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@Hakkinen
I haven't come across a solution that links between an external forum and XOOPS mentioned anywhere here. There are commercial PHP solutions available that act as a bridge between a membership list and an application, like aMember Pro.
http://membership.cgi-central.net/scripts/amember/Xoops is on their list, as is phpBB, but I don't know whether it could sign people up for both at the same time.
@ karedokx
Spent half an hour again at bbpixel.com and saw your post regarding upgrading x-phpbb to deal with the Santy worm issue. Not a promising response really. This is exactly the problem anyone considering a forum mod needs to consider... will you get help/security patches if things go wrong.
Of the two on offer, the Invision Power Board module seems better supported (appears to keep m0nty busy!).
@m0nty
I understand that a fully-automated upgrade of XOOPS would be out of the question if I used this, but with a little work, am I right in believing it is possible to keep the IPB board and XOOPS upgraded?
I would be quite happy to use NewBB, but it's a real frustration not to have a 'new posts' feature, but then have cool features like the ability to save a post as a PDF file.
I believe some changes in NewBB are planned, but I would like to know what they are.