Free Software List

[newway]

The Below list is various software that you can use with your website. They are free, so take advantage of that.

If you would like something added to the list, give the link, title of the software, version, if there is a feature page and what category it falls under.

Free Forum Software

• phpBB: http://www.phpbb.com/
  Current Version: 3.0.6
  Current Feature List: http://www.phpbb.com/about/features/
  
• SMF(Simple Machines Forum): http://www.simplemachines.org/
  Current Version: 1.1 and 2.0 RC2
  Current Feature List: http://www.simplemachines.org/about/features.php
  
• MyBB: http://www.mybboard.net/
  Current Version: 1.4
  Current Feature List: http://www.mybboard.net/features
  
• PunBB: http://punbb.informer.com/
  Current Version: 1.3
  Current Feature List: Need Link

Free Blogging Software

• Word Press: http://wordpress.org/
  Current Version: 2.9.1
  Current Feature List: http://wordpress.org/about/features/

Content Management Software

• Joomla: http://www.joomla.org/
  Current Version: 1.5.15
  Current Feature List: http://www.joomla.org/core-features.html

Joomla is quite tricky to install on ULMB Some files end up corrupting for me...after I manually install

Originally Posted by mafiaworld

Joomla is quite tricky to install on ULMB Some files end up corrupting for me...after I manually install

I'd have to disagree with you. I found that Joomla was easy to install, requiring only simple and easy to find info. As for the corruption you experience that was unlucky for you, but i have had no such problems and have updated Joomla several times and use several "complex" components in it with no issues. It certainly beats writing or generating each page of html individually, which is very difficult to manage.

I should also note that Joomla's current version is 1.5.15, not 1.6 as newway stated.

[newway]

Actually, 1.6 Alpha 2 is out, so technically if you were to go on the home page, that is the first thing about a version you see via the developer news at the bottom of the page.

Originally Posted by newway

Actually, 1.6 Alpha 2 is out, so technically if you were to go on the home page, that is the first thing about a version you see via the developer news at the bottom of the page.

Technically, perhaps, but you couldn't use an alpha version in a production environment.

[UnlimitedMB]

Yes Alpha is even before Beta.

If it doesn't work properly what you should do is report the problems to Joomla so they can fix it, thats the purpose of Alpha/Beta software, so people can test it and find problems.

[newway]

Oh well, I guess I should update it then.