Hi list,
What's the best current way of doing forums in Drupal? I'd prefer something a bit more featureful than the stock Drupal forum module. I've had a look at the third-party forum integration modules but I'd appreciate a bit of advice on which one works best.
Cheers,
Tim
Hi Tim I supose it's the phpbb wich are the best. http://www.phpbb.com/ I have never seen smf integrated with Drupal. I know there are a module for smf-forum. http://www.simplemachines.org/. Go to this adress and lokk http:linux1.no they use phpbb and if you wondering for something, ask there. They have experions.
Regards Ole Martin Meyer
Tim Vaughan skrev:
Hi list,
What's the best current way of doing forums in Drupal? I'd prefer something a bit more featureful than the stock Drupal forum module. I've had a look at the third-party forum integration modules but I'd appreciate a bit of advice on which one works best.
Cheers,
Tim
dupal1.no wrote:
Hi Tim I supose it's the phpbb wich are the best. http://www.phpbb.com/
Ugh. phpbb is a security nightmare, not to mention a maintenance one.
Susan
Please , explain. Maybe I will learn something :-}
Susan Stewart skrev:
dupal1.no wrote:
Hi Tim I supose it's the phpbb wich are the best. http://www.phpbb.com/
Ugh. phpbb is a security nightmare, not to mention a maintenance one.
Susan
dupal1.no wrote:
Please , explain. Maybe I will learn something :-}
Susan Stewart skrev:
dupal1.no wrote:
Hi Tim I supose it's the phpbb wich are the best. http://www.phpbb.com/
Ugh. phpbb is a security nightmare, not to mention a maintenance one.
Susan
phpbb isn't actually modular like drupal -- its add-ons require code to be cut-and-pasted by hand into the phpbb core files. This is a VERY error-prone process, and a mistaken paste can break the whole system visibly -- or worse, invisibly with a gaping security hole that isn't obvious to the average admin. Also, this becomes complicated the more add-ons you get, as line numbers change (pasting 14 lines of code at line 31 for module X makes your paste for module Y at line 984 31 lines off), making the insertion of add-on code even more error-prone.
In order to upgrade to a new version or security patch, you must re-install (i.e. re-cut-and-paste all of the add-ons you have).
Security patches don't come along as fast as I'd like them, but that's a matter of personal preference, I guess. I have extremely high expectations for that sort of thing.
What's worse is the security holes that don't get fixed. I ran a phpbb forum for a couple of months, and discovered several cross-site scripting, request forgery, and other vulnerabilities. (I'm no security expert, I'm sure there are more.) Most of them had already been in the phpbb issue tracker for weeks or more without being handled, and some were critical.
It's entirely possible that phpbb has gotten their act in order since I ran it a year and a half ago, but their reputation says otherwise. I'm quite happy with drupal forums (though I'd like to see some of the changes we discussed during Drupalcon last month come through to make them even better). I can't imagine using phpbb again.
Susan
Op woensdag 11 april 2007, schreef Tim Vaughan:
I'd prefer something a bit more featureful than the stock Drupal forum module.
Many people make this 'logical error'. In drupal; its not the "forum" module that must provide all the forum features. Its other modules that are used with the forum module that make it featureful.
Really: look at the contribs and you will find 90% of your features are covered. Its just that they are not covered *inside* the forum module, that many people make this mistake. And the last 10%? Most often a case of two days of development.
Bèr
There is no one best solution for everyone.
The advantage of a Drupal forum is integration with the site's content and feel in any way you want. Many people try to migrate from other forum solutions to Drupal for this reason. To get an idea about what you need for implementing a full-featured Drupal forum take a look here:
Kick-start: List of modules required for phpBB/vBulletin clone http://groups.drupal.org/node/1780
Plan of attack for Drupal 6.x core forum module http://groups.drupal.org/node/3466
The advantage of a third party forum is its familiar look and that it is more or less ready to use. There are a couple of Drupal modules available for integrating with Drupal's users.
phpbb module http://drupal.org/project/phpbb
SMFforum Integration module http://drupal.org/project/smfforum
Drupal vBulletin module http://drupal.org/project/drupalvb
On 4/11/07, Tim Vaughan tim@timvaughan.co.uk wrote:
Hi list,
What's the best current way of doing forums in Drupal? I'd prefer something a bit more featureful than the stock Drupal forum module. I've had a look at the third-party forum integration modules but I'd appreciate a bit of advice on which one works best.
Cheers,
Tim
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Yup, I'd much prefer to use a native Drupal forum setup. I'm just playing around at the moment with UIEforum which looks ok although I'm guessing it will be obseleted if the DruBB project gets running for 6.x. The main advantages for me of a native Drupal forum are a consistent theme and having a single user table.
Thanks for the links, I'll take a look and see what works best :)
Tim
On 4/11/07, Cog Rusty cog.rusty@gmail.com wrote:
There is no one best solution for everyone.
The advantage of a Drupal forum is integration with the site's content and feel in any way you want. Many people try to migrate from other forum solutions to Drupal for this reason. To get an idea about what you need for implementing a full-featured Drupal forum take a look here:
Kick-start: List of modules required for phpBB/vBulletin clone http://groups.drupal.org/node/1780
Plan of attack for Drupal 6.x core forum module http://groups.drupal.org/node/3466
The advantage of a third party forum is its familiar look and that it is more or less ready to use. There are a couple of Drupal modules available for integrating with Drupal's users.
phpbb module http://drupal.org/project/phpbb
SMFforum Integration module http://drupal.org/project/smfforum
Drupal vBulletin module http://drupal.org/project/drupalvb
On 4/11/07, Tim Vaughan tim@timvaughan.co.uk wrote:
Hi list,
What's the best current way of doing forums in Drupal? I'd prefer something a bit more featureful than the stock Drupal forum module. I've had a look at the third-party forum integration modules but I'd appreciate a bit of advice on which one works best.
Cheers,
Tim
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Op woensdag 11 april 2007, schreef Tim Vaughan:
UIEforum
I hope this is no longer the case, but when it was released, this system was a) full of serious security holes b) very unDrupalish c) hardly integrated.
I know the author spent a lot of time on it since; but in any case my advice is to do a serious security check before getting into that module.
Bèr
Cog Rusty wrote:
Kick-start: List of modules required for phpBB/vBulletin clone http://groups.drupal.org/node/1780
Plan of attack for Drupal 6.x core forum module http://groups.drupal.org/node/3466
The advantage of a third party forum is its familiar look and that it is more or less ready to use. There are a couple of Drupal modules available for integrating with Drupal's users.
phpbb module http://drupal.org/project/phpbb
SMFforum Integration module http://drupal.org/project/smfforum
Drupal vBulletin module http://drupal.org/project/drupalvb
Anybody care to comment on either making Drupal Forums look like Phorum, or the Phorum integration module? (I've used stand-alone Phorum on several sites, and I'm a big fan of its look and feel).
Miles
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