Fireboard forum

[Ivan Trebješanin]

Hi,

I just thought you guys would like to know that I've managed to install and use Fireboard forum component, originally written for Joomla. Currently it's being tested on my localhost, but I think Elxis could have important component very soon.

[datahell]

That's very good news Ivan! 
Please debug it as more as you can. Anything that has to do with logged users and access is very sensitive issue.

[Ivan Trebješanin]

Hi datahell,

I'm currently replacing the string functions with the ones from UTF8 class, as you recommended in Developers Guide... Still I'm not getting full unicode support, but I have some developer friends from joomla community, so they might help.

PS
I have convinced one of the moderators of joomla forum to join my elxis serbia forum. 

[Ivan Trebješanin]

Hello again, just to report my progress... I fixed the admin panel and while doing this, I found this option for integration with Community Builder component. I know that Elxis has Extra fields and user permissions, so I thought maybe these options could be used to emulate Community Builder component. Otherwise, I could just remove this option. What do you think? Below is the text describing the option:


Setting to "Yes" will activate the integration with Community Builder component (www.joomlapolis.com). All fireboard user profile functions will be handled by the Community Builder and the profile link in the forums will take you to the Community Builder user profile. This setting will override the Clexus PM profile setting if both are set to "Yes". Also, make sure you apply the required changes in the Community Builder database by using the option below.

Create Community Builder forum profile    > Click here <    

Click the link to create necessary Forum fields in Community Builder user profile. After they are created you are free to move them whenever you want using the Community Builder admin, just do not rename their names or options. If you delete them from the Community Builder admin, you can create them again using this link, otherwise do not click on the link multiple times!

[datahell]

Elxis does not need community builder. It has all of it's features included in the main distribution (Elxis 2007 has also user avatars). So, yes you can integrate fireboard with Elxis extra user fields. But I think you must modify a little fireboard code.

[Ivan Trebješanin]

I know that components like Community Builder, Joomfish, Capcha... are already integrated in to Elxis, but I'm not a skilled programmer, so I think I'll skip this option for now. I have enough trouble making FireBoard utf-8 compatible. I am trying to fix this problem by adding this code to insert queries: DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8; don't know if this will work... Hopefully I'll finish by the end of this month.

[datahell]

Right now I can only tell you Congratulations for your win in Eurovision!
Viva Serbia! 

[Ivan Trebješanin]

Hehehe  , thanks. I have decided that now is the right moment to register my new domain: so tomorrow elxis-serbia.org will be registered and I'm gonna post my FireBoard for Elxis BETA so that users of Elxis can enjoy this wonderful component too.

Greetings from Serbia!

[datahell]

Very nice Ivan! With FireBoard you will help many users that need a forum for their Elxis site.

Note: Do not add Character information in queries. Fireboard must use native UTF-8 as Elxis. If your
database has default charset utf8 then during the installation all tables will also have default charset utf8. Also notice that LIMIT inside queries is something you must avoid and native mysql functions must be avoided (otherway FireBoard wont be compatible with Postgre DB). Send me FireBoard component when you finish to check it.