Portals questions

Prasad007 · January 03, 2006, 04:15:22 AM

i want to know something about portal
what is mambo and joomla?
are they the same/different ??
which is newer/better ?
is joomla 1.1 in beta?
is 1.0.5 the latest stable release ?

can they be integrated into smf
i use mkportal @ my site @ www.tech-ultimatum.uni.cc
but i want to shift to them, so can i without having 2 make a fresh start ?
please help!
Thank you!

Remaker · January 03, 2006, 04:37:27 AM

Quotewhat is mambo and joomla?

CMS -> Content management system , contains modules, witch you enable to add functions like
guestbooks, image galleries, news system , and more.

Quoteare they the same/different ??

They are different, but Joomla was actually created from mambo...

Quotecan they be integrated into smf

Usually you integrate a forum into a cms , not a cms into a forum

Quotei use mkportal @ my site @ www.tech-ultimatum.uni.cc
but i want to shift to them, so can i without having 2 make a fresh start ?

Don't know manny about mkportal , but I think you will have to work a little bit to get this done.
And , probably a little new start

Prasad007 · January 03, 2006, 04:39:48 AM

thanks!
and which is better- mambo or joomla?

and how do i integrate the smf forum into the joomla portal ?

Remaker · January 03, 2006, 04:48:44 AM

Quotethanks!
and which is better- mambo or joomla?

Some say joomla , some say mambo?

, I personally like joomla more...

Try here http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=77.0 , the area for
mambo,joomla integration.

Prasad007 · January 03, 2006, 04:50:34 AM

Quote from: Remaker on January 03, 2006, 04:48:44 AM
Quotethanks!
and which is better- mambo or joomla?

Some say joomla , some say mambo? , I personally like joomla more...

Try here http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=77.0 , the area for
mambo,joomla integration.

Thanks!

Varment · January 03, 2006, 10:52:45 AM

Quotecan they be integrated into smf
i use mkportal @ my site @ www.tech-ultimatum.uni.cc [nofollow]
but i want to shift to them, so can i without having 2 make a fresh start ?

You should be able to uninstall MKPortal with out any problems, the last time I used it you only had to modify one file and that was for a wrapped forum. So you can save your forum data but the stuff you have in MKPortal probably will be lost.

Quoteare they the same/different ??
which is newer/better ?

At the moment they are close to being the same, Joomla code was made off of Mambo 4.5.x.

In short Mambo Foundation sold out - most of the dev team resigned and stated Joomla.
So Joomla is now being developed by the original Mambo developers.
Joomla is a good way to go.

Quoteis joomla 1.1 in beta?

No - its still alpha.

Quoteis 1.0.5 the latest stable release ?

Yes

Once you learn Joomla/Mambo you'll love the stuff you can do with it, they can be intimidating at first but it gets easier and there is a ton of help out there.

Prasad007 · January 03, 2006, 10:59:50 AM

Thank you very much!
btw,
i had innumerable problems with joomla especially the smf bridge
i cudnt get it done so i gave up
mkportal seemed easier

Varment · January 03, 2006, 11:08:27 AM

Sorry to here that .

There is also a bridge at Joomla Hacks [nofollow] It''s easy to install and there areno files to manually update.

Prasad007 · January 03, 2006, 11:18:51 AM

Quote from: Varment on January 03, 2006, 11:08:27 AM
Sorry to here that .

There is also a bridge at Joomla Hacks It''s easy to install and there areno files to manually update.

Thank you! I will give that a try!

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