Mambo integration (Page 1 of 3)

i would switch to mambo if there was seamless integration between punbb and mambo. please keep us informed.

Is there any timeframe for the release? And will there be any changes to how the users and login procedure is handled?`

I won't be able to work on this for some time yet so it won't be a problem to wait for the next version really.

Also, I would try to keep the changes to PunBB to a minimum to make it as easy as possible to integrate.

I did have a quick look at the PunBB code yesterday and it wasn't very modular, so it will probably be a bit of work to get this to work.

I have a question for would-be users... Would you need the login and registration to work on both Mambo and PunBB, or would it be sufficient if I implemented it in Mambo? The latter is how it works with my UBB.threads integration, and it would mean a lot easier integration, and easier to keep it updated if I only need one script to work on.

which ever one makes it easier to add staff(someone who can admin or posts articles) for the mambo part that have moderator/admin status in the forums as well i would say.

tease.

Great idea, and it would be VERY nice, if you make it! now i'm using mambo and punbb as external forum.. though i have not enough PHP knowledge to integrate them..

I've been posting at opensourcecms.com using Simpleboard wrapped in Mambo. I suggested they try another forum because simpleboard seems clumsy.

Are you saying that punBB wouldn't be able to be embedded like simpleboard?

Well, it might be, I don't know. Haven't checked it yet. Embedding another script causes problems, mainly with database connections and get/post variables, but also links will be a bit cumbersome.

Simpleboard was once a stand-alone script, but Jan de Graaf made it into a Mambo component by changing all database calls to use Mambos internal database system and totally integrating the admin pages into the Mambo administrator pages. Since then he's made many additions to the code so I would think there isn't much left of the original code.

The problem with doing something like that is that it would be a fork of the current punBB script, and keeping it updated with the changes from punBB would be very time consuming.

Another option is changing the links on the fly in the output from punBB and also making sure database calls and variables work correctly. How hard this would be I have no idea of yet.

The last option would be to open punBB in an Iframe, which isn't too bad in most cases, but I've seen Opera having problems with it.

It might not be a problem at all, but I tried a similar thing with another script quite recently and that was a horrible experience, I ended up just doing an iframe solution. It was good enough, especially since it's only a silly game anyway so I didn't want to put too much effort into it. =] That script was horrible to begin with though, so it will hopefully be a lot easier with punBB.

Never had a user complaining about the iframe solution I have on a very active site though, and I know I have some Opera users, so it might be something wrong with the code I used and not Operas fault, but I don't know. But the code seems OK, and it's some weird caching problem which seems very much to be a bug. Haven't investigated further though.

I have a lot of projects going on know, so this is definately put on hold for some time. But I am planning on doing it if I get the time.

Opera supports CSS better than latest Firefox 0.9.2, you don't need to worry about this (I use latest Opera 7.52 on a daily basis, purchased for $39)

Olle,

Since PunBB 1.2dev can be downloaded and played with, what's the schedule for Mambo -> PunBB integration?

From a simpleboard is driving me crazy user :)

Since when?

When I dabbled in Mambo a while back I didn't find it overly fast, but was more concerned about making sure all the features people wanted were there.

Isn't this in contrast to the philosophy of Pun?