There is another portal for vB! It is called MKPortal

[C_P]

Hello,
I rarely post here, I read often and try not to install too many hacks that would cause issue when the time comes to upgrade vB which lately there has been a few (thank goodness for vB's security checking). I do want to help here but cannot offer coding help so I will try and help users here by letting them know about a portal CMS package for vB for those interested. I promise, this is in no way intended as SPAM or free advertising, I think my posts at vB sites will show I do not spam.

There is another portal for vB! It is called MKPortal.

This is CP owner of the forum Computer Paradise which this GREAT Portal CMS was installed on. I've used Xoops, phpnuke, YaPP, myIBFportal, ttcms, LPS, Mambo, and vBadvanced so I think I know the user end of portals. I am neither a staff member at mkportal nor affiliated other than being the official first vB board with the portal CMS.

I think this mK portal should be re-branded as a "Complete CMS Package". This portal has much to offer and much more than some of the leading portals out there that are pay as you play. This portal is a complete package that offers everything a Content Management Software should offer, from Topic Categories, Reviews, to Image Gallery, to Quotes, and Downloads, etc. as well as easy skin integration with your vB forum package. It has it all with ease of use by click and adding html, php, etc. modules that offer permissions and flexibility to move and turn on or off.

Needless to say, I am the happy owner of a new MKPortal and not looking back.

Stop by and see it in action. I have some modules inactive for guests and some not seen due to permissions, but I think you will be pleased with what is in place.
Computer Paradise

*I did not mean to spam any site; I just thought I would share this new software for others out there. I did not make the portal so please do not ask me coding questions or put me down for suggesting it. All I ask is you take a look for yourselves and make your own judgments. It is a fairly new product so, like anything I am sure it has issues that some may not like. I am sure there are also things many of you will like!

[lasto]

already know about this m8 but hate to pop your bubble but the CMS as u call it is horrible.I can see a lot of work has gone into it but i like to think VB stands for quality whereas MKPortal is just to invisionary to me.It deffo has some nice features and if a decent front end was made i would use it but as it is - its just to ugly to even comtemplate using.

[Blam Forumz]

It's an ok portal, but its no vba cmps

and its a bit messy as well

[afterglow]

I beg to differ and i think Mkportal is soo much better than other portals available for vbulletin. it's also complete...imagine having a gallery, a blog, shoutbox, toplist and many other blocks and modules that already comes from the out of the box install. i also have vbadvanced installed but there's not much module that comes with it. i also find installing vbadvanced very frustrating. i remember posting a number of times there to ask for support coz my templates looked screwed. and u have to pay for the gallery or the directory to install them. i think people should check and install to see how the end product looked like. I have a test board and it's not yet complete but compare to my vbadvanced site, it is SOOOO Much better. GO check My MkPortal-Vbulletin test board and maybe you'll realize why i prefer it over other portals.

regards,
afterglow

[lasto]

im not saying it aint got any decent features - im just saying it looks crap to be honest which it does.It needs a complete make-over american style
You tell me that portal dont look like invision boards to you - the features are good but the whole style needs serious work to be considered as a front end for many vb boards.

[filburt1]

I think it's way too complex looking. Also, like every single portal I've ever seen for vB, all it does is redundantly display forum information, thereby slowing the user's entry into the forum itself.

[afterglow]

Originally Posted by lasto

im not saying it aint got any decent features - im just saying it looks crap to be honest which it does.It needs a complete make-over american style
You tell me that portal dont look like invision boards to you - the features are good but the whole style needs serious work to be considered as a front end for many vb boards.

mmm...what do you mean by complete make-over american style? since i'm not an american and neither were all of my friends who are vb forum owners, what i can say is any portal must have a universal appeal and who are you to suggest that portals must be "americanized"?. is this some kind of racial superiority complex? that all things american are well-above all things? mkportal was created by an italian so that must be the reason why you are soo prejudice. you must realize that there are also many vb users in Asia who prefer a more relax and great looking front end for their portal including me. what looks crap to you maybe decent to us. users decide what they want to use according to their preference so your comments about mkportal looking like crap is an INSULT to hundreds who have already installed this portal. your comments are totally uncalled for and is biased in my opinion. i would be interested to see how your portal looks like to see what you mean by the word "decent". may i see your vb board please?

and just to let you know that i'm also a vbportal user. i bought a license for it but after a lot of frustration installing it, i just gave up. the front end of it looks ugly to me too. then i tried vbadvanced but it is much too complicated. you have to hack the forum to install it and you also have to manage it inside the vbulletin admin panel. now that's where the difference starts.. with mkportal, you don't have to modify a single vbulletin file nor the db so you can upgrade anytime without worrying about any modification you have done. you need to modify only a single file if you want the forum to display inside the portal. with vbadvanced however, you can't upgrade to a newer vbulletin version without ruining your site. you have to reinstall everytime you install a new vb version.

but don't get me wrong, i like vbadvanced when i first installed it but i find it too complicated to manage especially when you want to create a block or install a module. you have to do several steps to get it done whilst at mkportal, adding a module or creating a block is a very simple process. you don't have to go to your vb admin panel to do it, everything is manageable right from inside the mkportal admin panel.

and yep, the main mkportal uses invisionboard coz that's where they made the portal for but too many requests have been sent and so the developer decided to create a version to integrate it also with SimpleMachine, phpBB, Oxygen and yes, vBulletin as per CP's request. actually, CP was the first to use the MKPortal for vbulletin and now the live example of the MKPortal-vBulletin integration.

well, this is just my opinion as an end user who tried all the available portals and can really opine on which has given me what i really want and not what people say i should...

my two cents.

Afterglow

[J.C.]

Clean & Simplicity. That describe vbadvanced.

Also the vbaGallery is much more advanced [better then photopost in my opinion] than that portal's built-in gallery.

[C_P]

I am amazed at all the negative comments. "It looks like crap" sorry but I do not remember vbadvanced coming with it's own skin system. I am tellin you from personal use of Xoops, phpnuke, YaPP, vBadvanced, and mkportal that it is a far more easier to use and more functional board than vBadvanced. It seems the supporters of vBadvanced stand back and judge without trying the product. I can understand protecting what you use, but why judge before testing?

[filburt1]

Our users won't install it to judge it, so why should we? Sorry, but that's the mentality.