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[dontwannaname Friend dontwannanameJoin date: February 2009Posts: 10Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#137864

Hello,

Im looking into getting JA Sanidine 1 or 2 but before I make a move I have a few questions. My current site is using a portal of phpbb3 which limits us with a full grown site and expansion. So questions…

1. Is it possible to wrap phpbb with no header and is there a theme that matches the template? Is there also a theme for vbulletin? I cant choose whether vbulletin would be a better option.

2. I have only used Joomla once and I would want to integrate a donation system to show the last person who donated and add them to a members group in the forum. Is this possible?

3. I have never used such a graphic intensive site before and may have trouble filling it up. Will this be a big issue? I am not super good at photoshop but would need to add a new background to it to make it unique and TF2ish.

4. I currently use a shared godaddy hosting package on linux, will this still be sufficient?

My current site: http://www.topnotchclan.com

A site using the template that I like: http://www.5e-community.com

[wooohanetworks Friend wooohanetworksJoin date: September 2008Posts: 1239Downloads:0Uploads:2 Thanks: 148 Thanked: 138 times in 41 posts]

#290062

I think some questions, also by some gaming related users, already have been answered in this thread http://www.joomlart.com/forums/topic/pre-sales-questions-how-commond/

As far to the phpBB3 question, as by now there is no theme for this board at Joomlart.com.
Same with vBulletin. Donation system can be integrated, you should look at http://extensions.joomla.org for one that fits your needs, only look for those marked “native 1.5” to avoid browsing extensions that are not supported by the actual version. To the graphics, refer to the thread with the link above. With GoDaddy, simply use the search function of the forum, here are some threads in the public area that handle issues with this host.

Hope it helps!

[scotty Friend scottyJoin date: March 2008Posts: 2339Downloads:0Uploads:13 Thanks: 76 Thanked: 827 times in 595 posts]

#290063

dontwannaname;1104101. Is it possible to wrap phpbb with no header and is there a theme that matches the template? Is there also a theme for vbulletin? I cant choose whether vbulletin would be a better option.[/quote]Yes. phpBB is very easy to adapt to Sanidine. Eg here… http://illusionnetwork.co.uk/forum/

scotty wrote:

2. I have only used Joomla once and I would want to integrate a donation system to show the last person who donated and add them to a members group in the forum. Is this possible?

Yes. See http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/search/1/donations/

3. I have never used such a graphic intensive site before and may have trouble filling it up. Will this be a big issue?

No. It’s only as ‘graphic intensive’ as you decide it to be.

4. I currently use a shared godaddy hosting package on linux, will this still be sufficient?

GoDaddy is capable of hosting such a site. Although I would never recommend Godaddy in the first place. Very poor host tbh.

[dontwannaname Friend dontwannanameJoin date: February 2009Posts: 10Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#290069

Ok, thanks. Would you guys be able to make me a background by chance? I looked at all the donation mods and found one. Also, how do you integrate the joomla and phpbb logins into one? Godaddy has been pretty nice but speed can be slow and they are stubburn about security.

[dontwannaname Friend dontwannanameJoin date: February 2009Posts: 10Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#290176

What is the best way to make this transition? I want to keep my forums up while I work on moving the site over and setting it up.

[q8anime Friend q8animeJoin date: February 2009Posts: 2Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#290178

Well for a gaming clan i think this template will work great for you

[dontwannaname Friend dontwannanameJoin date: February 2009Posts: 10Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#290385

Forget the last question, What is the difference between Sanidine 1 and 2 other than color? Are there any known phpbb templates that match and do I use community building to integrate the logins? How do I get donators that donate from joomla get put into a user group in forums?

[swemmel Friend swemmelJoin date: February 2006Posts: 794Downloads:34Uploads:53 Thanks: 36 Thanked: 64 times in 1 posts]

#290414

dontwannaname;110905…. do I use community building to integrate the logins?

There are 2 bridges for phpBB3 that I know of:

• jFusion
• RokBridge

As far as I know, jFusion works also with CommunityBuilder. For RokBridge I do not know.

Regards,
Peter

[dontwannaname Friend dontwannanameJoin date: February 2009Posts: 10Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#290418

So what does community builder do then? What if I wanted to change my forums from phpbb to vbulletin in a year, if I was able to convert the forum database over would people still be able to login from joomla?

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