The phpBB trial

[rolygate]

OK, we're back with SMF after an interesting couple of days with phpBB as the forum application.

Tried it, endured it, couldn't take it anymore and ripped it out. The final straw was when I remembered to check what it looked like in Internet Explorer (after nearly 2 days - whoops!) and found it was a train wreck. Most of the templates I tried were the same.

Shan't say any more on that subject - it'll make a nice main site article. Apologies to: (1) people who visited here on the IE browser while we had phpBB running; and (2) the members whose posts had to be re-imported and otherwise played around with. SMF may have its drawbacks but I've, er, grown to like it...