phpBB3 Website Integration Framework | Whizby Basic

[Highway of Life]

Author: Highway of Life
Package: phpBB3 Website Integration Framework / Whizby Basic
Version: 1.0.0-b1 (Public Preview Release)

Description: This framework allows you to easily and quickly create a complete website around the phpBB3 framework. It contains all the basic functions and classes you would need to create your own pages quickly and easily. All you need to do is create a simple PHP controller (this contains your "logic") and a template file.
There are instructions included within the package (/docs/INSTALL.html) for installation, requiements and usage.

Installation Time: ~2 minutes
Demo: phpBB.com, STG and many other sites use this type of framework, it functions the same way from the user perspective.
Screenshots: N/A

Support: Support for this package will be provided within this topic.

Bugs: Currently, please report all bugs in this topic.

Feature Requests: For feature requests or suggestions, please post them in this topic.

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[Erik Frèrejean]

Thnx David,
I had a quick look and looks pretty solid

Spoiler:

No I have to find some time to have a good look at it

[Mr_Bond Deadpool]

I'm definitely going to check this out

[Creaky]

Brilliant, exactly the type of thing I was looking for.

[Tutorone Rod]

It appears that you need to create a directory on your system in order to install this package ... is that correct?

[Highway of Life]

It appears that you need to create a directory on your system in order to install this package ... is that correct?

It?s meant to be the root of your website, although you can put it in a directory if you wish. Either way, it?s compatible.
It just requires a running phpBB3 installation and that?s all.

[Tutorone Rod]

Thank you for your reply.

I currently have the forum in the root directory which means over writing forum files which would create problems as the some website files have the same names.

If I set up the website in the root directory, then I should move the forum into another directory ... correct?

[Highway of Life]

option #1: Instead of overwriting the directories, you would simply add the files from /includes/ to the phpBB3 /includes/ directory... cache will just use the phpBB3 cache directory, then /template/ and /theme/ are unique directories, so you won't conflict there. Obviously you'll want to remove the framework's index.php file, and create your own file.

option #2: You can create a new directory for this framework, such as /framework/ and all new files will just point to this directory.

[mattm]

I apologize in advance for my ignorance. I'm still new to phpBB. I've been using the article from the Knowledge Base - Add a New Custom Page to phpBB http://phpbbcom.phpbbservice.nl/kb/article/add-a-new-custom-page-to-phpbb.html. I installed this package (thank you very much for making it available) and I notice some similarities with the .php controller file and the .html template files I've been making. Should I re-do the pages utilizing this new package?
Also, would there be any way to insert my header, and maybe footer around a copy of MediaWiki I've installed? Or rather run the MediaWiki program inside my header and footer? Keeping the header would really be nice for website continuity.

Thank you for your time,
Matt

[Highway of Life]

Should I re-do the pages utilizing this new package?

You shouldn?t have to completely redo it, you should be able to just adjust a few things within your PHP Controller to make it work with this framework.

Also, would there be any way to insert my header, and maybe footer around a copy of MediaWiki I've installed? Or rather run the MediaWiki program inside my header and footer? Keeping the header would really be nice for website continuity.

Unfortunately, I do not know enough about MediaWiki to tell you for sure, but I would wager that you need to copy your header/footer to Media wiki's template to use the same theme.