Why phpBB?
Why should you pick phpBB from all the options you have to choose from? Well, since you’re reading this book, chances are you’ve already made up your mind, so let me just give you a few hints about how to deal with this fellow webmaster friend of yours that’s running vBulletin, Phorum, or another type of system.
phpBB is free. And it seems like it’s going to stay this way. There have already been offers from companies to buy phpBB, but those were refused.
phpBB is one of the most popular forum software. All those webmasters out there cannot be wrong. Continued usage of phpBB to power their web communities is their best testimonial.
People know phpBB. Being so popular, it’s very likely that your visitors have seen and used it already. They don’t have to learn an entirely new system, and can start posting at once, feeling comfortable in a known environment.
phpBB is mature. It has been around for more than four years of active and heavy use, which in Internet terms is a pretty long period.
phpBB is feature rich and is open for custom feature additions. You can code your own custom features or you can use one or more of the numerous phpBB add-ons, also known as MODs or hacks, contributed by the community of phpBB users.
phpBB’s looks are customizable. You can easily change fonts and colors. You can even change the layout or use an existing layout contributed by other phpBB users.
