What do people mean by "sticky"
Whoa...I'll probably kick myself for being so clueless, but what do SMF and PHPBB stand for?
SMF = Simple Machines Forum. Which just goes to show that the average coder has no imagination or understanding of branding.
phpBB = phb Bulletin Board. A Bulletin Board (forum) built with php (a programming language).
What we have here at HubPages is PunBB. The BB we can guess is Bulletin Board. The "Pun" is some inside joke by the creators.
As gamergirl states, a sticky is a thread that is stuck to the top of a sub-forum.
There are also "announcements" and that sticks to the top of every sub-forum on the site. Used by site admin to draw attention to whatever it is that they need everyone to know.
Another popular forum application is vBulletin. But unlike the three mentioned here it costs money for a license to run vBulletin. But you do get what you pay for. Depending on what you want it can be a better option than what the freebies offer.
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