What's the best free portal software?

[DCA Fan]

I think ChiefDelphi uses vPortals, but that costs money...

I know sigma squared uses phpNuke, but they said that's always crashing....

Are there any good web portals out there?

[Brandon Martus]

Originally posted by DCA Fan
I think ChiefDelphi uses vPortals, but that costs money...Its a combination of a vBulletin hack and some custom work by myself.

I know sigma squared uses phpNuke, but they said that's always crashing....phpNuke can be very overwhelming. Last time I tried to use it (1.5-2 years ago) it was very buggy & had bad grammar throughout.

[gliebowitz]

I'm planning on redoing my team's site using Zope. It's free, open-source and really cool (Python based).

There is an open source portal for Zope called Plone (www.plone.org). It's definately worth a look.

[AJ Quick]

How would you like to write your own?

I have developed tutorials on how to create a portal based on the phpBB system. You can easily integrate the forums into your site, and then use a simple news codes and such to totally mod it out.

Check out our site for an example: http://www.cogsquad.org/

.. and the tutorials located on my site: http://www.AJQuick.com/

[Petey]

InvisionBoard (www.invisionboard.com) can be modified in such a fashion.

www.4osx.com and http://www.ibplanet.com/ both use variations on this sort of modification.

It's a simple PHP include script--one that I have no idea how to do ;). Anyway, if you do want to look for them, http://www.ibplanet.com/ will have it if ANYONE has it.

--Petey

[Adam Y.]

phpNuke can be very overwhelming. Last time I tried to use it (1.5-2 years ago) it was very buggy & had bad grammar throughout.
Just a thought but I did manage to install phpnuke recently without any knowledge of php.

[blueWarrior]

openFIRST is coming out soon. PM me if you are interested. Its going to be a type of portal system once we are done with it.

[LBK Rules]

ezPortal is what I am using on my loaclhost. I think the only limitation is that it's a phpBB hack.

You can find it at phpBBHacks (www.phpBBHacks.com).