Northwind Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Hello all, I am now to the point where I would like to integrate a Forum, Bulletin Board, Message Board - whatever you'd like to call it (just not my little guestbook) onto my site. My only options are for the "open-source" or "free" systems, such as phpbb...And I have heard great things about that particular system...However, when I read through the Contributions Support forum - I see a LOT of error and problem threads... I even went over to phpbb website and looked through their forums for the same type of thread, and unfortunately see the same thing... Is there anyone out there who has been able to successfully integrate an open-source/free system into their osc-site? If so, please help to point me in the right direction. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregy Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 i have managed to install phpbb contribution .. merged with already registered customers .. everything works .. but i disabled it, cause at phpbb.com they say we should imediatelly upgrade to 2.11 (several hacks problems) .. there is no contribution for upgrading. The version in contribution is 2.08, so untill there is no upgrade contribution to 2.11 i'm not using it .. but would also love to have a forum :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakobHK Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 (edited) Hello We tried the same as Gregory, until we saw the phpbb upgrade recommandation. I were unable to find an upgrade and I gave up on upgrading the existing forum integration module. In stead I developed a simple module to integrate osCommerce with a phpBB 2.0.11 installation. Find the module here: http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,2935 More information and demo: http://www.osmodules.com/catalog/product_i...?products_id=31 Still only version 1.0, so be carefull... Edited February 18, 2005 by JakobHK Quote Best regards Jakob Høy Biegel ----------------------------------- Shopeon.com - Automate your webshop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisW123 Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Jakob, I'm about ready to install phpbb 2.0.11 on my site, and your contribution as well. But I have a couple questions. In your instructions it says to install the forum in a directory with the same parent dir as the /catalog/ directory. But I my osc website is installed in my Root directory (no /catalog folder). So will this cause a problem with your contribution? So my structure would look like this: /root osc files /forum phpbb files Will this work? I'm thinking it would but I'd just need to edit a couple of the files in your contribution to make it work. Right? :) Second question: The instructions don't mention if you can use a SECOND database for the forum, or if you should use your existing osc database for the forum also. I'd like to use a seperate database for the forum if possible but not sure if this will work with your contribution. Thanks, -Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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