If you want a news portal, use WordPress, and then pick a forum software of your choice. I'd recommend XenForo or Invision Power Board. Both XF and IPB have portal functions available, so keep that in mind, but if you want a true news portal, stick to WordPress with a forum backend.
Do not use Enjin. I've been doing this for years, servers that use Enjin are an instant no-play for me. It's slow, the cost of it makes zero sense beyond a year's time, and it's a walled garden. Want a feature? Too bad. Ask their developers, and maybe they'll get to it.
If you want a news portal, use WordPress, and then pick a forum software of your choice. I'd recommend XenForo or Invision Power Board. Both XF and IPB have portal functions available, so keep that in mind, but if you want a true news portal, stick to WordPress with a forum backend.
Do not use Enjin. I've been doing this for years, servers that use Enjin are an instant no-play for me. It's slow, the cost of it makes zero sense beyond a year's time, and it's a walled garden. Want a feature? Too bad. Ask their developers, and maybe they'll get to it.
I will say this, I host my own minecraft servers at home but I use Enjin for a free forum (don't really need much fancy stuff) and it's worked out good for the most part, the only thing that annoys me is a few months ago they added the Donation button (to upgrade a site to advanced or whatever paid is) and you cannot remove it (well there is a way but it's a pain) even if a site is happy being free, other than that it's been good.
For a free forum host it works pretty well, and I believe your not restricted to just minecraft based forums either, but that is if you want a forum for gaming or similar.
I will say this, I host my own minecraft servers at home but I use Enjin for a free forum (don't really need much fancy stuff) and it's worked out good for the most part, the only thing that annoys me is a few months ago they added the Donation button (to upgrade a site to advanced or whatever paid is) and you cannot remove it (well there is a way but it's a pain) even if a site is happy being free, other than that it's been good.
For a free forum host it works pretty well, and I believe your not restricted to just minecraft based forums either, but that is if you want a forum for gaming or similar.
If you're going free, Enjin is great for the price range. If you're really looking for a professional, scalable, flexible forum solution though, Enjin is not one of those.
For example, it makes no sense to use Enjin's ultimate plan, which is $30 a month. It's still hosted by them, certain features are still restricted, and on top of that, it's more expensive in the long run. A forum license will run you $150, give or take, and (for XenForo) $25 once a year after that for renewals. Your monthly hosting costs are maybe $15 at most if you toss it on a VPS or cloud instance. With that VPS, you can host your own TeamSpeak or Mumble server and many other things in addition to the website. It's simply a better value, and for me, that's a very important thing.
But, I can see where someone would want Enjin. It doesn't require the maintenance or configuration that a professional board system does, and for that reason, it works great if you just want simplicity. I'm, personally, just not a fan of it though.
I hate enjin because of the branding and stuff. I can't quite afford XenoForum or IPBoard, and don't see a need for that yet. When I grow to several active players I will upgrade maybe.
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If you want a news portal, use WordPress, and then pick a forum software of your choice. I'd recommend XenForo or Invision Power Board. Both XF and IPB have portal functions available, so keep that in mind, but if you want a true news portal, stick to WordPress with a forum backend.
Do not use Enjin. I've been doing this for years, servers that use Enjin are an instant no-play for me. It's slow, the cost of it makes zero sense beyond a year's time, and it's a walled garden. Want a feature? Too bad. Ask their developers, and maybe they'll get to it.
I will say this, I host my own minecraft servers at home but I use Enjin for a free forum (don't really need much fancy stuff) and it's worked out good for the most part, the only thing that annoys me is a few months ago they added the Donation button (to upgrade a site to advanced or whatever paid is) and you cannot remove it (well there is a way but it's a pain) even if a site is happy being free, other than that it's been good.
For a free forum host it works pretty well, and I believe your not restricted to just minecraft based forums either, but that is if you want a forum for gaming or similar.
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If you're going free, Enjin is great for the price range. If you're really looking for a professional, scalable, flexible forum solution though, Enjin is not one of those.
For example, it makes no sense to use Enjin's ultimate plan, which is $30 a month. It's still hosted by them, certain features are still restricted, and on top of that, it's more expensive in the long run. A forum license will run you $150, give or take, and (for XenForo) $25 once a year after that for renewals. Your monthly hosting costs are maybe $15 at most if you toss it on a VPS or cloud instance. With that VPS, you can host your own TeamSpeak or Mumble server and many other things in addition to the website. It's simply a better value, and for me, that's a very important thing.
But, I can see where someone would want Enjin. It doesn't require the maintenance or configuration that a professional board system does, and for that reason, it works great if you just want simplicity. I'm, personally, just not a fan of it though.
I hate enjin because of the branding and stuff. I can't quite afford XenoForum or IPBoard, and don't see a need for that yet. When I grow to several active players I will upgrade maybe.
MrGibbs