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Popular options available in the market to develop web forum Quickly

Anyone can start the web forum by selecting the script forum available in the market. But selecting the best one that suits the requirement is very part. Another best option is a selection of software-as-service route where all the hosting and other technical aspects are taken care of by the service provider for a minimal monthly fee.

Here is the best available web forum in the market.

phpBB

is the web forum package from the PHP scripting language. The full form of the PHP BB is “Bulletin Board”. It is the most popular open source platform and supports most of the databases. Regularly modernized, and can be customized to your devotion by using various styles and changes. Since it’s so widely used, you can quickly get support in the official community forums.

Invision community(IP Board)

It is a popular premium forum software from the Invision community and a prominent alternative for the Bulletin board. It is currently provided as a service with different plans – based on the visitors to your community you can select a suitable plan. It also provides the add-ons to sell products(e-commerce and CMS)  or content.

vBulletin

Another popular powerful paid community software that allows not only message boards but also blogs and articles. It is revealed as feature-rich, secure, and easy forum software. The license cost varies with features and add-ons like the Mobile Suite. it is one of the greatest forum platforms available with unlimited features, and the selection of many big websites.

Simple Machines Forum

It is one of the best open source PHP forum software, which can be a good alternative to phpBB. It is written in the PHP and uses a My SQL database. The powerful custom made template engine allows you full command of the layout of your message board and with our novel SSI (Server Side Includes). Its active community provides the support if you face any problems.

Discourse

Discourse is a javascript based dynamic soaring star among forum platforms, designed from the scratch for modern browsers with HTML5 support, and featuring a built-in mobile layout. Its default thread view varies from most other forums, with replies placed directly under each message, hidden by default, and expandable with one click. Due to its javascript nature, it won’t work at all with it disabled. The choice is up to you to determine whether older browser support is necessary for your board or not. You can select anyone a substantial monthly fee, or one-time payment to get it installed on the cloud.

PlushForums

is a nearly new player pretending to provide “the most elegant, user-friendly forum software”. While it’s only available packaged as a service with a rather heavy monthly payment, even the cheapest plan comes with unlimited page views and only limits the maximum users online. A full-featured forum made for the impeccable mobile experience, it has earned an award from CMSCritic for the “Best Forum Solution” in 2014.

XenForo

XenForo new commercial internet forum software that comes in the package, it was built by ex-developers of vBulletin. It features integration with Facebook, SEO-optimized URLs, recent activity stream, simple styling by changing the multiple colors and microdata, and more. It might be new, but it is one of the best choices for a forum platform as it adheres to the latest web standards like HTML5. The license cost depends on the features you would like to have on your website.

PunBB 

is a fast and lightweight PHP forum software that is a great option who wish to run the community forum with adequate features and elegant graphic user interface. Its simple and elegant design provides an easy way to administer and moderate the content.

Vanilla Forums

is a clean and lightweight internet forum package written in open-source PHP software with not too many core features. It is available in the cloud (SaaS) as a vanilla cloud. It can be greatly extended through the use of add-ons. A detailed statistics plugin is incorporated into the core package helps to analyze the website traffic. As an alternative to hosting your own board, Vanilla also offers to host your community in the cloud for a recurrent fee.

My Bulletin Board(MyBB)

Free and open-source forum system that is written in the PHP, My BB offers the endurance and multiple features you require to build and run an acknowledged community site. There are multiple free extensions and language packs available and they can be installed easily using a built-in plugin installer, so you don’t have to paste in any code manually.

Conclusion

Building a web forum website much like creating another website. Proper host services and tools are necessary o built up the website which you imagined. Analysis of the multiple platforms that meets your website requirement. We suggest you go with PHP BB or Disclosure.

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