edkellett Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Hi, I ecently asked about the best free Blog for a website I am building. I was delighted to learn Wordpress and thanks for those who advised me... Mow I have two more requests: 1) I am looking for an open source free Forum that is really easy to install on an existing php mysql site. Ease of install and managing is important... like Wordpress It is for a corporate site so one that doesn't have banner ads or any garbage on it would be great... 2) In the same way I am looking for something similar for uploading Photo Galleries... something nice and stylish and that can handle large file sizes... any ideas? Thanks in advance... Ed Kellett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpdeveloper82 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 If you like wordpress, then check for their forum software 'bbpress' .. It can be integrated with wordpress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 SMF (what we use) is free and pretty decent (some might argue with me). Gallery2 seems to get the most praise from this site. I've used it and it seems a little bloated but it is very feature-rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamez Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I use to use SMF, and I loved it. I tried tons of different forum software, and I did not like any of them. They did not have the features I wanted, and I ran into compatibility problems. Simple Machine Forums is the way to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I recently set up gallery2 for someone, has an installer process and lots of plugins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 SMF (what we use) is free and pretty decent (some might argue with me). Did you glance around searching for Dan when you said that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Well, he did say free... so Dan can't chime in and post about vBulletin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 There exists no good free forum software that I know of, so you have to take what you can get unless you have time to roll your own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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