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Looking for additional forum hosting options? Our servers support a wide variety of forum software solutions! Learn more about forum software like vBulletin, phpBB and SMF.
What is Vanilla Forum?
Vanilla is an open-source discussion board software script. Vanilla Forum is a perfect application for creating a custom online community because of its extensive selection of plugin options. Vanilla Forum developers created their very own PHP platform to build their solution on. The goal of this platform, called Garden, is for you to be able to launch you discussion board both fast and problem free. This is accomplished by helping you move quickly through the forum setup steps like managing users and installing plugins. This way you can focus your resources on the important steps like building a community of online users.
Vanilla Forum features
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Additional Vanilla Forum hosting software alternatives & options
Flatboard
A Simple, Lightweight, Modern and fast Flat-File Forum, using Json and Markdown or BBcode.
XenForo
XenForo is a commercially-based forum software that creates compelling engagements among community members. It brings a fresh perspective to forum software because it is a relatively new solution.
phpBB
phpBB is a free and open source forum software solution designed for ease of use, power, and customization. phpBB is known for offering extensive support for their users.
vBulletin
This forum solution was developed with a focus on security, powerful admin features and speed in mind. vBulletin is the choice of 40,000+ online communities.
AEF
AEF is an abbreviation for Advanced Electron Forum. AEF makes it easy build a completely customized forum with its user-friendly control panel and wide selection of free themes.
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