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?
*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.
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.
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/
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
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.
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.
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.