Can anyone give me some thoughts on Mk Portal. My problem is that i hve spent the last few weeks making my portal look like a cms (
http://www.wheel-world.net/thewheelforum/portal.php) but i just found out that Mk Portal bridges with mybb so my question is, is there so many more features in Mk Portal that i should just forget about my Portal modifications?
Thanks.
Ps. I am not finished my portal yet, i still have a latest photos from my coppermine gallery section for my portal and a few other things so thats another question can i bridge both mybb and coppermine with Mk Portal so i can display latest uploads?
It really depends on your own needs. For me...I have no need for extensive front ends on most of my sites. For others they want a lot of bells and whistles. What do you want?
I am also interested in using Mkportal for MyBB since I prefer to have a powerful Portal Mod, like I had before with SMF and Tiny Portal. But I do have a few questions, maybe someone could help me with that.
This is from the README of the Mkportal Files:
Quote:Installing MKPortal is very simple:
1. The installation package (zip file) contains the "upload" folder. You should transfer the content of the "upload" folder to your webspace (for example http://www.example.com/) according to this scheme:
/forum (or any other name of the folder containing the board installed)
/mkportal (containing the content of "upload" folder)
/index.php (included in mkportal package)
You should obtain this structure (it's the only structure to make mkportal work correctly) :
http://www.example.com/forum
http://www.example.com/mkportal
http://www.example.com/index.php (mkportal main index)
If you have the board index on your website root you should move it into a subfolder (as shown in the example above).
2. Set write permissions (chmod 777) for the following files and directories and to their content:
mkportal/conf_mk.php
mkportal/cache
mkportal/blog
mkportal/blog/images
mkportal/templates/*
mkportal/lang/*
mkportal/modules/downloads/file
mkportal/modules/gallery/album
mkportal/modules/gallery/album/tmp
mkportal/modules/reviews/images
mkportal/modules/reviews/images/tmp
mkportal/blog/images/tmp
3. Now you can start the installation by typing the url:
http://www.example.com/mkportal/mk_install.php
Just follow the instructions and you're done
4. Important security notice: Remove the mk_install.php file and the mkportal/upgrades folder from the server.
The installation is finished!!
Have fun!!
If you want to view the board inside MKPortal you have to:
* set in the Mkportal Control Panel -> preferences the option "view the forum inside portal"
and modify the MyBB forum file /inc/functions.php as follows:
open /inc/functions.php
Find code:
$contents = $plugins->run_hooks("pre_output_page", $contents);
Add below:
//added from MKportal
define ( 'IN_MKP', 1 );
require_once "../mkportal/include/MYBB/mybb_out.php";
$contents = mkportal_board_out($contents);
//end added
Unfortunately my MyBB installation is in the root of a Subdomain. If I would move it now all to a folder, what would I have to change in MyBB settings to work with the new folder ? I mean, also Database changes, right ? Not sure, thats why I ask before I do anything wrong.
WarBirD
Well my site isnt based on the forum, the forum is just one part of it so some of the features would be usesful. I also have guides and things for people new to mountain biking (the topic of my site) and a few other things. I was planning to use the custom pages mod to do this. I thought the review feature of Mk Portal might also be handy. Basically the front end is pretty important.
Quote: You should obtain this structure (it's the only structure to make mkportal work correctly) :
http://www.example.com/forum
http://www.example.com/mkportal
http://www.example.com/index.php (mkportal main index)
Thanks for pointing this out. Its gona be a pain for me to do this. Does anyone know if it means it
Has to be in a directory called /forum or can you specify one Eg. /thewheelforum?
Oh Ps. Can you run portal.php in a directory other than the MyBB one? Because i read somewhere that you could and this would be handy.
Yes. You must change the directory of your forums. It's easy to do... Just make the folder and copy all your board files in the new folder. Then navigate to the new folder and go into your Admin CP and change Your board URL and cookie settings [wiki]Admin_CP_Board_Settings#General_Configuration[/wiki]
But Database etc. dont know the change before its done, so how about that ?
I decided just to use my portal. It looks like a cms anyway. I will still keep Mk Portal in mind though, maby for future sites.
I found it better to design my own front page and build everything from that using the Mybb as the core.
I think this is how most peopel seem to be going from what i have read around the forums and the help and information that is here is great if not the best of any of the forum communities.
The plugins that have and are being released offer most of the options you will get from a front end portal anyway and using Mybb means less hassles when updating and better support.
I looked at a few different portals when i started my current project evene started to build something then found Mybb and started from scratch and i fell my design is better for it and i am not the greatest when it comes to working with script but i really sugest you try it this way over goign with a frontend portal.
You can see what i have done here:
www.fish-n-tassie.com
That entire site is built from the info have found here and i am still learning as i go and changing things.
Fishntassie...
Great job fishntassie. A good example why bulky front end portal scripts aren't needed.