Sports Site/Forum

[fords8]

I have a sports domain I was thinking of using. I am thinking it would cover all sports. Which forum software to use?

 

[s3_gunzel]

If you listen to most of the members here, they'll say XenForo.

Using a paid software "because you can" is stupid, especially if you can't be completely sure the site is going to take off. I would start with an Open Source solution, and migrate later. Cost vs. Member etc.

 

[Cam]

I'm always in favor of getting on board with XenForo, especially with V2 being on its way. #TeamXenForo

As far as sports forum go, it seems like vBulletin is typically what you see them using. At one point in time, vBulletin had a bunch of great add-ons that were specifically geared towards sports forums, so I do know a lot of sports forum owners that are still on vBulletin because of this. One example would be the vBookie add-on, which is a betting add-on for vBulletin. I know that was all the rage on sports forums a few years ago, but I'm not entirely sure it's still a thing.

 

[fords8]

XF has a betting mod I think.

 

[Cam]

XF has a betting mod I think.

Looks like there's a couple different things actually. I guess I just never realized this.

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/pickem.947/
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/sportsbook-betting-exchange.751/

Both of these add-ons have been around since 2012, and they have both had updates made in the last few months. Given that the developers have shown consistency with these add-ons, I'd say we can assume that these will eventually be updated to V2.

 

[fords8]

Yeah, Bob is good with his stuff.