Notice the way the content on the page changes? Polls and active discussions get pulled out of different forums. The newsfeeds and news articles change, etc.
This is what I mean by a multi-portal. I've had this one running since VB3 Beta 3.
The astute among you will see that this is based on phpNuke. In fact, it *IS* phpNuke+. I made no code changes to the base Nuke code. Why is this important?
This is personal opinion. There are some good, but not great, VB3 portals. The problem with them is they are used by a limited community.
Love it or hate it, phpNuke is used by a large community. There are many, many blocks and modules available. Loan ammortizations, sports league reporting modules, weather, stock portfolios, download managers, etc. The librabry of blocks and modules available for phpNuke is more extensive that all the add-ons available for all of the VB3 portals put together.
I have taken this several steps even further.
I can't wait on Jelsoft to create a CMS. I needed on yesterday. If you followed the links, you've seen I've also integrated pMachine Pro CMS. Granted, this one isn't free, but neither will Jelsoft's be free. Actually, I'm looking at optional instructions for using the Nuke Stories module and/or pMachine Free.
You might have noticed that I have a very basic HAMWeather integration too. I will integrate this a little tighter over the next few weeks.
BTW, the dropdown menu on my portal and HAMWeather pages - and the colors - predate the VB3 default style. You can imagine that I was a little disappointed to see the long awaited style wasn't much different than what I aleady had!
I do have a photopost block as well for those running photopost.
Now, on to the main question...
How much interest is there in a portal like this, including the optional integrations?
Because it involves hacking far more than VB3, there is no way I could release it here - at least I don't think I could. It would require a dedicated site.
Before I go through that level of effort, I want to know that there is a need for the portal, which will probably by called VB-MulitNuke.
Reply here and let me know. A simple reply like "I'd want it" or "yes" will do. The number of replies will determine how far (and fast) I pursue this.
04-03-2004, 12:57 PM
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