PHP Portals... will it....

[Lonestar]

Hey, I'm curious -- what is the status on this project? Now that my whole website's pretty much gone AWOL and I'm having to start over almost from scratch, I'm curious if maybe this thing would be worth my time. Especially considering that our Director is not very happy with my current site design.  

I actually have a couple specific questions about PHPNuke, besides just the Current Status, I mean since you guys seem to be combining your efforts or whatever...

I'm wondering, because I don't know anything about PHPNuke, if it would be possible once this project is complete to use the portal software to create two seperate site areas with the same member account information -- i.e., one website/portal with a mini-site for Staff Members and a mini-site for Everyone Else... including having two seperate YaBB SE forums.

Additionally, how customizable is PHPNuke? I mean, can I have pretty much whatever I want on different pages? Or is it limited to certain types of content? I.E., do I HAVE to have News on the main page, or can I move that to somewhere else if I so choose? Things like that.

I know this isn't necessarily the BEST place to ask these questions, but frankly I find PHPNuke's site just a little... er, ok, dauntingly overwhelming.

PHPNuke is very customizable. Ive found you can take any template and make it any way you like. You can make your own template if you want. The news question you asked usually stays on the main page (index.php) so in order to have the news somewhere else would make you have to do lots of editing. The news only goes on the index page though not everywhere else.

As for the minisite question, it is also possible. When using PHPNuke your able to have content viewed by everyone, or viewed by registered users, or viewed by admins. So technically you can have one huge informational site, but the range of what one sees would depend upon their access rights. You need one whole database for PHPNuke sites, ive never seen two "minisites" blended into one DB, however i wouldnt say its impossible. You can have many nuke sites based on one DB and screw around with the viewable stuff and access rights to suit your needs.

When dealing with PHPNuke your ultimately dealing with blocks and modules. If your really familiar with PHP programming you can have it do almost anything you wish. PHPNuke is very easily customizable and in no way should intimidate anyone. With the plethora of MODS made for it and the HUGE amounts of templates you can make 100 sites in weeks if not days with a little editing in notepad and some imagination PHPNuke can do anything your heart desires.

Overwhelming? When looking at it and not delving in it. Once your using it its easy and fun to use. Try it, but make sure to use 5.4 and not 5.5, the latter being the buggiest ive seen. 5.4 is very good and not buggy at all from what ive seen. 5.3 however is also very good but 5.4 is the best version ive seen to date. Again i dont recommend 5.5

If your patient wait for 6, i can just imagine what that one will be like, i cant wait. My main site is PHPNuke 5.4 with many different mods implemented. I can even send a newsletter to registered users in HTML format with a simple click of the button. I dont even have to touch Outlook Express.

Try it you'll love it.

[Kalin Somphane]

hey, who is making installers? I think I could make the installer, but I think it is going to take me a whole lot of time, except if i just flat out steal the code from the YABBSE installer.

Very soon i am also going to need some beta testers. And Matt this time I am not going to ruin your whole board like last time...

[tore-]

sign me up for beta

[Kalin Somphane]

I think I am going to make a separate thread for beta signups as soon as the thing is ready for beta testing.

[M']

I'd like to try to be beta tester. If it's posible you can send information to me by send to [email protected]

[Matt Siegman]

it will be a public beta process, mainly because we will have worked out all the bugs

[tazthedev]

will test for bugs too...

[email protected]

[Kevin21]

I have been following your posts for some time now, I am very impressed so far.  I for one will be a Yuke user.  I am not much of a coder, but I am willing to help in any way I can.

Good luck, and I will be sitting here waiting for the beta to be released.  

[teksys]

PHP-Nuke can't even be compared to Post-Nuke, i think. PostNuke is 100% better.

my two cents..

I prefer PHPNuke over postnuke, whoever is doing that consider there are more phpnuke users than postnuke users I believe.

[Jedi~]

There's always YaPP later on....

[Matt Siegman]

too bad we are using PHPNuke

Jedi~: shut up we will be done first

PHP-Nuke can't even be compared to Post-Nuke, i think. PostNuke is 100% better.

my two cents..

I prefer PHPNuke over postnuke, whoever is doing that consider there are more phpnuke users than postnuke users I believe.

[Jedi~]

Hehe, I know  

[KnightTemplar]

Have you all seen this?

http://bbtonuke.sourceforge.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=42

[vcnick]

may i know which php portal will be combine with YaBBse currently or you guys will have a totally new php portal that buildin yabbse.

[David]

They will be two totally seperate pieces of software.