PhpBB integration?

[Rimo]

Hi,

Is there a possibility to integrate PhpBB forum with Zen-Cart.
I want to start a forum next to my shop and show the latest forum posts in a sidebox on my shop.

Like this: www.domainshop.com/forum

Is this possible?

Looking forward to get some advice.

Richard

[kuroi]

This is possible, but no longer available as part of core Zen Cart. But there's no reason why you couldn't run phpBB in a subdirectory called forum and if it shares a database with Zen Cart (different table prefix) you could use the blank sidebox add on to make database calls into the forum tables to get and display the latest posts.

[Rimo]

This is possible, but no longer available as part of core Zen Cart. But there's no reason why you couldn't run phpBB in a subdirectory called forum and if it shares a database with Zen Cart (different table prefix) you could use the blank sidebox add on to make database calls into the forum tables to get and display the latest posts.

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.
This is just what I thought to do
I know about a blank sidebox addon,but.....how do i get the latest posts in in that sidebox,do i need to do something with the database or is this also possible with an RSS feed?

[kuroi]

Personally, I tend to use database calls. But if phpBB already generates an RSS feed, then parsing that for the latest posts would probably be quicker and simpler - just not something I've done personally.

[kuroi]

Yes, taking it from an RSS feed probably is better, and there are a sideboxes specifically for reading RSS feeds in the "Free Software Add Ons area".