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Customizing SMF => Bridges and Integrations => Topic started by: JF[k] on November 18, 2004, 07:46:39 PM

Title: MKPortal....
Post by: JF[k] on November 18, 2004, 07:46:39 PM
I introduce with this Topic, and introduce me what is our portal:

http://www.mkportal.it/forum/index.php

We have interest to find one Board to work together and have a forum to be enclosed with our product and having found this Board we remained very favourably impressed !!!

I apologize for my not perfect English, but on our support forum English is treated by our moderators, I am one of the development team and not he I speak well...  :)
Therefore we have interest to know the projects of this Board and hear your line political, like that from understanding if working together and building a really excellent product is possible...


Johnny
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: MrPHD on November 19, 2004, 01:28:41 PM
where i can take for download this Portal.regards

In Portuguese.
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Oldiesmann on November 19, 2004, 07:37:13 PM
If you want to distribute a modified version of SMF with your portal, you will need to contact Jeff, Joseph or David to discuss this. If you just want to get SMF integrated, then you should do it like the Mambo integration was done - create a script to modify your portal and/or SMF as necessary to integrate the two (so you can install them seperately and then integrate them). Your portal looks great, especially with the ability to hide the side menus/blocks.

MrPHD - You can download the portal at http://www.mkportal.it/index.php?ind=downloads&op=entry_view&iden=199
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: luponero on November 20, 2004, 05:44:53 AM
Hi Oldiesmann.
I' am the author and the developer of MKportal

MKPortal is a popoular CMS.
The version integrated with IPB is succesfully used in all the world and languages.
We have more than 15,000 downloads from mkportal site and too many form Hotscripts.

Recently I consider to developo a version for other boards.
I release a beta versione for PhpBB and MyBB.
U can see the version of Mkportal for these Boards at the urls:

http://www.mkportal.it  (IPB version)
http://phpbb.mkportal.it  (PhpBB version)
http://mybb.mkportal.it  (MyBB version)

Now I am working to develop a version also for SMF.
Mkportal is distributed without the board and it is installed on a board.
It only needs a small change in the source in order to view the forum inside the portal (as for smf the file Subs.php).

So I don't need to distribute a  modified version of SMF.
I only distribute a version of MKPortal with the instructions to change the source of the board.

Obvisiouly, I am the coder of mkportal, and I don't need any technical support to integrate it with new boards  :-)

In a week I'll release a beta version of MKPortal for smf.

Regards.

Luponero aka meo.
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Jerry on November 20, 2004, 05:54:47 AM
I look forward to your release meo :)
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Abedie on November 20, 2004, 06:22:05 AM
Me too :D
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: luponero on November 21, 2004, 03:48:05 AM
I have write the driver of mkportal for smf.
I have find the way to view the forum inside the portal.

Smf works very well with mkportal in my local machine.

Now I am converting the blocks of mkportal to work with smf.
Finally I'll convert the persmission system of mkportal for smf.

;)
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Varment on November 21, 2004, 07:58:05 AM
I can't wait to try this out, I have been looking for a good portal to go with the forum I'm putting together.
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: luponero on November 22, 2004, 04:08:27 AM
Ok ok,
MKportal for SMF is on line.

You can see it at the url:

http://smf.mkportal.it

Register to appreciate the features.

In the next days I'll release the first downaloadable version.

The installation is quiet simple.

;)

Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Jerry on November 22, 2004, 04:29:07 AM
Thank you for working so hard on this project meo, this will make the opening of my person site quicker, since I wont have to design a whole site :)
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Webby on November 22, 2004, 04:32:37 AM
I like the folding "up" for the left and the right column. That way members can see for themselves if they want the extra info or not.

Maybe an idea for a theme (in combination with the shoutbox this would also be great !) ?
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: [Unknown] on November 22, 2004, 04:39:59 AM
Looks very good.  I'm afraid there's just one pet peeve - although I would guess this comes more from language barriers than anything else.

http://unknown.network32.net/tutorial.simple-machines

Thanks for the work - and if there's anything you think should be changed to benefit the integration, please do let me know - time is closing short for the final release of 1.0.

-[Unknown]
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: luponero on November 22, 2004, 02:30:20 PM
Right.

Tomorrow I'll release the first Beta version of mkportal x SMF.

;)
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: trenchteam on November 24, 2004, 08:40:10 AM
ANyone planning on making more themes for the forums to match the Ice and Default templates of the PORTAL? That would be awesome! ;D
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: admactanium on December 28, 2004, 05:29:37 AM
this portal looks great but i can't find where to download it! ??? the downloads section of that site only says that the downloads section has moved but there's no redirect.
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: bloc on December 28, 2004, 05:42:03 AM
Try http://mkportal.it/
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: admactanium on December 28, 2004, 06:03:17 AM
got it. thanks. silly me. wasn't paying enough attention to the address.
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Jerry on December 28, 2004, 10:08:00 AM
http://www.mkportal.it/
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Slack on December 28, 2004, 01:03:32 PM
Check the main site.   http://mkportal.it  You'll have to install M 02 and then the M 03 Upgrade.

It is a pretty nice portal, I've installed it on a test site... but it dosen't look like it is really being embraced by the SMF community - which seems much more interested in Mambo. 

I've had a few login/logout problems with mkportal.  also, it is difficult to use SSI functions within the blocks.  The author has provided a workaround - but I cannot ger that to work.
So, I'm looking at Mambo at the same time.

cheers,
slack... s
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: admactanium on December 28, 2004, 05:42:12 PM
is mambo as integrated as mkportal?
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Slack on December 29, 2004, 12:38:52 AM
Quote from: admactanium on December 28, 2004, 05:42:12 PM
is mambo as integrated as mkportal?

Hmm, tough question.  Mkportal has more "ready made" out of the box integrations (avatar, login, profile, new posts, new replies etc) - but I think all of these can be done in Mambo through SSI or other customizations. 
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: admactanium on December 29, 2004, 03:44:14 AM
Quote from: Slack on December 29, 2004, 12:38:52 AM
Quote from: admactanium on December 28, 2004, 05:42:12 PM
is mambo as integrated as mkportal?

Hmm, tough question.  Mkportal has more "ready made" out of the box integrations (avatar, login, profile, new posts, new replies etc) - but I think all of these can be done in Mambo through SSI or other customizations. 
interesting. i installed both today and mambo just felt so separated from my forum while mkportal seemed to be closer. both of them would require quite a bit of work to properly theme to work with the forum. it seems mambo is easier to modify, but mkportal already has stuff like shoutbox and galleries in place. i think i might go forward with mkportal and see how that goes. mambo really just felt like a completely different website to me. maybe i'm overestimating the amount of work it will take to integrate mambo into the forum. what's your experience in this regard?
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Slack on December 29, 2004, 11:31:00 AM
Oh Yes, I think there is a much steeper learning curve with Mambo and that it will take more work to learn and integrate... not sure 'integrate' is the right word, because what many of us want to do is to use Mambo (or some other CMS or portal) to make a "super" forum.  I've just started with Mambo, have picked a basic template, have done my colors and fonts only -  but I'm in no hurry.

I think there is a need for a relatively simple integrated portal like MKPortal.  Lots of nice things about MKPortal (I really like the ability to collapse both left and right columns) The out of the box integrations are very nice. .. so I encourage to set it up and play with it.  One of the disadvantages of this plug and play integration is that layout will look the much the same with MKportal sites.  As i mentioned above, my test users and I have had some login/logout problems.   I've been unable to get SSI to work within the blocks. A few other minor things like the html editor being in Italian (still pretty easy to figure outtheough). 

I'm not putting down MKPortal, becasue I really like it, but Mambo is a powerful open source CMS that stands alone and as someone mentioned in another thread it is kind of a strange marriage between Mambo and SMF.... there is quite a bit of overlapping functionality and you have to make choices.  The user community is huge... so the availability of third party modules is greater and the support much broader.   Many different ready made template layouts are available.  So I think the chances of running into a dead end with Mambo are considerably less - and that's why I think there is much more interest in it than something like MKPortal.

Let us know how it goes.

Cheers,
slack
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: OvermindDL1 on December 29, 2004, 05:22:28 PM
Well I gave a brief description of how mine is coming along at this (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=21125.msg180044#msg180044) post.  Let me quote it here.

Quote from: OvermindDL1 on December 29, 2004, 05:14:37 PM
Mine is a bit more integrated then SSI would allow, mine is embedding itself, becoming part of the forum software.  I've worked on it a bit more, working on some new techs for it, finished the module system client side (and one last page to work on in the admincp), and completely integrated.  Even new modules will have a place in the membergroup's permissions on the actual permission's page.  It is using a default theme only, everything you see, any other theme you load is just setting css things for it, and it works well.  Although a real theme for it in Helios would look far better then the css is allowing (*hint* *hint*).  The template is a single file and supports overriding default module themes inside it to allow someone to create a theme that even changes any known module, whether they load it or not, without interference.   If you want to see the latest demo it is located at my site here (http://www.overminddl1.com/simple_portal.php).  It is not at root, mkportal is currently installed there, but will probobly be uninstalling it quite soon, its admincp is so limiting compared to SMF's.  Nice thing about my portal, it is completely integrated into the forum, you could load it by doing a specific action, or using an external wrapper I made (as demonstrated by the link above).  Its coming out well, and as allways, comments, suggestions, whatever, are welcome on my forum.

Does this sound like something you are talking about?  The exact problems you described (not to mention mkportals appalling permission setup), and the lack of something like this, is the reason I started making this one at all.  And before you claim copying, I had the sliding side things before mkportal ever came to smf (or I ever heard of it for that matter), I copied it from the SMF header.  Although the code I use for it is now far more advanced. :P
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Springer on December 30, 2004, 01:35:30 AM
Here is the site I've toyed with since I started use'n mkPortal.  It is my first attempt with their template and I am now working to make it work so that it will work like the template that gets css from the forum.   I have tried almost every portal posted here but currently this is my favorite due to the simplicity.  I do not need something complicated or very powerfull.

http://www.rebeltradition.com/BD/

There is still more I plan to do.  But I am very happy with it so far.  I need to fix the top border of the middle column, and then I plan to modify the left column and do away with the text links and icons.  After that I will probably modify the reviews section that I use for a roster to more fit our needs.

One thing to keep in mind that this is 0.3 of the portal.  Long way to go before 1.0 and many things can change along the way. 


Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Rpg Cyco on December 30, 2004, 03:37:19 AM
Springer, I notice your running MKPortal with SMF 1.0 on that site. Could you please check the error log in the forum admin center and see if it's loaded with errors? I just upgraded to SMF 1.0 and I had to remove MKPortal and revert back to my old site because I had over 60 pages of errors! :o

I made sure I compared the obExit function of RC2 to 1.0 and I found that it was exactly the same except for a typo fix in one of the comments, so I don't think that can be the problem.

- Rpg Cyco
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: bloc on December 30, 2004, 04:30:45 AM
Perhaps other user functions/values - which MKPortal gets for it own - has changed.

I will try it out too.
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Springer on December 30, 2004, 11:26:55 AM
It does.  I posted last night on the mkportal site to let them know.  For now I use the forum outisde the portal and I get an error or two over several hour period.  DOes not seem to effect any functionality but better safe than sorry.

Meo works very fast so I'm sure what ever it is will be addressed soon.
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: jangojack on January 03, 2005, 06:10:11 PM
I see that some bugs are corrected on the mkportal x SMF...
But the is no new version for the moment ?! On mkportal.it, there is only old version.

I'd like to know if anybody has information about an new MkportalxSMF release !! I'm very impatient to see this  :P

Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Jerry on January 03, 2005, 06:56:13 PM
hasn't it already been released? :-\
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: FaSan on January 03, 2005, 07:49:19 PM
Quote from: Rpg Cyco on December 30, 2004, 03:37:19 AM
Could you please check the error log in the forum admin center and see if it's loaded with errors?



Fixed ;)


http://www.mkportal.it/forum/index.php?showtopic=5249&st=0
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: jangojack on January 04, 2005, 03:23:16 AM
Quote from: Jerry on January 03, 2005, 06:56:13 PM
hasn't it already been released? :-\

Yes, but some bugs are beeing fixed.. so I wait the new version which will be better !
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: cyberjack on April 15, 2006, 11:41:05 PM
Some updates for Mkportal:

To use MKP with SMF 1.0.7 install MKPortal 1.0

Download:
http://www.mkportal.it/index.php?ind=downloads&op=entry_view&iden=469

Ex:
http://www.mkportal.gen.tr


To use MKP with SMF 1.1 RC2 install MKPortal 1.1 RC1

Download:
http://www.mkportal.it/index.php?ind=downloads&op=entry_view&iden=668

Ex:
http://www.ozlemtekin.biz
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: afterglow on April 18, 2006, 10:41:45 PM
wow! i didn't know this thread still exists!  :D

much too much have changed after that first integration by meo.

and still going stronger! i'm also a big SMF fan and i'm glad the author made it available for this board too!

i'll be supporting MKportal-SMF to death! thanks for those who installed this portal too!

regards,
afterglow aka theMoonPrincess at mkportal.it
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: The Man in Blak on April 28, 2006, 05:00:32 PM
Hi,

I tried downloading the SMF/MKPortal bridge code from the URL listed earlier in this thread (http://smf.mkportal.it/) but it appears that the site is down now, as I'm getting the test page for the Apache HTTP server.  Is there a new or updated link for this bridge code out there?

Thanks!
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: Wolfenrook on April 29, 2006, 05:52:35 AM
That URL does not exist.  MKPortal (M1 for 1.0.7 and M1.1 RC1 for SMF1.1RC2) is available from http://www.mkportal.it and comes with everything you need to get it installed and running.  It doesn't use a seperate bridge.

Wolfenrook
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: bulldog988 on July 14, 2006, 12:02:20 PM
hi,

i keep getting error when i went to the download page to download the mkportal for my SMF1.0.7.

anyone have a copy that i can download or link me to it?
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: cyberjack on July 14, 2006, 02:11:10 PM
Quote from: bulldog988 on July 14, 2006, 12:02:20 PM
hi,

i keep getting error when i went to the download page to download the mkportal for my SMF1.0.7.

anyone have a copy that i can download or link me to it?

You can only download it from mkportal.it  . To get the file from the site you need to click the activation link from mkportal which is coming from site after registration. Sometimes mail goes the bulk/junk mail folder. Find it and click the link

@The Man in Blak

First message is not updated please go the site and donwload it from download area. Also test sites are offline. You can look my sites with mkportal from my signature.
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: oguz on July 14, 2006, 08:15:59 PM
how can i install the mkportal for 1.0.7 i download that

But i don't understand
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: cyberjack on July 14, 2006, 08:46:31 PM
you need to install mkp 1.o for smf 1.0.7

Read the documents it is very easy.

Just upload files and run mk_install.php
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: ftvguy on July 31, 2006, 09:25:44 AM
i have just heard from someone that "meo" the Author of MKportal will no more release his updates for SMF ? Is that true ?
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: cyberjack on July 31, 2006, 03:06:46 PM
No it is not true. Now MKP is working very stable with SMF 1.1RC2 and SMF 1.0.7 . There are lots of MKP staff who are using SMF with MKP. Once before meo want to write a MKP version which has a its own forum but then he gave up it.
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: ftvguy on July 31, 2006, 03:27:51 PM
that's a good news !

The best part of MKPortal is it gives you a very flexible directory structure for a website. like this ,

www.your-domain.com/mkportal

www.your-domain.com/smf

www.your-domain.com/index.php  [ In root directory you have only one file !!! what a clean & cool code ]

Do you know any other portal system which works with SMF with the above directory structure ?
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: cyberjack on August 01, 2006, 03:40:42 PM
Hmmm i am not sure there are portal scripts like this. You can integrate it with Joomla but directory can not be like this i think.
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: dadaas on March 16, 2007, 05:32:46 PM
im also mkportal fan, awsome portal i tested all cms and i dono i stick to mkportal because of simplicity and lots of features and there guys make mods like crazy, they write 2+2 and it comes out board news on  frontpage, now imagen if they do 10000+ 1000 hehehe

i love it and if you need any help just ask i try  many things, also you can check my mkportal with smf sites in signature.
Title: Re: MKPortal....
Post by: G6™ on March 17, 2007, 07:13:39 AM
This url in the start of this thread that should be SMF with MKPortal http://smf.mkportal.it  but is isent, the forum software there are showing as Powered By MyBB Copyright © 2002-2007 MyBB Group.