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About BBs and Q&A sites, Vanilla seems a good hybrid: http://vanillaforums.org/discussions
There's also an add-on to make it more Q&A oriented: http://vanillaforums.org/addon/qna-plugin

Some people (mostly people who used BBs for a long time) don't like the Vanilla structure, but I have to say it ...

That is inevitable if you want to use a plain CSS grid system. If you want a class-less grid system you have to use things like SASS or LESS. However, you can also use Bootstrap, Foundation etc. components without grids.

Arty wrote:and all markup is done by adding class names to HTML code

This is good, not bad. So it doesn't interfere with tags used by other templates (i.e. if you integrate the forum inside the main website layout).

Zurb Foundation ( http://foundation.zurb.com/ ) is a great Bootstrap alternative and it is GPLv2-compatible (MIT license).

chinch wrote:can someone point me to a convertor from IPB to phpBB 2.0x? thanks!

I think you'll lost the attachments, because phpBB 2.0 doesn't support them...

In fact, the reasons to abandon IPB are not closely economical, but "stupid" reasons of principle.

Roberdin wrote:How will you know what the DB strucutre is like if you don't have access to a licenced copy?

I have a licesed copy (unlimited trial license)... IPB is still available for free, but it isn't freeware, it is an "unlimited trial" now.

Graham wrote:Indeed. You just have to find someone who has a licensed copy who wants a convertor and work from there

Why?

I suggest to the staff to take care personally and in VERY good way (attachments included) about an eventual converter from Invision Power Board to phpBB 2.2. This due to recent changes to the licence of Invision Power Board, that are inducing to the suspension of some localized support forums too ...