Great to see someone working on the Mambo+SMF bridge again, Mambo sorely needs a real forum software.
Now, my plee is to make this bridge work with Community Builder. I have really gotten into ComBuilder after seeing the Enhanced version from MamboMe. It just makes the profiles really cool. See an example here: A profile at a cat site - Something like that, only with SMF instead of SimpleBoard - would rock!
Still, I know CB uses it's own user-table, so it might not work with this bridge? Would be great if one of the gurus could take a look at this!
I actually have the old version of SMF-Bridge integrated with CB login already. I just have to re-apply it to this new version. I will post it when its done.
I'm just having a social life today. My friends think i'm getting anti-social now .
Anyway, forget about the old files because there's a lot of hack there. Besides, the code completely changed since that early version. But, I think the enhancement should be easy. You can probably figure it out quickly.
I actually have the old version of SMF-Bridge integrated with CB login already. I just have to re-apply it to this new version. I will post it when its done.
That's fantastic news! Please let everyone know when you are done integrating your SMF with CB. That is going to be one of the marriages of the century (the other being SMF and Mambo).
BTW, I saw your post on the SMF forum regarding your views of wrapped inside mambo. Not exactly sure what you meant by that, but from my perspective, the more integrated SMF is inside mambo the better. Ideally, they would run off the same template and CSS files so the when you change the look of one, the other would change in the same way.
keymaster: Agreed, the more integrated, the better!
MamboMe released *another* new version of their Community Builder Enhanced today, with lots of new stuff. Guestbook for every user? Check it out here: http://mambome.com/content/view/58/2/ The development of this enhanced version is outperforming the original CB by miles
Anyway, yeah, I think lots and lots of mambers will be happy for a Community Builder + Mambo + SMF integration. I actually think there's a need for a good working example of the three, to show all the mambers what can be achieved with these three, as many seems to either not know of neither CB nor SMF, or what they can do... the sky is the limit
Although SMF seems to be a superior forum than simpleboard, there is currently no comparison with respect to integration.
In particular, the points one would still like to see in SMF integration are:
1. strong integration with CB, as per simpleboard. 2. strong integration with CB enhanced, as per simpleboard. 3. discussbot for mambo content items (very important). 4. driven off mambo template CSS and images. 5. don't want to see a separate login box for the SMF forum. The mambo login box is the only one we need to see. 6. don't want to see separate user profiles in both SMF and CB. The CB (especially the enhanced one at mambome.com) is far superior. It is confusing to see two profiles. 7. Mambo modules for most active thread, most recent posts, most active users.
Yes, I agree. That list would be good milestone. I guess it will take a while though, as these functions probably require some heavy modding of SMF.
I think that if you have pt 1. covered, you will automatically have nr 2 as well. The only thing needed then, is that MamboMe agrees to put some SMF config parameters in the integration tab of CBE, but my experience is that MrJeff will gladly allow that.
Admin: Do you think this wishlist is reasonable/reachable? What kind of timeframe are we talking?
I did a bit of research into exactly what makes SimpleBoard so "integrated".
So in the interests of helping things along, here are some details to help with further integrating SMF into mambo. If these are done, it may be that SMF will become the mambo forum of choice in place of SB.
1. Disable the ability to login to SMF - remove the SMF login box - remove the words "Please login or register" from the box at the top of the SMF page. - any other entrance to SMF login? If so, disable it too.
2. Interface with CB or CB Enhanced (of course, this may require changes by either mambome.com or mambojoe.com)
2a.Disable the SMF profile - when the user tries to change his profile, he should be sent to CB, where he can change his profile (for all components in a single place).
2b. Add the following stats to the CB profile - SMF karma - SMF # posts user made - SMF rank
2c. Amalgamated registration component which supports both CB/CBE and SMF.
3. Just take the following as is from SMF Bridge 3.x project (as per admin's earlier post).
3a. Stats modules - most recent posts, most active thread, most active users
3b. DiscussBot
4. Delete access to the SMF calendar functionality. The mambo calendars are much superior (extCalendar or events_calendar), and we don't need both.
5. CSS and image file integration - want SMF to use the same images and CSS as the rest of mambo. - I know little about this area, so no idea how ridiculous this sounds, but it is important to get the "look and feel" the same somehow.
That's it.
After these items, I believe SMF will overtake SB as the main forum component for mambo.
I don't believe it is of any great significance that the backend SMF admin panel is different. Most webmasters place first priority on the customer experience and making things "feel integrated" on the front end. If they have to forgo a tighter back end to get the greater power of SMF, they will, in my uneducated opinion, choose SMF.
« Last Edit: April 11, 2005, 03:37:40 AM by keymaster »
id also love to see this happen, i would ditch simpleboard is this happens Is there any news about something like happening??
It would be pretty simple, just have the option for SMF to disable its own profiles etc, and make it link up to community builders ones, also to add your posts count etc in the CB profile.
« Last Edit: April 05, 2005, 01:31:00 PM by alister »
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Is there any news about something like happening??
