There is no one best solution for everyone.
The advantage of a Drupal forum is integration with the site's content and feel in any way you want. Many people try to migrate from other forum solutions to Drupal for this reason. To get an idea about what you need for implementing a full-featured Drupal forum take a look here:
Kick-start: List of modules required for phpBB/vBulletin clone http://groups.drupal.org/node/1780
Plan of attack for Drupal 6.x core forum module http://groups.drupal.org/node/3466
The advantage of a third party forum is its familiar look and that it is more or less ready to use. There are a couple of Drupal modules available for integrating with Drupal's users.
phpbb module http://drupal.org/project/phpbb
SMFforum Integration module http://drupal.org/project/smfforum
Drupal vBulletin module http://drupal.org/project/drupalvb
On 4/11/07, Tim Vaughan tim@timvaughan.co.uk wrote:
Hi list,
What's the best current way of doing forums in Drupal? I'd prefer something a bit more featureful than the stock Drupal forum module. I've had a look at the third-party forum integration modules but I'd appreciate a bit of advice on which one works best.
Cheers,
Tim
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