1 Reply by Gardener

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rADo wrote:

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

I don't want to start a browser war, but Opera users tend to say that but I still have to create special code for Opera in otherwise xhtml/css compliant code from time to time. The Iframe problem was reported by an Opera user, I don't know what version but it was fairly recent. Besides, iframe has nothing to do with css...

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2 Reply by Gardener

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hcgtv wrote:

Excuse my ignorance, I didn't know the implications. Thanks for enlightening me.

I've looked into Iframe and that might be the way to go. If it's only Opera issues that would keep it from happening then we can write an email to Oslo smile

Whenever you do integrate, I know that opensourcecms.com would be very interested in using it, as long as there is some kind of conversion script to go from simpleboard to punBB.

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.

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3 Reply by Gardener

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hcgtv wrote:
Gardener wrote:

I've been thinking of the possibility to add a wrapper solution to make PunBB show up inside Mambo, but that might be hard, I will look into it though.

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.

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4 Reply by Gardener

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Dr.Jeckyl wrote:

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.

Either way, an admin in PunBB would be an admin in Mambo and vice versa, and all PunBB administration would still be done from the PunBB admin page and work as normal.

I've been thinking of the possibility to add a wrapper solution to make PunBB show up inside Mambo, but that might be hard, I will look into it though.

Rickard wrote:

I'm aiming for a summer release. There probably won't be any changes to the registration/login procedure.

Sounds great, I can start familiarizing myself with the system for the time being.

XuMiX wrote:

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..

It wasn't my idea, someone asked me to do it on my site, that was the first time I ever heard about PunBB. But even though it was only a few days ago I've started to fall in love with the forum and I'd really like to make it happen. I've even recommended it to a friend who has set it up on a site.


Once I've had the time to have a look at the PunBB code and done some preliminary tests I'll write up a spec document for the component and post it here to see if it's what you guys want. Don't hold your breath though, I've got a bunch of other projects at the moment.

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5 Reply by Gardener

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Paul wrote:

Great idea but I would certainly delay expending any time on it until the next version of PunBB (v1.2) is released.

BTW: love the random Kylie.

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.

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6 Topic by Gardener

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I'm a third party developer for the CMS Mambo and I've written integration for other forum systems for Mambo and was recently asked if I possibly could write something similar for PunBB.

Since I've never heard of PunBB before that might not be an easy task, but from what I've seen so far of the system I really like it. The philosophy behind it is great, and I certainly like using it more than phpbb and vb.

I'm about to look at the styleguide, mdk and code now to see what I can learn from them, but any help would be appreciated. Has someone tried integration with other packages and if so how did you go about it?

The main part of the integration would be user integration, so the two system would use the same login, possibly with the addition of commenting on articles using the forum.

I haven't yet decided if I'll do this, especially since Mambo already has two quite useful totally integrated forums, and if I do it won't be right away since I have other things to do at the moment. But it doesn't hurt to look into it, to be prepared.

You can find info about my other forum integrations for Mambo and other stuff I've created at my site http://mambo.theyard.org

Regards,
Olle

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