Does Phpbb Load Fast? How slow does it start?

[africa 0]

I developed some forums using phpbb3 and i have been all over the internet looking for tips and all to give them the best launch ever! lol!However I am concerned with the way some of the phpbb3 boards seem to load. I am not sure if it is because of my connection but i have to wait for quite some time.I am afraid this might compromise the loyalty of my members so i am sking if the problem is just with me an dmy pc or generally they load slow but not enough to drive people away!I would also be happy to check out some forums that other members here run using either phpbb3, VB or Invision board.Later!

[rvalkass 5]

I have a phpBB3 forum here: Tring RE

It loads very quickly, and no-one has ever complained of slow loading or problems with it. Have you added any modifications to the forum? If so, and they're poorly written, then they can drastically slow down your forum. See if other people have had issues with any modifications you use, and get rid of the slow-loading ones.

[africa 0]

Oh thanks.Checked out your site. Mine will be a bit bigger than your forums but im'm sure it will be no problem.Thanks!

[CyberWizard 0]

I have used Invision Board and i can tell you that IPB is the best forum board script. It is faster than VB and phpBB (which is the most slowly script).P.S. i was talking about the speed, but VB has the best functionality.

[miladinoski 1]

I have used Invision Board and i can tell you that IPB is the best forum board script. It is faster than VB and phpBB (which is the most slowly script).
P.S. i was talking about the speed, but VB has the best functionality.

But IPB and vB aren't free, right? And phpBB is the best choice when it comes to a forum with lots of mods/skins and which is free too

I haven't had any trouble with the loading of phpBB on even huge forums that have lots of members, and as rvalkass said the biggest reason may be a badly written script/mod or maybe someone is picking into your SQL tables...

[jlhaslip 4]

Try an AEF if you are looking for speed.

Demo: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

[Echo_of_thunder 1]

Well I have to say I have used PHPBB,IPB,SMF and a few others. that also encludes AEF which I feel being a dialup user most of the time is the fastiest to load. the slowest sadly is IPB.

[Ash-Bash 0]

I have a phpBB3 forum here: Tring RE

 

It loads very quickly, and no-one has ever complained of slow loading or problems with it. Have you added any modifications to the forum? If so, and they're poorly written, then they can drastically slow down your forum. See if other people have had issues with any modifications you use, and get rid of the slow-loading ones.

Yup a nice site you have there and loads very fast.

 

Look what I found on the homepage.

 

Fatal error: Cannot use object of type Zend_Config_Xml as array in /home/tringst/public_html/tringre/forum/includes/functions.php on line 2950

Fail

[truefusion 3]

PHP itself provides methods that help figure out not only how much time it takes to produce one page on the server side but also how much memory it wastes on the server for the loaded page. This is very useful when trying to improve the memory management within your scripts and reduce load on the server. The PHP manual provides examples on how to estimate the time and memory usage.

[Ash-Bash 0]

I do prefer Invision power board to phpBB. I do think that Invision have a lot more mods they also have a lot more holes if you don't patch yours up :s.