Mambo + VB hack suggestions wanted
 

I've seen this requested before, and I'm currently working on it now, but before I get too far I would like to know exactly what everyone is looking for in this hack? How much intergration are you looking for between the two scripts?

Here is what I have done so far. The user registration from Mambo has been removed and the VB registration form is used instead. This allows new users to sign up one time for both scripts. It also allows for the use of the image verification option which Mambo doesn't have. When a new user signs up they are registered for both VB and Mambo. In VB they are assigned to whatever user group you have set up for new users. In Mambo they are set up as "Authors" so that all members of your community will be able to submitt new articles. These new articles must then be approved before they are added to the site.

I still have a few things let to do before I release the script, but it should be ready by the end of the week. If you have any suggestions, comments, or ideas, please let me know and I'll see if I can get them into the first release.

If possible I would like to see more control over Mambo users, as the default Mambo user system is very lacking.

If there is no time for that, it is not a huge deal.

Thanks! I can't wait to see this.

Heaps of stuff could be done

As above, the whole user system for vb could be implemented
As could the styles and templating system

Throw in coppermine for a haul ass image system (with a similar integration to vb like they did for iB)

Maybey a file upload part as well.

Back to the vb integration after getting sidetracked (slight understatement :P) the question is :
do you want to intergrate vb to mambo
or
do you want to intergrate mambo to vb

Cause the sky is basically the limit
And Im very keen to see how this one progresses

Whoa... Slow down. I'm just trying to get the first release out the door first. :nervous:

Here is what I have planned so far. For the 1.xx series I want to intergrate the users and user registration of the two scripts. I will also replace the user login and user menu in Mambo to use vB. There will also be a few new blocks for Mambo to pull the latest posts, etc and place them on the Mambo front page. One of the things I want to bring over from Mambo and intergrate into vB is the ability to download a post as a PDF file. Mambo already has this feature for its articles, and since the site I am developing this for is a "how to" site it would really be a big help is users could download and entire thread as a single PDF file. As far as the user system, that will have to wait for version 2.xx.

For version 2.xx I want to eliminate the Mambo admin panel and move everything over to the vB admin panel. There will also be more user intergration in this series as I start moving the Mambo permission system to the vB system. I'm not sure about porting the template engine from Mambo over to vB, as this would pretty much require a complete rewrite of Mambo.

One of the things that I really like about using Mambo for this project is that I can make all of the changes to the Mambo core files that I need, package them up, and you can download the already modified script. Then all you would need to edit would be your vB files. This should make installing it much easier.

Sounds good so far. :D

Hell yeah it sounds good so far
:)

Brewer, if you need someone to give you a hand with testing etc, just drop me a line.

Hi,

I'm running a small unofficial supportsite for Scandinavian Mambo Open Source users:

http://www.mambosupport.net

I'm really happy to see that someone wants to integrate MOS with VB


Brewer wrote:
Just awsome... ;)

Are you integrating this (in one of the position blocks in MOS) or only on the frontpage?


Can't wait to get my hands on the first release.

I concur.

The first release is only a few days away. To support this mod I have setup www.mambovb.com

Awesome.

I registered at the forums too.