• Registered: 2005-06-12
  • Posts: 8

Topic: PunBB as CMS?

I have a site with a lot of static content (articles), and I use a single php header and footer to generate navigation. I'd like to put the content into a database but hopefully keep the original URLs, and introduce a user login, and comment facility. PunBB could do this pretty easily, actually ... my only worry is that PunBB's cms features won't be developed in future releases (because after all, it is a message board).

If I did use a different cms system, what would you recommend?

2 Reply by scottywz (edited by scottywz 2005-06-21 01:32)

  • Registered: 2005-04-01
  • Posts: 345

Re: PunBB as CMS?

My Web site uses PunBB as a CMS. It really takes a lot of modification. I could zip it up for you once I add the ability to change the style withot registering. (I'm just having a problem with setting a cookie.)

And, for the page urls, if they're PHPs, you can do

<?php

header("Location: http://www.somestupidsite-justkidding.com/pun/viewtopic.php?id=###"); // redirect

exit; // Exit

?>

where http://www.somestupidsite-justkidding.com/pun is the address of your PunBB installation, and ### is the topic (or, page) ID once you've made the big move.

Or you could use a meta or JavaScript redirect.... PHP redirect is probably the most compatible.

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  • Registered: 2005-06-12
  • Posts: 8

Re: PunBB as CMS?

Or maybe mod rewrite.