brownie]

Hmm so we'll have to set up a Gerbil enclave in the server room. This might be hard to explain

[porpous2]

kirupa... did you pay for vbulliten... i thought it was free?

[Yeldarb]

it's not free, but phpBB is, and I believe Invision is too (they both came with my hosting so im not sure)

i think kirupa got it for free though.

[nobody]

vBulletin is like 90 dollars(USD) a year or something. So after my license expired I had to get rid of it sadly.
phpBB is a good alternative though.

[porpous2]

oh ok. thats cool. wow i allways thought it was free tho ;)

[Maxtr0sity]

How'd kirupa get it for free?

[Yeldarb]

The same way he got the hosting for free, he had an awesome site, and he asked (so i hear)

[Maxtr0sity]

Wow. Rock on man.

[kirupa]

I actually paid for vBulletin. The crazy gossip down the street was wrong yel, and shame on you for believing him/her!

[Yeldarb]

:trout: