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.
