Why to change NewBB???

- Does PhpBb or IBF have "threaded view" options ?
(This is very important for looong discussions)
- Is it possible to integrate it with XOOPS "Comments"?
(This is also important for finding a specific user's messages)

I'm fine with NewBB. The one and only question about it "Why there is no Neasted view option like Comments?"

copy the code then paste into frontpage if you have it then copy from the frontpage then paste it into php file
that what i do when andrey post his best hacks

This is coming from a total PHP / CMS newbie purely from the viewpoint of manageablity and functionality and site layout. I almost chose PHP-Nuke over XOOPS with one of the main reasons being PHP-Nukes use of the phpBB forums (I also like the Somara XP theme for PHP-Nuke, I'm sick I know ) . One of the other major issues I have is with XOOPS is the CSS aligment issues with the seemingly very broken IE 5.X.

The things that stopped me was the rather hacky method it seems to take to get PHP-Nuke to work on a W2K / IIS server (especially in comparison to XOOPS), and reading through some of the post here saying how far ahead the XOOPS project is compared to the others which I'm inclined to believe given the very slick installation and general feel of XOOPS. The other thing was I've now come across several XOOPS based sites that don't seem to suffer the CSS layout issues I have at all indicating to me there must be an achieveable fix which I'm yet to persue.

Anyway, my point being although the newbb forums are totally functional, imho they lack a lot of statistical and management features that phpbb seems to offer. In the end I suppose it comes down to I'm looking for a complete cms, not one that'll just do the job. I think XOOPS is so close it's frustrating seeing it not taking that little bit further to improve on what I see as almost its only weakness (that being lack of top notch forums), especially when I lack the programming skills to be able to contribute in the area.

Just my 2 cents...

Andrey, I get multiple lines if i paste your first in example into notepade (using Mozilla and Win98 SE). But I believe you that there are situations where a problem might arise.

My problem with pasting code was that it will be automatically line-wrapped! Argh, I do use long lines with all the indenting and commenting. Your hack/fix also does a line-wrapping at 100.

And if your hacks are really bug fixes, consider submitting them to the Sourceforge bug tracker! Perhaps Ono finds some time and merges your patches.

"Compatibility" and "(in)dependence" are two things to be thought about... btw, newbb is cool and works fine and fast

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mikhail miguel

its great to have other forum mods but upgrading will be painful if XOOPS upgrade.

anyway: XOOPS is a CMS, its not a FORUM.

although its great to have an exceptional CMS with an exceptional Forum, I'm happy with XOOPS as an exceptional CMS at the moment.

I'm not willing to say goodbye to newbb yet.

ahhh! by suggesting adopting it as an offical module, I meant that the actual core mods will then become intergrated as part of the core. Sorry if didnt make it clear.

In a ideal world possiby could work as
the devs would then just have to ensure on the forum side that the hooks work

While the module side is maintained either outside or by part of the dev team,

Of course above is just a example, and may be a bit over simple and depends on many factors. As said not sure licence details, and all other stuff, would it effect/limit dev direction and so on

But at end of day the option of a fully intergrated uptodate phpbb module would to me be a step forwards
mike

thanks its work everything fine now

I don't mean to make this sound negative, but with both IBF and PHPBB modules, they make core changes to the XOOPS files, my only concern is that when Xoops.org upgrade there scripts, you will need to wait for the dev of these modules to upgrade his modules, especialy if you are inexperianced with php.

Although these modules are great, and the Developer has done a wounderful Job, you have to take this into account and bare this in mind, especialy if Xoops.org Dev's make a major Security updates, you will be left waiting until the mods are updated before upgrading your security.

This is another concern of mine with core hacks.

Sorry about this, but I feel it is something people should be aware of first.

No its a feature (c) ;)
Actually this it is made to prevent extra charge of the counter by simple updating of page.

Here is the hack:
file: \modules\newbb\viewtopic.php, serach for this lines

and chage it for this: Quote:

That's all!