Dear friends,

I am very new to this forum. Please pardon me if this question has been posted before.
I am looking for some Bulletin Board software like UBB, YaBB etc. I know Java but
haven't done much programming with Perl or PHP. I am tempted to look for BB software
which has been written in Java. Do you know of any such products which are as powerful
as UBB or YaBB?

Also, for a novice like me which one is better to start, UBB Classic, UBB Threaded or YaBB?
Your ideas will be very much appreciated.

Thanks and regards,
MK

I'm from Arizona - the Phoenix-Mesa metropolitan area.

I don't recall how I found YaBB.  I've been searching for a free bbs for well over a year and when I first found it I was still on Geocities.    I've kept it on my favorites list for... well... ever.  When looking for a [cheap] host, I tried to make sure I could eventually host something like YaBB and I consulted the requirements often.  Still, it took me a while to take the plunge. 

I finally did it last week.  I was worried because I knew nothing about Perl, cgi, CSS... plus I'm terrible at backing things up.  I just knew I'd end up destroying my site and turning away the regular visitors as well as any potentials.  Imagine my surprise!  This forum ROCKS! 

This is what I ended up with... http://scrapbookingresourcecenter.com/framespages/forum.htm

I'm from Estonia.

I was a member of one YaBB forum at first. When I wanted to try own MB, I found (Google) this place and here was everything I needed in one place together - from hosting to installation (not to mention sentimental reasons with geography )

I'm big daddy switch, but sadly, my drivers license knows me as Dr. Juvenall Wilson (well, it will in October..lol). I was born Macon, Georga USA while my parents were visiting my uncle, taken home and rased in Cork, Ireland and moved here to Detroit, Michigan USA when I was 15..and it's where I still call home

I first ran into YaBB back in 2000 when I was browsing for an answer to a perl question on one of the old news groups (I *think* comp.lang.perl.misc) when I ran into a post from Zef about the project. That's when I started diging around and became involved with several other boards before I grew tired of their crap. Then in mid 2001 (about a year after I started in this "BB industry"), I took a big leap and started using YaBB. After a few months, I  opted to try and give back to the community and become a more active member of the team. Then in late 2003, I was made an admin and now I buy and sell people like you all day (kidding..lol ).  Hard to think I've spent so much time here, but I wouldn't trade it for anything (other then a big sack of money..but that's a different story..heh)

What's funny though is when I first started posting around here, I was looking for some ideas on a Perl news script I was working on. So my long lost first post really hand *nothing* to do with YaBB..lmao.


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and i'm from Texas, USA.

I came across YaBB SE about a year and a half ago after finding Snottyboi.net, a site hosting a YaBB SE Forum. I fell in love with forums immediately.

I ran a YaBB SE Board for a while, but after crashing MYSQL Data Base (and not having many users at the time, anyway) I scrapped it.

I then started maintaining a Blogish type site. After it built enough traffic and I had recieved a few requests for me to enable a Respond to Post option, I decided to move it back to a Forum base. After looking for YaBB SE again, I came across YaBB Gold 1.3.1.

And you know what?

It rocks;D

Hi.  I'm in Kentucky, and found YABB via Google, actually.  I hadn't heard of it, and was looking for an alternative to Invision Powerboard...which is rather heavy and costly. 

Not to mention it's not OS.  So that's why I am using it.  Not to mention it seems almost overly configurable.

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I live in California, and I find out about YaBB through my friends site (http://www.afghan-web.com). ; He said he really liked it and so I gave it a try and I am very happy with it.