Is IPB less used than before? - Page 2

**Jolteon** · 03-15-2008, 11:27 PM

The only IPB forums I come accross recently are clan forums, mainly on the free IPB 1.3 though. I myself use vBulletin though for my clan.

**wbutchart** · 03-18-2008, 08:21 PM

I think part of it is that IPB still has a bad rep for what happened a few years ago, a lot of forums have been around that long and perhaps thats part of what is making them opt for VB.

Personally i prefer VB its easy to use and im familiar with it, im not either of those things with IPB i just never see it around to use it.

**DeathByPixels** · 03-18-2008, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by CultZero

I think ipbs standard license($150) is equivelant to vbs owned license($160) which makes ipb cheaper. ipb doesn't have a leased license equivelant but if you use your vb for more than 1 year it is more expensive. Would anyone here want a forum for less than 1 year?

I think that's a tad misleading unless you meant the vBulletin leased license.

It's not more expensive to use vBulletin for more than one year if you buy the owned license. With an owned license, you can continue to run vBulletin on your server indefinitely even if you don't pay the additional annual fee for support and upgrades. I'm from the UK so I pay around £15-17 annually for support and upgrades for each license I own, depending on the exchange rate, and I don't consider that to be expensive. Bear in mind, not everyone sees the need to upgrade, funnily enough.

**BamaStangGuy** · 03-18-2008, 08:32 PM

Programming and Web Development Help | DreamInCode.net .... it's even the current forum of the month

**bdude** · 03-18-2008, 10:10 PM

Is that IPB? wow.

**Brandon Sheley** · 03-18-2008, 10:36 PM

The only way I would try IPB, is if a seo mod as good as vbseo was made

**bdude** · 03-19-2008, 06:20 AM

IPB SEO - Invision Power Board SEO

IPB SEO - Minerva SEO module for IPB - FREE

**skyhawk133** · 03-20-2008, 04:00 AM

Hah, thanks Bama... yeh, my site is running InvisionBoard, and has been since it was still called Ikonboard.

I have no problems with it. But most of my "mods" aren't mods at all, they are custom apps that I've integrated in and around the forums, mainly with the database itself.

IPB stands up pretty well though. My server is handling around 200 queries/second and during peak hours 50 apache requests/second.

I've done a lot of SEO work on it though, so it's probably much better indexed and ranked than the average IPB is.

**CultZero** · 03-20-2008, 04:26 AM

[QUOTE=DeathByPixels;163301]I think that's a tad misleading unless you meant the vBulletin leased license.QUOTE]

I am talking about the leased license.

**bdude** · 03-21-2008, 09:08 AM

I just realised two of my favourite forums are IPB DTV Forum Australia (Powered by Invision Power Board) and Media Spy - Forums

03-15-2008, 11:27 PM	#11
Jolteon Forum Junkie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Holmfirth, England Posts: 3,699	The only IPB forums I come accross recently are clan forums, mainly on the free IPB 1.3 though. I myself use vBulletin though for my clan. __________________ Ack, no currently active projects To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

03-18-2008, 08:21 PM	#12
wbutchart Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 104	I think part of it is that IPB still has a bad rep for what happened a few years ago, a lot of forums have been around that long and perhaps thats part of what is making them opt for VB. Personally i prefer VB its easy to use and im familiar with it, im not either of those things with IPB i just never see it around to use it. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Off topic forum!

03-18-2008, 08:32 PM	#14
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03-18-2008, 10:10 PM	#15
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03-18-2008, 10:36 PM	#16
Brandon Sheley Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Topeka, KS Posts: 1,739	The only way I would try IPB, is if a seo mod as good as vbseo was made __________________ How to be To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. & Comparing To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. . Check out my blog , it's a DOFOLLOW blog, go comment! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Are you on Twitter? To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

03-19-2008, 06:20 AM	#17
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03-20-2008, 04:00 AM	#18
skyhawk133 Groupie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 42	Hah, thanks Bama... yeh, my site is running InvisionBoard, and has been since it was still called Ikonboard. I have no problems with it. But most of my "mods" aren't mods at all, they are custom apps that I've integrated in and around the forums, mainly with the database itself. IPB stands up pretty well though. My server is handling around 200 queries/second and during peak hours 50 apache requests/second. I've done a lot of SEO work on it though, so it's probably much better indexed and ranked than the average IPB is. __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

03-20-2008, 04:26 AM	#19
CultZero Apprentice Join Date: May 2006 Location: UK Posts: 213	[QUOTE=DeathByPixels;163301]I think that's a tad misleading unless you meant the vBulletin leased license.QUOTE] I am talking about the leased license. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. - Probably the best MMORPG list in the world. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Guru.com News - Digg for MMORPGs. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Database.

03-21-2008, 09:08 AM	#20
bdude Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 1,628	I just realised two of my favourite forums are IPB DTV Forum Australia (Powered by Invision Power Board) and Media Spy - Forums __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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