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What would you recommend for forum software between SMF and phpBB – or something else?

Between those 2, I would go with phpBB. But UltimateWB is a much better option - the built-in UltimateWB forum app has a lot of features, and more options for controlling spam. UltimateWB used to have an integrated built-in phpBB forum early on, but then it got switched out for this custom forum app to fix the spam issues and add more features to it.

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Which forum CMS lets authors moderate their own topics? built-in or extension?

UltimateWB has a built-in forum app. Besides letting admins/moderators to moderate topics/posts, it also allows the authors to edit their own topic posts/posts - but not the posts of others, even if it is for their topic. They can however report any topics/posts, and in that way moderate. You can set a number of reports by visitors/members to automatically remove a post.

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What is the best way to create a forum website?

Forum, Message Boards

Choose a website builder with a forums feature. The best one is UltimateWB - it has the most features and is very customizable. You can design your own style with the UltimateWB built-in styles manager, no experience necessary. Compare UltimateWB with other forum software in the forum comparison chart.

One big issue with forums is spam. With UltimateWB, you can set it so that the first post(s) of a user must be approved before their posts can automatically be

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