Mambo User Needs Help :)

[Mattius]

Hi,

Ive been thinking about VBulletin for some time now, but I need a few questions answered before I take the plunge.

Currently I?m running Mambo CMS for my website and I think it?s an excellent piece of software. However, like many other users I find that it doesn?t have all the features that I need and maybe isn?t as mature in feature count as many other CMS products.

Unfortunately ive invested $100 into custom Mambo components, which id really like to make some use off

My site is a combination of general information site and a site that hosts an online gaming clan. The key problem I have at the moment is integrating an event management system into the CMS. The built-in event manager for Mambo is both buggy and very limited. What I need is a calendar/event system that allows registered site users to sign up for events.

Now, I know there is a port of phpBB that integrates into Mambo. This means that registered site users don?t need to enter there registration details twice to use the forums.
There is a product called CalPro and CalLite which integrates into phpBB and provides a very good calendar system BUT a version which allows signups to events isn?t expected till 2.0.4 and that appears to be some time off.

There is supposedly a VBulletin port that has been done to integrate into Mambo, but the official website for it is down, and no files have been released.

I also know, through this site, that there are ?CMS? type products already available for VBulletin.

So with all that background info, what I need to know is:

a) Is there a calendar, or hack to an existing calendar for vBulletin that allows registered users to signup for events?
b) How ?feature-rich? are the vBulletin CMS products out there?
c) Is it possible to convert my Mambo user database into registered vBulletin users?

See I?m in a bit of a pickle :o I don?t want to drop Mambo completely unless I have too, unless the vBulletin CMS products can compete with it. I know vBulletin is the best forum software out there, and I don?t mind paying for it, if it fills my needs now, and not in 6 months time

Any help is greatly, greatly appreciated.

[Reeve of shinra]

a) Vb, by default, has a calander and there is an 'event attendance' hack which can be found here.

b) Depends on what features your looking for. The CMS's available for vbulletin are very powerful in thier own right but it all comes down to what you want and need from a CMS. There is also VBPortal (not-vbulletin affiliated) which offers a paid cms that has alot of extras but take that last one with a grain of salt and read up on it.

[breathwork]

Well, finally a full integration of vBulletin and Mambo, and it does not cost an arm and a leg.

These guys (ipmambo, viet & koudnashi) have performed an excellent job of linking Mambo and vB together, using the vB user registration panel as the place to register users through.

Just what I wanted. And you can find out more here http://www.bbpixel.com, and tell them I sent you!

They were quick, efficient and very professional in thier implementation of it and they resolved problems equally quickly.

I paid the for the full monty, they did everything including customizing the vB template to suit my mambo front end. Cost around 80 US$ and from my point of view well worth it.

They also offer other options including a 'do-it-yourself' option.

If you want Mambo and vBulletin, or Mambo and Invision Power Board integration, these are the guys to go for.

Well done, and thank you.

The demo site can be found here: http://www.breath-work.info/mambovb

[C_P]

It is nice but I really do not care for the frames:
http://www.breath-work.info/mambovb/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,38/
I would like to look at Mambo too but $80 I do not have right now.
Site looks nice though!

[breathwork]

It is nice but I really do not care for the frames:
http://www.breath-work.info/mambovb/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,38/
I would like to look at Mambo too but $80 I do not have right now.
Site looks nice though!

As I mentioned, you can have it a lot cheaper than 80$, check out thier website.

And there is a menu link on rthe iste that spawns the forum in a separate page, out of the frames.

Thanks for the comments