On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 11:43:29AM +1100, John Fitzsimons wrote: > Okay, thanks. It appears that Joomla, and PHPBB, both need a database > eg. MySQL. I don't suppose you know whether they could both reference > the same database when setting things up for the above outcome ?
Joomla doesn't have native forums, from last time I looked. Joomla is 'just' a CMS. http://www.kunena.com/ is apparently "Next Generation Native Joomla Forum"; it's that wh(at|ich) is installed on a box I sysadmin for, but didn't set-up. I've got a vague knowledge of phpBB2, but I've not kept upto date. However, with those caveats, one should be able to use the same *database*, and Joomla/Kunena/Drupal/phpBB2 could all co-exist, in the same database, just using different database table prefixes, e.g., resulting in something like db_foo.joomla_blah db_foo.joomla_users db_foo.kunena_forum db_foo.kunena_users db_foo.drupal_nodes db_foo.drupal_users db_foo.phpbb_users db_foo.phpbb_topics There's an option to specify prefixes at install/configuration time. I'd not advise having that sort of structure, it's just going to get messy/putting all of one's eggs in the same basket, but it could be considered an option. -- ``The government wants to bring an end to so-called vertical drinking.'' (from the BBC's `Today in Parliament') ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
