I am very new to this, please don't get upset if this question has already been answered somewhere.
I am interested in using UBB.classic 6.5.0 and I was told that I cannot use php-nuke as a portal, is this true? And,if so, what portal can I use?
Thanks

From what I understand the only forum software you can use with php nuke is phpbb. As for the second question I haven't come across any portal software that works with UBB so Im interested in this as well

You might check with JC over at www.ubbdesign.com - he's ported ubb.classic and ubb.threads to use nuke as a front end. We're using something written specifically for ubb.threads at www.ubbdev.com that is real nice and easy to setup as well. There's content islands available to do 90% of what portals do in the base code for ubb.classic

Thanks for your quick reply. I will check into those sites.

JC's php "portal" is not integrated with the UBB, if I'm not mistaken.

If I'm not mistaken, JC's PHP page is JCDex for threads.

I've been developing a PHP based site that uses my UBB's member base for authentication. It isn't quite ready for public release, as it still has a number of bugs and quirks. It uses content islands, the PHP login code I posted, UBBnews.php which I posted, and a few other things that I custom wrote for my site.

As of right now, it seems the best way to do a portal for UBB.classic is to write something in Perl or PHP custom or you could try the ubb_portal.pl that was written. If you are looking for some of the features of PHPNuke or PostNuke, you might want to consider developing your own or hacking the portal software which is a challenge

Yes, you can use php nuke as a portal for UBB.classic. But the question is, do you have the knowledge and time to do it. It would require massive modding of the UBB or php nuke in order to integrate the two. You would either have to modify the php nuke code so it uses a flat file system based off of your member files from UBB, or modify your UBB to use the php nuke members table from the database. Doing either of these is probably not worth it as it would take rediculous amounts of time. Like Sub Zero said, if you know a good amount about UBB, you could develop your own portal which would be much easier than modding the member systems of one of the scripts.

I would recommend you just stick with the content islands, or else try out the ubb_portal.pl.

"Portal"...Now that is something I haven't heard for a while. I guess partially that's my bad.

mmmm hmmm

I have one...

Haven't updated it to 6.5 though, seeing how my site has had some serious downtime.

I have one...if it qualifies as a portal

Hehe, Sub. I'm still stuck on one thing (although I haven't touched it for a while). Ahh well...