Quote Originally Posted by DotHack
In my opinion, I would prefer to use phpBB. I have tried Invision, along with phpBB, and Invision just didn't suit me. It came with all these features, most of which I would never use throughout the lifetime of my site. However, phpBB starts with certain settings, with hundreds of hacks and upgrades available to the public that you can install, based on needs.
I could write my name under this. I had the same experience. phpBB is the best forum on the net -> it is nice looking, simple, with lot of functions. If you have 56k modem it would open quicker the ipb.

So i think phpBB is the best forum, but the best portal is in my opinion e107