Advices about forum

Which one to select?

[orion_rus]

I need to make a forum on my site, and need any advices about it? May be somebody can suggest good free forums which easy to configure and so on)?
Thanks in advance

[dreamcatcher]

I think the best open source one is now PHPBB. Invision and VBulletin used to have a free version but I think they are now pay scripts. Some web hosting companies carry older versions on their server for installation which are free.

So, give PHPBB a try if thats your only free option, its nice software. If you have a choice of all 3, then VBulletin Board is my favourite.

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[killermoses]

well the best free forum I know is IPB 1.3
although it has a newer version which isn't free this forum is the best free forum I know.
it is very easy to use and there are namy things you can do in it. there are also many sites which you can download from them skins and mods.

[kazecoder]

I recently developed/launched a site for all terrain vehicles and I wanted my main focus to be a forum. I didn't have any cash to dump out so I went with PHPBB.

Once you get the files loaded on your server its very simple to configure. I highly recommend it and the support on phpbb.com is great. There are a ton of add-ons and things you can do to spice it up.

[tomda]

And the smallest of all is miniBB, around 400 kb.
Depending of your need, but it is very easy to modify and fast, good to add a small forum aside your webpages.