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Customizing SMF => Bridges and Integrations => Topic started by: VxJasonxV on September 19, 2005, 04:26:57 AM

Title: Custom Portal Integration
Post by: VxJasonxV on September 19, 2005, 04:26:57 AM
Hello everyone,

I'm looking to write my own portal built around SMF.
Is there any documentation or topics on 'hooks' into SMF sessioning and topic retrieval?  Or is there a class or some form of frontend extension that will allow be to pull (and maybe even push?) data on any php page outside the forum itself?

I'm looking to do something similar to what can be done with phpBB Fetch All (http://www.phpbbfetchall.com).  I don't want a CMS, that's way too much for my purpose.
I want to write my own, from scratch, only doing what I want.

Starting points?  Advice?
Thanks.
Title: Re: Custom Portal Integration
Post by: [Unknown] on September 19, 2005, 05:41:51 AM
What you want is SSI.php, really.  It provides you with user information, functions, the template system, etc.  You can also use functions like doUBBC()/parse_bbc() and access the settings table, et all.

Search for "custom pages" or "SSI", and you should find some information.  Like:

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=42460.0

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Title: Re: Custom Portal Integration
Post by: VxJasonxV on September 19, 2005, 06:13:47 AM
So THAT is what that file is.

Excellent.

It looks like it hardcodes the style and doesn't just handle certain values though :-\.

Well, I'll start with what I have and keep searching around.
Thanks!

[edit]
On the other hand, it will respect any installed themes.  So if I make my own in the first place, making the homepage look similar shouldn't be hard at all.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Custom Portal Integration
Post by: [Unknown] on September 20, 2005, 01:09:36 AM
Integrating the forum into your site... (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=19638.0)

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