As I remember I came in, fell in love with SMF and start looking for a Portal or CMS that works with SMF, I found it troublesome to see what Portals/CMS's are working with SMF and how far they are developping it. So afther weeks of reading up all topics, I decide to make a list.
I hope it's usefull and I will check on them weekly to add or change details. If you find it's in error please post in this topic.
For more info hit the topic link and readup. See the edited link below for the last date this list is adapted to the new situation.
This list is old and most of it is changed or deprecated. A much better place to look is at this topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=383325.0). Maybe in future I will make a new list of something usefull for SMF, just wait and see.
I have no intention to judge the solutions offered in this list, but try to have a 'one look to find the name one searches' with pointers to the information, if possible in this forum. I try to add true info for the comfort of the reader if possible from the makers of the bridges. If the info is not right or up to date I can't help that. This topic is ment to help in finding information, not for the discussion of the subjects as that should be done in the discussions mentioned in the list.Edited:
20 dec 2010 working on it.)IntegrationlistQuote from: GALLERY-list
Gallery | album.plChanged (http://perl.bobbitt.ca/album/) |
forum | [http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=8145.0]topic[/url] |
date: | 08 November 2003 |
status: | Ready |
info: | Album v 6.5 seen with SMF version 1.1.2. Click here for info. (http://perl.bobbitt.ca/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=20) |
Gallery | (http://coppermine-gallery.net/images/cpg.gif) (http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/) |
| | Coppermine is a multi-purpose fully-featured and integrated web picture gallery script written in PHP using GD or ImageMagick as image library with a MySQL backend.
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forum: | Topic: Coppermine integration (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=2637.195) |
date: | 08 November 2003 last check:08 January 2006 |
status: | Working! Integration: Full Theme's: Unknown |
info: | There is a theme for 1.1 as well. The bridge file is included with the coppermine download. More info see here (http://coppermine-gallery.net/forum/index.php?topic=5954.0)
Added 8-1-06: There's a working version of SMF 1.05 bridged (v3.19a) to Mambo 4.523 and the integration of Coppermine |
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Quote from: CMS-list
CMS | CPG-Nuke (http://www.cpgnuke.com/) |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=13582.0) |
date: | 29 August 2003 |
status: | Not started |
info: | Click here. (http://www.cpgnuke.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=3812/highlight=SMF.html) |
CMS | Drupal (http://drupal.org/) |
forum | None |
date: | 30 oktober 2004 |
status: | Not started |
info: | Click here fore info. (http://drupal.org/node/8142) |
CMS | e107 (http://e107.org/) |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=138690.0) |
date: | 31 December 2006 |
status: | Alpha 1 |
info: | Alpha bridge is complete, awaiting test feedback. |
CMS | Enigma (http://www.lunabyte.com/) |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=689.0) |
date: | 27-4-2005 |
status: | Working on a full integration |
info: | See here (http://www.lunabyte.com/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=2513;start=40)
There are testing beta 2 now for Enigma 2.0 with smf 1.05 full integrated and pulling over details of YSE users dbases.. |
CMS | Envolution (http://www.envolution.com/) |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=1156.0) |
date: | 29 August 2003 |
status: | Not started |
info: | They use to have their own forum. Now they use phpBB, so don't use their own forum anymore. |
CMS | Geeklog (http://www.geeklog.net/) |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=18064.0) |
date: | 12 October 2004 |
status: | Dropped |
info: | It may not take about a year, seen the code, to write an integration (see topic). |
CMS | Jetbox CMS (http://jetboxone.sourceforge.net/) |
forum | No topic. |
date: | 24-05-2004 |
status: | Unknown |
info: | See this topic (http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=2584341).
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CMS | LDU (http://www.neocrome.net/) |
forum | No topic. |
date: | 29-05-2004 |
status: | Unknown |
info: | See this topic (http://www.neocrome.net/forums.php?m=posts&p=46738).
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CMS | Joomla / Mambo (http://mamboserver.com/) |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=6344.0) |
date: | 27 February 2004 |
status: | Stable |
info: | Orstio - 18 okt 2004 22:00: All known issues with the previous version are fixed and the readme should take care of all the non-bugs. Download (http://mamboforge.net/projects/mos-smf/).
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CMS: MD-pro (http://www.maxdev.com/) (see PostNuke)
CMS | nextCMS (http://www.hardcoding.net/projects/nextcms/) |
forum | None |
date: | 01 November 2004 |
status: | Unknown |
info: | They use version YaBB 1 Gold - SP1!See here (http://www.hardcoding.net/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.pl) so it must be possible to integrate SMF (I think) |
CMS: PfaBB (see Enigma)
CMS | (http://www.phpcms.de/gif/logo2.gif) phpCMS (http://www.phpcms.de/) |
| | phpCMS is a content management system, which convinces in particular by small system requirements, high performance and above all its flexibility.
phpCMS is suitable for small private web pages and also for complex professional appearances and high traffic websites including the integration of webservices and external applications. |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=1325.0) |
date: | 06 Sept 2003 Last check: 5 nov 2007 |
status: | Working! |
info: | They use version SMF 1.1.2 with phpcms 1.2.2 See here (http://phpcms.de/index.en.html) . |
CMS | PHP Fusion (http://www.php-fusion.co.uk/) |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=16358.0) |
date: | 07 September 2004 |
status: | unknown |
info: | None |
CMS | phpNuke (http://phpnuke.org/) |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=18643) |
date: | 13 August 2004 |
status: | Work in progress |
info: | They are working on porting SMF into PHP Nuke.... and it will open to a full page, no header, footer, or sideblocks.
(added 7-11-04:The smf integration with php nuke is going along with very few problems, at least right now. |
CMS | postNuke (http://www.postnuke.com/) |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=18247.msg143699;topicseen#msg143699) |
date: | 17 nov 2004 |
status: | Working |
info: | Updated to version 1.1 Get it herer. (http://www.nuy.info/726/modules.php?op=modload&name=UpDownload&file=index&req=getit&lid=77) |
CMS | (http://www.cmsimple.de/cmsimple/logos/cmsimple_gold.jpg) (http://www.cmsimple.de/cmsimple/index.php) |
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forum: | Topic: Some topic. (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=2637.195) |
date: | 08 November 2003 last check:08 January 2006 |
status: | Unknown! Integration: ??? |
Theme's: Unknown Language: English/Multi |
info: | There is some info |
CMS | TikiWiki (http://tikiwiki.org/) |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=17440.0) |
date: | 01 October 2004 |
status: | Unknown |
info: | None |
CMS | Xaraya (http://www.xaraya.com/) |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=9191.0) |
date: | 10 april 2004 |
status: | Unknown |
info: | None |
CMS | Xoops (http://www.xoops.org/) |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=385.0) |
date: | 06 August 2003 |
status: | Ongoing |
info: | Look here (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=18992.0). |
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Portal | (http://www.tinyportal.net/tplogo.gif) (http://www.tinyportal.net) Bloc's Tiny Portal (http://www.bloczone.net/smf/index.php?topic=35.0) |
| | TinyPortal is a package which adds a website to your Simple Machines Forum. A substantial website can be created around your forum using the same theme and navigation tools as SMF. The end result is a website/forum with a completely integrated look and feel.
TinyPortal is lightweight, fast and uses the same member database and login as SMF. Designed specifically for SMF, it complements the forum perfectly and won't interfere with or slow down your members at all.
Using the menu driven TinyPortal Admin Panel, you can configure anything from a minimal addition to a comprehensive website. In a minimal configuration, it serves as an entry point for your forum displaying welcome information, news articles, or the latest posts from your forum. |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=20863.0) |
date: | 1 December 2004 |
status: | Working with SMF 1.1 Rc2 and Tiny Portal v0.8.1 |
info: | Info Topic (http://www.bloczone.net/smf/index.php?topic=35.0) |
Portal | Edge Portal (http://edge.dev.box.sk/)]Changed! |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=11004.0) |
date: | 13 May 2004 |
status: | Unknown |
info: | No info to find because of the site is'nt working optimal with the search option. |
Portal | MKPortal (http://smf.mkportal.it)Changed! |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=20159.0) |
date: | 19 november 2004 |
status: | Working: MKportal x SMF 1.0.3.
Working on MKP PR1 version |
info: | Read this (http://smf.mkportal.it/forum/index.php?topic=2.0). Mkportal M10 [ Multiboard ] Released !!Voices say MKP won't support the next version. |
Portal | ocPortal (http://www.ocportal.com/) Changed! |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=15533.0) |
date: | 20 August 2004 |
status: | No info |
info: | No full integration. There where several postings (and possible solutions) about integrating SMF to it. Do a search for SMF on the ocPortalsite to see where they are. With v2+, the integration is fairly inclusive and you can use SSI functions in the "Blocks" that OCPortal uses.
Added info: (5-1-2006) Seems SMF is not in the picture anymore now they have pushed there new own forum in front. |
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Quote from: General-list
Chat | FlashChat (http://www.tufat.com/script.php?id_num=2) |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=17856.0) |
date: | 27 october 2004 |
status: | Complete! |
info: | The chat is not free but $5. |
WebMail | HiveMail (http://www.hivemail.com/) |
forum | topic (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=17007.0) |
date: | 22 September 2004 |
status: | Working! |
info: | Testsite at Topic (http://www.globalgamer.net/forum). |
WebMail | X7chat.com (http://www.x7chat.com/)Changed![/i |
forum | None |
date: | 17 November 2004 |
status: | Working! |
info: | Currently on v 3 alpha2 (included SMF mod)
. SMF Integration is included for SMF 1.1.4.
The only issue with the integration is that the profiles are not merged. So, your profile in SMF is good, but it is not transfered over to the chat functions. |
There are a couple of others, not sure if they are worthly of the list or not. They are billing clients for web hosting, which are as follows:
Modernbill (currently have hooks for vbulliten, phpbb, and ib)
WHMAutoPilot (current release has no hooks, but next release due out shortly will - I drop a line over there ;))
lpanel (currently none - not sure if any are planned)
These are CPanel scripts, I now there is also:
Plesk
Helm
and a bunch more, but I THINK these are the majors...
Just a thought, not a requirement.
By the way, here's another one for the list:
http://powerportal.sourceforge.net/
and another one:
http://tincan.co.uk/webbler/
As far as I know they don't have anything for SMF...
[zap]
Hope this helps.
Quote from: Jay? on October 20, 2004, 11:16:58 AM
There are a couple of others, not sure if they are worthly of the list or not. They are billing clients for web hosting, which are as follows:
Modernbill (currently have hooks for vbulliten, phpbb, and ib)
WHMAutoPilot (current release has no hooks, but next release due out shortly will - I drop a line over there ;))
lpanel (currently none - not sure if any are planned)
These are CPanel scripts, I now there is also:
Plesk
Helm and (...zap...)
Hi, thanks :).
What I see here are some scripts used to manage accounts/offering scripts to hostingcomps. I miss DirectAdmin in there, I'm using myself.
As far as I know there not integrating SMF but poss. offering SMF to install in an easy way.
Maybe it's worth to mention those that offer SMF in a seperate category, but this list was ment to gave info on integration efforts.
I will dive into that to see whats going on in that area, thanks for the help :).
Greetings,
Abedie.
.
Quote from: Abedie on October 20, 2004, 04:42:09 PM
Quote from: Jay? on October 20, 2004, 11:16:58 AM
There are a couple of others, not sure if they are worthly of the list or not. They are billing clients for web hosting, which are as follows:
Modernbill (currently have hooks for vbulliten, phpbb, and ib)
WHMAutoPilot (current release has no hooks, but next release due out shortly will - I drop a line over there ;))
lpanel (currently none - not sure if any are planned)
These are CPanel scripts, I now there is also:
Plesk
Helm and (...zap...)
Hi, thanks :).
What I see here are some scripts used to manage accounts/offering scripts to hostingcomps. I miss DirectAdmin in there, I'm using myself.
As far as I know there not integrating SMF but poss. offering SMF to install in an easy way.
Maybe it's worth to mention those that offer SMF in a seperate category, but this list was ment to gave info on integration efforts.
I will dive into that to see whats going on in that area, thanks for the help :).
Greetings,
Abedie.
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Hiya,
Thanks for your efforts to maintain this list - it ain't easy.
I also use ModernBill and Plesk on my system, and would be interested in...
- a means to log into ModernBill to view/pay invoices, order hosting (this may be manageable through a custom Mambo component more so than SMF)
- means to install SMF through Plesk
I am *not* interested in ModernBill's pathetic ability to provision phpBB accounts that are yet another separate login from ModernBill and Plesk and e-mail and ftp etc.. we have altogether too many passwords on our site, and having integrated login is key for us.
I *am* interested in Horde IMP Integration with Mambo. I see these all more as Mambo issues than SMF really.
Cheers,
Tobias
Kabissa - Space for Change in Africa
http://www.kabissa.org
Hey Abedie,
I'll try the Flash Chat intergration for you this weekend - I actully dropped the 5 bucks to get it a while ago ;)
I'll provide a link when it's done...
-Jay
I've installed Flashchat on a lot of SMF boards already. It integrates quite well with SMF and the instructions packaged with it for integration + the FlashChat Integration post on these boards makes it a snap for any level user. While I haven't delved into it deep, it looks pretty customizable, and is fairly functional.
- Methonis
hivemail appears to be compatiable with Preview Release 1
have a look at http://www.alexscriptengine.de , there are some really nice scripts like a article management, news system, download sys. and gallery. There are Bridges to vb2/3, phpbb and WBBlite / wbb2 integrated as extern files, so i think, it would be "easy" (?) to integrate the SMF Usertable as well, and it would be nice to have this.
i don`t know but i thing these scripts have english lang. files, too..
just a idea.
Quoteinfo: The chat is not free but $5. I cannot afford it so there's no evaluation done.
Yeah, I finally saved up & bought it, but found that its not allowed on my server... :(
I installed it on my test server @ home... it works good & is E-z to mod themes....
subdreamer CMS is integrated with SMF as well. Althogh I think only with the stable 1.05 version
SubDreamer is really nice, but you have to pay if you want anything more than the default install - either $125 for the full-blown version, or a much smaller fee for each theme/module you want. Still, if you don't mind paying, it's a great package.
Quote from: Abedie on October 17, 2004, 11:58:23 AM
I found it troublesome to see what Portals/CMS's are working with SMF and how far they are developping it. So afther weeks of reading up all topics, I decide to
Thanks very much for taking the time to put that together and sharing it. It's very useful!
I'm looking at adding Drupal to my site because it has a very unusual capability that I can't get any other way (and in fact, even to make Drupal do it will require some coding). But there's no way I'm switching away from SMF. I've very heavily modified the code to do some special things I needed for my site (post moderation, enhanced notification with improved formatting and the option of receiving
all posts in email, and - most important (and hardest to code), paid subscriptions. Plus I use SMF authentication to control access to
all member features and content on my site (not just the forum), and I use SMF templates throughout my site as well.
I'm getting ready to install Drupal now, and if I can get it to "stand on its head" so to speak (I described what I'm trying to do in a message I posted in the Drupal thread you linked to here (http://drupal.org/node/8142#comment-60023)), then I'll write a bridge between SMF and Drupal. Since the SMF database is the one that has to be in control (since subscription payments are linked to it), the modification will be to Drupal rather than SMF and I'll be publishing it there.
Someone in another thread mentioned name collisions with Drupal and SMF. That's true. I've already noticed two - both very heavily used: the variable $db_prefix, and the function db_query(). There are probably more. Ugh.
Quote from: Metho on November 22, 2004, 09:46:05 PM
I've installed Flashchat on a lot of SMF boards already. It integrates quite well with SMF and the instructions packaged with it for integration + the FlashChat Integration post on these boards makes it a snap for any level user. While I haven't delved into it deep, it looks pretty customizable, and is fairly functional.
I installed FlashChat on my site (integrated with SMF) and it's very nice! marcnyc posted a helpful tutorial in the Tips & Tricks board on how to fully integrate it with SMF (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=27137.msg146453#msg146453) (even more tightly than what the FlashChat instructions provide for).
I had couple minor problems with FlashChat - one I fixed, one not. I described these and posted the fix in the Tips & Tricks thread here (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=27137.msg371854#msg371854).
I just wish SMF would design their own portal.
Mark
Quote from: Mark_Breznay on October 19, 2005, 12:47:12 AM
I just wish SMF would design their own portal.
Mark
Exactly! That would be the answer to everything. I already use it just by itself for many portal-like functions. Just make it and take over the Internet.
I'm using MK portal with a 1.05 and 1.1 SMF. Works fine. :)
Quote from: Mark_Breznay on October 19, 2005, 12:47:12 AM
I just wish SMF would design their own portal.
Mark
Have you tried TinyPortal? It works great with smf. Bloc is doing a great job with this.
TinyPortal is a great system :)
Quote from: permutations on October 11, 2005, 02:52:48 PM
Quote from: Abedie on October 17, 2004, 11:58:23 AM
I found it troublesome to see what Portals/CMS's are working with SMF and how far they are developping it. So afther weeks of reading up all topics, I decide to
Thanks very much for taking the time to put that together and sharing it. It's very useful!
I'm looking at adding Drupal to my site because it has a very unusual capability that I can't get any other way (and in fact, even to make Drupal do it will require some coding). But there's no way I'm switching away from SMF. I've very heavily modified the code to do some special things I needed for my site (post moderation, enhanced notification with improved formatting and the option of receiving all posts in email, and - most important (and hardest to code), paid subscriptions. Plus I use SMF authentication to control access to all member features and content on my site (not just the forum), and I use SMF templates throughout my site as well.
I'm getting ready to install Drupal now, and if I can get it to "stand on its head" so to speak (I described what I'm trying to do in a message I posted in the Drupal thread you linked to here (http://drupal.org/node/8142#comment-60023)), then I'll write a bridge between SMF and Drupal. Since the SMF database is the one that has to be in control (since subscription payments are linked to it), the modification will be to Drupal rather than SMF and I'll be publishing it there.
Someone in another thread mentioned name collisions with Drupal and SMF. That's true. I've already noticed two - both very heavily used: the variable $db_prefix, and the function db_query(). There are probably more. Ugh.
Quote from: Metho on November 22, 2004, 09:46:05 PM
I've installed Flashchat on a lot of SMF boards already. It integrates quite well with SMF and the instructions packaged with it for integration + the FlashChat Integration post on these boards makes it a snap for any level user. While I haven't delved into it deep, it looks pretty customizable, and is fairly functional.
I installed FlashChat on my site (integrated with SMF) and it's very nice! marcnyc posted a helpful tutorial in the Tips & Tricks board on how to fully integrate it with SMF (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=27137.msg146453#msg146453) (even more tightly than what the FlashChat instructions provide for).
I had couple minor problems with FlashChat - one I fixed, one not. I described these and posted the fix in the Tips & Tricks thread here (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=27137.msg371854#msg371854).
Why not release some of your mods to the community. Just reading some of what you have done for your site, these are features that I would like to have on mine. Including the pay site. Just a thought... The SMF community grows and becomes the best by people like yourself sharing what they do with other. Hope you will... Email me if you choose to, I will definately get them all.
- Greg
Hi Greg,
Quote from: SpectroPro on October 29, 2005, 03:14:03 PM
Why not release some of your mods to the community. Just reading some of what you have done for your site, these are features that I would like to have on mine. Including the pay site. Just a thought... The SMF community grows and becomes the best by people like yourself sharing what they do with other. Hope you will... Email me if you choose to, I will definately get them all.
If I get the Drupal thing sorted out (I haven't had time to work on it, but I will soon), I'll release that. But it will be on the Drupal site because it will be a modification of Drupal, not SMF. (I'll announce it here.) The way I will integrate will be to use the SMF login for the Drupal site, rather than vice versa. It might seem more intuitive to make the Drupal login the one that rules (since Drupal is the CMF and SMF will plug into it), but Drupal has a built in hook for changing the login method, which SMF doesn't, so it's easier to modify on the Drupal side. Also, my paid subscription code is tied to the SMF login, and I prefer it that way because it doesn't lock me into a CMF.
The modifications I made to SMF (integrated paid subscriptions automated through PayPal IPN, post moderation, and enhanced notifications) were so extensive that really what I have here is a fork rather than a mod. My code modifies 39 SMF source files - some extensively, plus adds 20 source files (several of which are extensive), and 14 graphic files. Plus I modified several SMF database tables and added about six more to store customer and product info (my site has an online store as well as the forum). And I'd have to do even more work to put it in shape to release. When I need to change how something is configured, I go into phpMyAdmin or write a program, but that's not very user friendly. I'd need to add an administration tool.
In short, it would be a big investment in time and energy to release this and support it - a full-time job. I'm not independently wealthy so I can't work full time for free. The SMF license prohibits selling derivative works, but I could release it as an open source fork and charge for support as SMF does. The thing is, right now I'm involved in getting another business off the ground - the one i wrote this code for. But if that doesn't catch fire, I suppose I could release the fork instead. It would be ironic if releasing my fork turned out to be more profitable than the business that prompted me to write it, but the world is full of ironies.
You mean to release your modified SMF+your mods - as a fork of SMF?
Quote from: permutations on November 02, 2005, 06:31:43 PM
The SMF license prohibits selling derivative works, but I could release it as an open source fork and charge for support as SMF does.
Actually you may want to read it again, the license forbids any redistribution whatsoever, paid or otherwise.
Any good gallery can integrate to SMF? And shows on top of the forum with some random or high viewed photos?
Quote from: d6d on November 03, 2005, 05:54:27 PM
Any good gallery can integrate to SMF? And shows on top of the forum with some random or high viewed photos?
Did you take a look at Coppermine gallery? Also Oldiesmann is workin on an intregration with gallery2.
Quote from: JayBachatero on November 03, 2005, 07:07:33 PM
Quote from: d6d on November 03, 2005, 05:54:27 PM
Any good gallery can integrate to SMF? And shows on top of the forum with some random or high viewed photos?
Did you take a look at Coppermine gallery? Also Oldiesmann is workin on an intregration with gallery2.
YUP, gotta love that G2.... can't wait to see it for RC2
Speaking of G2, I know there's a joomla integration mod. Does it work with SMF bridge? Does Anyone have the URL?
;) Could somebody update Abedie's list re. the progress of the development on the combinations. TY
I am looking for somebody willing to write a bridge for B1GMail and for LifeType or any other blog software as long as it is multi-user and multi-blog and allows localization.
Please PM with how much it would cost me, I really need help with this.
wow ! that list is a gr8 compilation ! thnx! :)
Quote from: rickc on November 26, 2005, 12:28:44 PM
Speaking of G2, I know there's a joomla integration mod. Does it work with SMF bridge? Does Anyone have the URL?
It does work with the SMF bridge as it's just another component for Joomla. However, you will have to manually synchronize the members and membergroups through the component's configuration area if you use it. Don't remember what the URL is, but if you look in the topic on Mambo+G2 on Gallery's website, you'll find a link to it.
Quote from: Abedie on October 17, 2004, 11:58:23 AM
As I remember I came in, fell in love with SMF and start looking for a Portal or CMS that works with SMF, I found it troublesome to see what Portals/CMS's are working with SMF and how far they are developping it. So afther weeks of reading up all topics, I decide to make a list.
I hope it's usefull and I will check on them weekly to add or change details. If you find it's in error please post in this topic.
FYI - this post saved me a TON of headaches. i installed it because i'm gonna build a dallas cowboys forum and i'm testing phpbb and smf - i love smf better (way too easy to skin! major score people!) and phpbb is just to "baby food". i do feel "risk" is a smaller user group but hey, roll with changes and roll the weed, i always say.
gonna intall mambo and nuke phpnuke (how funny!) just due to their lack of support. smf has won me over, portals are just portals w/blocks here and there that show off stuff.
thanks again!
iceberg
renegaderadio.net
Quote from: Ed Teune on October 19, 2005, 11:10:40 AM
Quote from: Mark_Breznay on October 19, 2005, 12:47:12 AM
I just wish SMF would design their own portal.
Mark
Exactly! That would be the answer to everything. I already use it just by itself for many portal-like functions. Just make it and take over the Internet.
Your wish has been granted ! ... for a long time ago...
Lewis Media which is the guys who is responsible for this product SMF has also made a "portal" with CMS package, which is strictly commercial but still it exists. It's called WebAdmin and you can find it here:
http://www.lewismedia.com/webadmin.php
Maybe if many of us together payed Lewis Media money they will relaunch it under GPL ? ;)
Quote from: psychophat on December 09, 2005, 06:50:48 PM
;) Could somebody update Abedie's list re. the progress of the development on the combinations. TY
I started to do some work at it, but has little time to work more then 1 or 2 hours a week on it. Sometimes 1 item checking cost me more then one hour if there's a lot to read and search about it.
Can't do it faster because lack of time and money, sorry.
Greets Abedie.
After using various portals over a period of about 5 years I decided to stop integrating my forums with the portal for the below reasons.
- It got to be real pain because when the programmers released a new version of the portal or the forums you kept having to wait for the person to upgrade the portal module so that you can upgrade your forums.
- The entire process always entails editing part of the portal or part of the forums and everytime there is a new version this editting process has to start over.
- The portal module used a particular version of the forums and the person writing this mod never updated the actual forum script as new versions where released so the script just got further and further behind in security patches and other bug fixes.
- The creators of the the module or modified forum script stop supporting the script because it starts becoming to hard to keep up with the changes of the portal and forums.
It is for the above reasons that I started using MkPortal. It uses forum integration but nothing in the forum itself is modified except one file if you want the sidebars to show while the forum is being viewed. I am free to upgrade the forum and the portal separately. The only problem I have found is getting the same skins for the forum and the portal but other than that I am happy. :D
I saw a post on here about the programmers of Simple Machines making their own portal for the forum. What ever happened to that? It was back in 2004 I think.
Hi,
Thank you for youre message.
You can find the portal you mend at (http://www.tinyportal.net/tplogo.gif) (http://www.tinyportal.net).
I hope you find this guy active enough to believe his going on with this.
Succes,
Abedie :).
I wanted to go with tiny portal first but there isn't a version for the new forum version yet. When he get's it finished I plan on trying it out.
Speaking of integration, is there any music-database package out there? I know we have that mod for smf, but it doesnt work to its full potential yet. I want something that allow members to upload their own songs/lyrics/rating... and stuffs, less work for admin to do ^^.
You'll have to be aware of copyright laws if the songs and lyrics aren't their own.
Tolodine i use TinyPortal on a test server with smf 1.1 rc2 :)
I have a question
Why isn't TinyPortal an official part of smf because it's great :)
Because SMF is a forum not a portal ;)
Good point lol.
How is the smf site made. A portal system or something like that?Or is it custom code :P.
ps
Maybe it can be something like Official Extensions because i think a portal sistem is more than a mod. :)
This site just uses SSI.php
I wish there was a proper mod for smf/joomla integration :'(
Enigma2 should be updated in the list.
It is at RC1 and has bridges for coppermine, Gallery2 and Wordpress. Also added was a very extensive uploads module.
php Fusion & SMF ??????????
;D
is there a possible manner to intergrate these two
i have installed both in the same database with different prefixes
for smf that's _smf
for fusion thtats _fusion
want to intergrate those 2 with each other
zo when somebod register they can login too the site and the forum ??
According to this post (http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,3565.0.html) in the MODx (http://modxcms.com) forum you can now bridge MODx and SMF. Not sure if this counts for this post but thought it might be worth mentioning as MODx is lovely to work with from a web standards point of view.
NO. I wish Tinyportal was bundled with SMF. They should work on combining the 2. Tinyportal works using smf features, it basically changes nothing. Yes, SMF is a forum not a portal, but why should Mybb have it pre-bundled, IPB have an add-on and vB have vbadvanced, while we have nothing?
TinyPortal is doing great as its own project, and is not that difficult to install. I'm not sure why it should be bundled with SMF...
yes tiny portal is the best portal system for SMF in terms of compatibility as well as design and usability
Isn't there a proper Joomla bridge? I'm particularly looking for something where if a user registers on my Joomla site, he's details gets put into the SMF forum, and visa-versa. If a user registers on the SMF, he's details gets added to my Joomla DB. Also, if the user updates his passwd, it get's updated on both sides.
Mambo/Joomla <-> SMF Bridge (Combined Readme) [UPDATED] (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=81152.0)
Hi,
I have been away for a long time now due to personal reasons.
The list needs to be redone and updated.
I'm working on a new list with some more info on items.
The cms/portal scripts that are known to have nothing to do with SMF and also has no plans for the future, will be named in a separate list so the main list will give more oversight.
Give me a few weeks, see you all.
Is there ever going to be a phpnuke -> SMF integration?
I've been waitin soooo long..
Change to a different CMS.
How about Slash?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_%28weblog_system%29
Quote from: EnigmaEntertainmentAus on December 05, 2006, 10:07:57 AM
Is there ever going to be a phpnuke -> SMF integration?
I've been waitin soooo long..
get http://tinyportal.net its much easier to use plus its SPECIFICALLY built around SMF, the developer of TinyPortal is also a SMf developer
For all the people wanting TinyPortal to be bundled with SMF remember it's still beta code, and currently very few sites are actually XHTML compliant that use tinyportal.
Due to user submited html in the blocks and the built in editors which don't always produce correct html.
In short:
1) Something that is still beta code and isn't atleast xhtml compliant should never be bundled with anything that would be used widely.
2) SSI.php provides most functionality the average user would ever need and is an excellent example to learn from and build on.
Don't get me wrong I Love TinyPortal is good stuff I use it myself, and I know bloc and the rest put in alot of effort on it.
But even at that Tinyportal is just not to a point of being polished enuff to be bundled with anything.
Almost every Tinyportal site displays links saying their valid xhtml, yet almost all fail if you click the link..
That is due to user submitted block code that seems to of just been thrown in without anyone going over it to look for html issues or much else i'd suspect.
Things like that I would hope would rarely be the case if it wasn't still a beta project where it's not so important.
In my eye's anyway, things that get bundled together should be clean and mostly finished instead of still being developed and added to.
Maybe one day, a fully supported or possibly joint project where the SMF team created or collaborated on Tinyportal or something similar to it, that would be ideal to me. From what i've seen bloc and the rest do an good Job working beside the standards set by SMF's team in Tinyportal even in it's beta state.
Who know's where things will wind up, but I do know I can't wait to see Tinyportal in the next few releases. The new features (gallery,link manager etc.) and possibly blog addon etc.. are exactly what im looking for.
Yes they exist for SMF but having them properly setup and tied into Tinyportal is a great thing.
SMFforum Integration module
http://drupal.org/project/smfforum
api used
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=146207.0
TinyPortal/SMF , you say the XHTML usually doesn't validate.
If the system was only operated by the webmaster, i.e. no users are permitted to add content (except in the forum) and files were edited to comply then would the overall site validate or is there more to it.
Only I am thinking of using this combo for a site revamp which already validates and is WAI level A compliant, would it be a difficult task to keep on top of sloppy code output?
If all content is done by you, then its quite possible. Perhaps not all of TP code is validated - that is something i am working on - but by turning off WYSIWYG editor and code by hand the content will be valid at least. Only way is to try I guess.
Thanks, I'll give it a go.
I have just downloaded SMF and Tiny, hope to set them both up tomorrow on my server.
Quote from: vb on February 15, 2007, 05:17:52 PM
SMFforum Integration module
http://drupal.org/project/smfforum
api used
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=146207.0
Looks interesting. I'll have to play with it sometime soon :)
I have coppermine 149 but I had in integrated with phpBB2 for accounts.Now I have migrated to smf forum how do I reconnect the bridge to smf and not loose all the albums and work I have done there. I have quite a bunch up there.also the databases are separate servers. can that be migrated? if so how would you do it.also I have the attachments mod for phpBB2 installed on the site and I migrated to smf. howver I have lost all attachments in all my posts. is there a way to get them back? maybe through some clever SQL? or is there something that will fix that. I have tons of attachments that I can not see in any of my posts. I have at least 500mb of data!!So I would like to fix these issues. Please helpthanks-peter
I'm not an expert on Coppermine, but based on my experience with it...
Login with the username and password you created when you installed Coppermine
Click on "Admin Tools"
Scroll down to the bottom and click on "Bridge Manager"
You should see your current bridge settings
Click on "Start Bridge Wizard"
Go through the wizard to bridge it to SMF instead.
As for the attachments - After you run the converter all the way through, there should be an option to convert attachments.
the problem is that I have the board setup already and I did not see the option to port over the attachments. is there a way to possibly run that part after the install was already done. I really need this part to work for me. I have quite a bit to synch up and it would be terrible if I could not fix this. maybe there is a file that just does this part to pix things after the fact?maybe someone can code one up really quick? I really need the help here and I think others might have run into this problem as well so it would benefit everyone.thanks-peter
I'll take a look at it and see if I can just cut it down to that part.
Quote from: Oldiesmann
SMFforum Integration module
http://drupal.org/project/smfforum
api used
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=146207.0
/quote]
Looks interesting. I'll have to play with it sometime soon :)
Play with
Drupal 5 module smfforum.module updated.
Now with support of avatar synchronisation and displaying SMF in frame inside Drupal 5.
Last version is not in Drupal CVS yet.
You can download and test last updated version from Download page http://vgb.org.ru/download.
Drupal 5 module smfforum.module (updated smf_api_2 already included) http://vgb.org.ru/files/smfforum-5.x-1.0-dev.tar.gz
smf_api_2 matches and works with SMF 1.1.3
Sorry is it hard to add a portal, or is it as easy as adding the mods.
It may vary depending on which system you use, but for the most part it's as easy as installing a mod.
Hi could this thread be updated?
I will try to update it soon.
SMF integrates fine with the recent version of PHPWCMS via SSI.php.
Just wanted to let you guys know that.
To integrate SSI open index.php (in root)
Find:
require_once (PHPWCMS_ROOT.'/include/inc_lib/dbcon.inc.php');
Insert after:
include ('/path_to_ssi/SSI.php');
thanks
Regarding the first post here, there are a few dead links in there.
CPG Nuke - thread does not exist. I checked their forums and it seems they are wary of integrating with SMF as it not GPL.
Enigma - Seems to be a dead project. Sphinx (http://dynscs.com/software/sphinx/) can be used to upgrade your old Enigma install though.
Envolution is dead.
Geeklog - There is no current integration so not sure why this listed - a search for SMF on Geeklog's forums returns a 5 year old integration with YabbSE..
Jetbox has no mention of SMF on their current site here (http://jetbox.streamedge.com/).
LDU is now Seditio and has no SMF integration.
Joomla/Mambo - Joomla should be removed due to licensing issues (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=184557)?
NextCMS - has no integration.
PHP Fusion - has no integration.
PostNuke - the thread listed is no longer available. There is no current bridge but it seems some are working on it (http://community.postnuke.com/module-Forum-search.htm).
CMSSimple - There is no current integration.
TikiWiki - There is no current integration.
Xaraya - Their only forum integration seems to be for Invision.
Edge Portal - There is no current integration.
ocPortal - There is no current integration.
Which begs the question - why are these all still listed when some go as far back as YabbSE? :P
I personally would like to see someone work on ModX (http://modxcms.com/SMF-Forum-Integration-918.html). I tried it with the current version of SMF and a bridged Coppermine - it breaks the bridge somehow. Also, you cannot use SMF's login system which is not what I want as ModX do not validate email addresses when users sign up initially. It would be great if someone could get this working so that you can use SMF's log-in rather than the ModX one.
Another system I would be interested to see working with SMF is Elgg (http://elgg.org/) - the forums provided are basic but the system itself is impressive.
Thanks for the info. I'll try to update that list when I have time.
Would be awfully nice if someone could give the main topic of this thread a thurough update. Many interesting links in that thread, but most are vastly outdated.
it surprises me that I never found or read this thread till date.
Mkportal info needs updating. I'm running the latest version (mkp C1.2rc1) with SMF 1.1.4.
All seems to work fine. Very easy to install and set up.
Is there a list of all bridges available for blog systems to link to SMF?
I am looking for a way to bridge SMF with a blog just like wordpress/vbulletin bridge, whenever I send an article from w.bloggar to my blog, I want that article to also appear in a category in SMF.
I am just trying to find a blog that supports remote posting which I can bridge to SMF,
well, as far as I know, the bridges for wordpress to smf are only to join users, not to do double posting.
But, why even bother with a separate blog? You can set up an SMF board with a blog-like theme... (afterall, a blog is pretty much just a modified-look forum)
I know, but the thing is we already have a SMF board with a certain setup, but we just wanted to add a blog to the home page, and have everything duplicated in SMF.
Another problem with SMF board with blog-like theme (can you direct me to one, please?), you cannot post remotely to it. Or can you?
bloggy102 is a decent blog-looking theme... and there are a few others.
and there is a post-by-email mod for SMF, if that is what you mean by remote posting.
Uhm, why not just install one of the nice blog-mods?
Kindred, thanks. I will check. I didn't know there was post by e-mail mod for SMF.
Sadr, what do you mean by blog-mods?
yes you can install it easily
Thanks for compiling this list. It's very helpful.
Thank you for the list. I'm using Tinyportal at the moment, very cool software and fully integrated with SMF. Also has a great side-community.
Quote from: Roz-pT on November 02, 2008, 06:27:40 PM
Thank you for the list. I'm using Tinyportal at the moment, very cool software and fully integrated with SMF. Also has a great side-community.
I'm also using TP with SMF, and it is stable with 1.1.7.
Quote from: Sadr on February 28, 2008, 07:36:06 PM
Uhm, why not just install one of the nice blog-mods?
Do you mean that I can just use SMF and a mere PLUG IN will replace the need to configure it and twist it into Joomla, Drupal, or Wordpress? You mean I've had it exactly back to front? All this time I've been trying to learn how to customise Joomla's templates to get a "nice look" and just hopping that Agora (their plug-in forum, which to be fair actually seems quite powerful) would style up nicely after I've tinkered with heaps of CSS? ::)
You mean... there's a blog plug in... that will work with the template/theme of SMF!!!!
This may just be the most important "throw away" comment on a bulletin board that I've read in my last frantic month of searching the internet for the perfect solution. I don't even want the "blog" to have comments, because all discussion will be encouraged back over into the forums. I just want a neat little "blog" to "fit" in with my forum as a "website home page" that can link to a bunch of articles, maybe upload some stuff, and is basically easy to backup and use. :D
Hey, is this easy to backup and use? I haven't used SMF yet, am an outsider looking in. How do I backup? (Sorry to get off topic, but I'm in a rush... a link to something else would be fine).
Otherwise, if you think I should just install Wordpress... and maybe even keep the database of each project separate (just in case my activist community want to try a new blog or new forum), are there WP themes that look like SMF themes? It might come to running 2 different groups of software (and databases) but one neat solution would be SOOOOO nice after the last few months of searching.
Cheers.
yes, there are several blog plug-ins for SMF. Some are a blog system tacked into the SMF functions (felBlog and zCommunity) and a few are just modifications to the layout that make the forum LOOK and ACT like a blog, but are really just themes.
And there is an SMF bridge to Wordpress as well...
(User edit: I deleted my this post as it was a bit unclear and potentially offensive)
??? both felBlog and zCommunity are plug-ins that install through SMF's package manager.
Hi kindred,
I deleted my previous post as it was a bit unclear and potentially offensive. I did not mean to sound carping. I appreciate all your input into my understanding of the SMF community mods. :D
I'm just nervous about making the wrong decision for a growing activist community when I'm so inexperienced at all this. My concerns have been spelt out in a few threads, such as keeping the future of our group "flexible" and not locked too much into the one software solution. (Let me quickly add that SMF seems GREAT and this is more about the young state of our group, and needing to be flexible as our talent-base grows, not a comment on SMF.)
So given that in another thread someone (maybe you?) said that the databases can get a bit mixed in together, surely it is better if I keep the forum and blog apart? (We'll only have about 5 to 10 bloggers anyway, and the rest of the forum will be about discussing what our blogging "experts" have written).
One thing I'm wondering is why there are so many different SMF community mods? Surely it would be more effective if they all got together and pooled coding and theme-ing resources? Which is the most popular, and why? How well supported are they? Why a community-plug in, and not just keep them apart?
because different people have different ways of appraching things, including interfacing and programming.
there are at least 6 gallery mods for smf as well as 4 or 5 bridges to gallery software packages.
The nice thing about open source is that anyone can write a mod for the system (of course, that's also the hazardous thing about it... ANYONE can write a mod)
Personally, I have recently decided to dump Menalto Gallery2, mambo, mamblog and smf - all bridged, and go for an SMF internal solution with EZportal, SMF Articles, SM Gallery and zCommunity.
QuoteEZportal, SMF Articles, SM Gallery and zCommunity.
Woah, but there's a whole bunch of potential problems when you want to upgrade to the next SMF? Isn't it better to keep things "vanilla" as possible to avoid being stuck at one level of SMF while you wait for the add-on developers to upgrade?
BTW... EZportal... is that a home page and blog? Why do you need
articles as well?
EZportal has a front page and columns with modules/blocks.
Articles is just what it suggests.... which is different from the portal function.
and yes... it means that major upgrades wither need to wait until the mods also get upgraded.... but honestly, that is true about bridges as well. Minor upgrades can be done via the package manager.
So how's the theme work out? Do users need to whip up another header and theme for the portal as well, or does it integrate into the header already devised for the SMF?
All the current portal mods for SMF do this, thats one of the main advantages of being a built-in mod instead of a bridge. They use the SMF theme system and will generally also use the SMF styles, so the look is consistent.
A note on the fear that some of these might disappear: currently 3 of the portal mods, EzPortal, SimplePortal and TinyPortal are maintained by team members of SMF. Meaning they will most likely stand a good chance of being around for quite some time and thus not be a risk factor for the users.
Thanks for that, that is quite tempting.
One last thing.
Does using these complicate the database so that the forum is locked into whatever SMF/portal combination we have forever, or can we separate them out?
And... (this is the activist / "big picture" in me coming out)... is there any chance of these portals getting together and combining resources? Is it technically possible to run scripts that might merge/convert them into one larger portal?
Just dreaming... of site long term security....
uhm, last question first: I can only speak for myself, my goal is a portal with can plugin several modules made over time. Smaller galleries, smaller blogs etc. ...things that most don't need a fullblown version of, but integrated easily and not being totally ddifferent mods. One portal + many portal modules so to speak. The only thing it needs then is the forum itself of course.
As for the others I am not sure what direction they will go, but I do know they all cover more or less the same areas. TinyPortal was first out of those three, so I guess some of its ideas has found its way into the others - but at this point you would get the same from all three, but in varying execution and style, and with varying "extras".
No, they should not complicate things: I believe all three use their own tables as to not interfere with SMF tables(again, not 100% sure) and the forum functions fine without them. In fact, being mods, you can just do a upgrade for SMF(the same version for example) and it will eradicate the mod's modifcations easily, getting back to a pristine SMF forum - save for portal specific files and tables.
Well that doesn't sound too scary. I guess if I can actually style up my forum then maybe these plugins might be less intimidating and "dangerous" than I thought. Cheers for that.
thanks for all the hard work to bring ius this list. i am wondering about using a portal on a different domain and server to my forum. any ody know if it is possible to do such a thing easily?
no... not easily