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Project Manager at Brillant
06 June 2007 18:28pm
I am looking ot integrate an off the shelf form into a CMS and website build. What packages can anyone suggest?
Freelance Web Consultant at architxt.net
07 June 2007 09:42am
Have you chosen a CMS? If not, I would go for one that offers the kind of functionality you want. Or can integrate a thrid party forum system seamlessly.
A couple of popular ones are...
vBulletin
http://www.vbulletin.com
phpBB
http://www.phpbb.com
If you're looking for a simple solution there is miniBB:
http://www.minibb.net/
Project Manager at Brillant
07 June 2007 12:56pm
We are building the CMS ourselves and would like to integrate a 3rd party forum into it. We need something with quite sophisticated functionality so i will have a look at your suggestion. Thanks.
On 09:42:58 7 June 2007 Loz wrote:
Managing Director at True Clarity
08 June 2007 07:12am
What platform did you build your CMS on? If it is Microsoft or Open Source? I think the answer will determine your best choice.
Online Marketing Director at Emart.co.uk
08 June 2007 08:53am
I was at Intenet World a couple of weeks ago and spoke to the people on the vBulletin stand. My concern has been to do with price, moderating, image sizes and support.
It was clear that with vBulletin all of these issues could be addressed very easily.
The price is only $160 (about £80), and you can do all the above easily.
Their website has a demo you can download.
vBulletin gets my vote.
Regards
Richard
Managing Director at Shine Marketing
08 June 2007 11:06am
Of those three I'd go with vBulletin.
Much better moderation features than the others and until you get a decent community going you'll have to contend with a horrendous amount of spam.
I know a few forum managers with 10K+ members who can pass on their experience if you want to drop me a note with some contact details.