In need of stripped down CMS hack...

I know that vBPortal is currently being developed, and Beta 3 isn't gonna be out for "another few days" as was said on their page. But anyway, I looked at the feature set and I think it's a little too "bloated" features-wise for me to consider it.

Before I switched to VB2 I was using UBB6, and it had a nice feature called SlashUBB, which basically just pulled posts from a specific forum and posted them on the front page using simple SSI. It was simple yet very effective.

Now I don't know if there are similar hacks for VB2 (I'm new), but all I need is a hack that does just that - pulls posts from a forum and puts them on the front page like a new script, and people can reply to it like they would a forum.

vBPortal has WAY too many features that I won't be taking advantage of. And along with its generic template, it would be a hassle just to modify it to match my site's new layout. One good thing about it is that it uses the same principle as phpwebsite, but it has too many features In don't really care about too much...

So this is what I was hoping someone can help with - a stripped down version of phpwebsite or vbportal that just pulls posts from a forum and makes them available for inclusion in the front page via SSI .... just that. If the Beta 3 of the vBPortal will allow a toggle to just use this feature, then I'll wait for it. Otherwise, I need a simpler solution than vBPortal....

I just need to post news using VB2

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally posted by Sportbikeworld


Do you have access to your servers httpd.conf file?

Why not an .htaccess file instead? Try this in the file:

Redirect http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/index.php

[JamesUS]

Or put a PHP file called index.php in the root folder with this inside:

<?php
header("Location: http://newurl.com/forums");
?>

And the easiest to do a forward award goes to......

JamesUS!!!!!!!!!!!
All kidding aside, that's very very handy.
I think I may use that for my site James, thanks

Tolitz: hey no problem, glad to see it working out and the end product looks great!

I may personally move my mini-calendar to the right side and try to mimic the way you have your new layout (so don't get mad at me if I ask you questions )