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  • Kunena vs PHPbb

    Posted 15 years 9 months ago
    • I'll just wondering what people's thoughts were on these two individual pieces of software? Fire board has now become Kunena and everybody is raving about it. However, PHPBB has been around for a long time and is arguably the most popular forum software. Obviously, Kunena is made to integrate with Joomla and can be installed within a few minutes. I know that there is a kind of bridge on this particular website that enables you to integrate phpbb with Joomla. I haven't actually carried out the full installation and yet, I have looked into it and it does seem quite complicated. Also, it doesn't integrate quite as well as Kunena. The developers are promising good things for Kunena and it seems to be a huge improvement on Fire board even though it looks virtually the same.

      So at the end of the day, would you go for Kunena or phpBB?
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    Re: Kunena vs PHPbb

    Posted 15 years 9 months ago
    • Use RokBridge and phpBB3.
    • Please reply with a direct link to the issue & create a new thread for each new issue.

      A template is only as good as the content that goes into it ;) - DanG
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    Re: Kunena vs PHPbb

    Posted 15 years 9 months ago
    • Prim is right - you do want to avoid the 'bleeding edge' of development ... it usually leads to tears. Tried and true / slow and steady is the way to win the race (or you can just insert your favourite cliche here).

      Having said that, I'm interested to see what Kunena looks like behind the pretty face and intend to give it a work out sometime shortly.
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  • Re: Kunena vs PHPbb

    Posted 15 years 9 months ago
    • Imagine you're an intermediate like me. How easy is it to install the phpBB Forum on a Joomla website?
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    Re: Kunena vs PHPbb

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    • OK - you've got me ...

      The RokBridge component is good stuff - so you won't have any problems with your user database ... and there are several modules available at the JED to bring content from your forums into your main Joomla website.

      The most difficult thing you'll face is templating - unless you upgrade your membership here to include the phpBB3 template club, or hack a copy of your existing RT template to pieces to try and bridge that gap yourself. You could cheat and open your forums in a Joomla "wrapper" to circumvent this to an extent ... but I think this solution is clumsy at best.
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    Re: Kunena vs PHPbb

    Posted 15 years 9 months ago
    • Ragdata wrote:
      You could cheat and open your forums in a Joomla "wrapper" to circumvent this to an extent ... but I think this solution is clumsy at best.

      I can add to that, it is going to cause you a lot of headaches too, Rokbridge is designed to work with native phpbb3, wrapping it within J! wil give problems :D
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  • Re: Kunena vs PHPbb

    Posted 15 years 9 months ago
    • If I do go for the phpBB forum, I'm not going to mess around, I will go to one of the forum templates, that's obviously the way to go and should make life a lot easier.
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    Re: Kunena vs PHPbb

    Posted 15 years 9 months ago
    • Penn Wooding wrote:
      If I do go for the phpBB forum, I'm not going to mess around, I will go to one of the forum templates, that's obviously the way to go and should make life a lot easier.
      True! See you on the other side :cheesy:
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  • Re: Kunena vs PHPbb

    Posted 15 years 9 months ago
    • This may sound like a really stupid question, but I assume I can install the default phpBB forum and then apply the template for it at a later date? I just didn't know whether your templates are a full installation.
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  • Re: Kunena vs PHPbb

    Posted 15 years 9 months ago
    • Sorry, another silly question. Before installing phpBB, do I have to manually create the folder for it to go in? And also create another database, or can I use the same database as Joomla, i.e. same password username and database?

      For example install the phpBB3 forum into <Joomla Directory>/phpbb3
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