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[Gary]

Hey all. Just a quick question.

I know it sounds stupid and all, and I ask this question cause I have no experience with IPB forums. But here goes:

Is it possible to get an IPB forum for free?

Thanks in advance.

[ludwigw]

There is a way to get anything for fre....doesn't mean it's legal though. I believe IPB1.3.1 is available for free. IPB2+ is not although there are many people who got it before they made it unavailable for free. (The older version under the old trial license.)

[Gary]

Do you know where I can get any latest version for free?

[Ruben K]

IPB is NOT free.
Anyone who redistributes IPB (even 1.3) is breaking the law and can be charged for criminal behavior.

[Gary]

Thought so. But InFnit is saying that it WAS free before, but now isn't. So if you did get the forum before it isn't illegal, right?

[Ruben K]

Thought so. But InFnit is saying that it WAS free before, but now isn't. So if you did get the forum before it isn't illegal, right?

If you got 1.* or 2.0.0 trial (very vulnerable) it is legal. Any versions after that were never available for free.
You can't download any of the 1.* series anymore! If anyone claims to have it and wants to send you he is breaking the license!

[ludwigw]

I said most ways of getting it is illegal unless you got it in the time it was available for download under "trial" license.

I got it about a week before they closed it down - still think it was a bad move. But as they say; bad publicity is good publicity.

[Ruben K]

There is still a free (limited) trial available.
It is encoded and has members / posts / topics limits.
Still, if you have a small community it might work! If you have a bigger community, you should be able to gather $60 from donations for a license.

[Gary]

How would I set something up to gain donations? I am too young for PayPal.

I am appreciating your help HEAPS.

[Donna]

How would I set something up to gain donations? I am too young for PayPal.

I am appreciating your help HEAPS.

Use something that doesn't cost.

SMF or phbb

[Gary]

I am using phpBB at the moment. Converting my phpBB forum into an IPB forum costs right? I think it was $60 US or something.

[Pixelated]

if you cant get ipb then change from phpbb to smf,smf is my #2 choice,it looks nice,the acp isnt that great but u get use to it,and it has like no bug's...

[Gary]

Nah, IPB in my opinion is the best forum to go.

[Ruben K]

I am using phpBB at the moment. Converting my phpBB forum into an IPB forum costs right? I think it was $60 US or something.

When you buy a license they will convert the board for free the first time

[Gary]

So I pay for a new board, and just ask them to convert my phpBB forum into an IPB forum so that everything gets saved (topics, posts, categories, etc)?

If this is right, then that's AWESOME.

[Donna]

It costs 60 USD for Invision to convert for you, thats not including the licence btw

Or you can use a free converter

http://www.invisionb...com/?convertors

[Gary]

Could I use the free converter on the phpBB forum NOW? Or pay for the license first?

[Donna]

Could I use the free converter on the phpBB forum NOW? Or pay for the license first?

Thats something you need to ask them, I have never used that service to convert a Forum.

[Gary]

Ok. I will contact them via e-mail, post a topic on Invisionize and maybe I'll get some quick information.

I told my mate just now and he said that it will only convert the MySQK database instead of the whole forum.

"phpBB2 (2.0.6) to Invision Power Board 2.0
Converts your phpBB2 MySQL forums to Invision Power Board 2.0. Download»"

[Donna]

Post here:

http://forums.invisionpower.com/ thats where you should be asking

http://forums.invisi...p?showforum=186