Posted by: Stefan Thibeault
03/03/2002, 20:42:10
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A forum using a database to store all the info is much quicker and less resource intensive then accessing "flat" files. Vbulletin uses a database, while YABB uses a "flat" file system.
:=I went to yabbforum.com to take a look at the system requirments. YABB is a cgi based forum that does not use a database and these types of forums are resource intensive. Vbulletin is written in PHP and uses Mysql as a database.
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:=:=If you go take a look at the Ford Six website and click the forum link to the Performance board, you'll see that it's running on YaBB software, which is free, open source software.
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:=:=It's fairly easy to use and set up. It's downloadable free at their site and the only requirement is to keep their name at the bottom as the source.
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