When running a forum there are many choices.  You can go the free route like PHPBB and SMF or the paid route like Vbulletin and Invision Power Board.  I have run site on all of these platforms and they all have their benefits and drawbacks.

I really like to stick with as few platforms as possible.  Up to now vbulletin was my forums software of choice.  Vbulletin recently made some changes and I am looking at other platforms.   Some of these changes were a good thing, but not all of them.  I figured this would be my chance to look at these other platforms.

Follow this blog and I will document my findings.