There is a crack. A friend gave it to me. It just generates loads of registries

Quote:There is a crack. A friend gave it to me. It just generates loads of registries

Then you don't have the one I do. Mine is simply leet.

I thought I'd add my few cents here... I'm one of the main developers or YaBB SE (another forum software) and I used to use qbasic/QuickBasic.

Anyhow... this most certainly does not use mdb. phpBB uses mySQL and MyISAM tables, which is... a much SUPERIOR format.

You use ASP, huh. And some people say Quickbasic is bad... . ASP does indeed support MySQL, but you'll have a lot of fun getting it to work. First, hope your host has bothered itself to install MyODBC. I doubt they have.

IIS isn't that good.... but it's really not that bad, either. There are actually a *FEW* things it can do that apache can't. Not many... but a few. Gotta give it props for that, eh?

MySQL is about/almost as powerful as MS SQL, has a syntax that makes more sense, and just generally is better. I don't understand why you'd use MS SQL unless you REALLY wanted to burn money.

I know of few ASP forums... and less that use MS SQL. However, making a forum in any language - let alone a language as useless as ASP - is an ordeal. You'll spend a large number of hours on it.

oracle, you're right it does... however, I've never seen anyone use phpBB with Access. MS SQL, yes, but Access...? No. that's crazy, it would be far too slow.

IIS is easy to get working, that's it's strength. If you want to learn how, search the web or look at www.yabbse.org. I know I've posted my own tutorial on it there... a few times. It works fine for large sites, but doesn't have the scalability apache has - realistically, it's almost like ASP vs. PHP.

They do sell IIS. XP comes with a crippled version that will only run one website. 98 came with an even more crippled one.
It comes with any Server edition of Windows, however.

-[Unknown]

Quote:"]I'm one of the main developers or YaBB SE (another forum software)

OMG! You serious!? Wow, I can't believe I'm meeting you! I [b]FGNG HATE]/b] that forum, so utterly and completely!

Anyways nice to meet you.

Unknown, meet seph, the resident asshole. (along with Blitz, myself, and a few others)

Quote:Unknown, meet seph, the resident asshole. (along with Blitz, myself, and a few others)

Yeah, it happens.

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[Unknown] Wrote:I'm one of the main developers or YaBB SE (another forum software)

OMG! You serious!? Wow, I can't believe I'm meeting you! I [b]FGNG HATE]/b] that forum, so utterly and completely!

Anyways nice to meet you.

It may be worth mentioning that I have only worked on 1.5.1 and above... and was not a developer (or even on the team) before then.

Let me also entertain yuo with the knowledge that I really really dislike phpBB. If I wasn't going to use YaBB SE, I'd at least use something decent like vBulletin or Invision.... but I dislike the feature set and look/feel of phpBB.

Just me, of course, though - a lot of people like phpBB. Then, a lot of people like YaBB SE. It's all opinion.

Plus, the next release... which is basically where I came in and rewrote every stupid last file completely... is going to be considerably better, faster, etc.

-[Unknown]

Ya, I used to like phpBB, I still do somewhat because of its new message system. Invision board tends to show forums still have new items even when you've read them all o_O

I have vBulletin, but I have no idea how to make my own skin for it. I don't have the development kit if there is one, and I'm not a member so I can't get it if there is one O_o

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seph Wrote:

[Unknown] Wrote:I'm one of the main developers or YaBB SE (another forum software)

OMG! You serious!? Wow, I can't believe I'm meeting you! I [b]FGNG HATE]/b] that forum, so utterly and completely!

Anyways nice to meet you.

It may be worth mentioning that I have only worked on 1.5.1 and above... and was not a developer (or even on the team) before then.

Let me also entertain yuo with the knowledge that I really really dislike phpBB. If I wasn't going to use YaBB SE, I'd at least use something decent like vBulletin or Invision.... but I dislike the feature set and look/feel of phpBB.

Just me, of course, though - a lot of people like phpBB. Then, a lot of people like YaBB SE. It's all opinion.

Plus, the next release... which is basically where I came in and rewrote every stupid last file completely... is going to be considerably better, faster, etc.

-[Unknown]

Well it's good to see that you think you found another place to pimp your forum... Even though you haven't. You don't see me pimping out the NeoForum here do you? No, and I have not done it the whole time being here. Because I have integrity. Anyways, I like phpBB and the look/feel of it just as much as both those other boards you mentioned. And I really do hate YaBB and YaBB SE.

I don't think he's "pimpin it out" but you gotta admit, if you were a developer of such a popular forum (maybe it isn't to you, but to others it is) I'm sure you'd be proud of your contribution and want others to bow in awe at your majesty. Hell, what are big egos for?