Hi All!
I'm coming from ExpressionEngine and thinking of playing around with MODX for a few upcoming clients that are wanting a truly integrated forums with their website (single sign-on, etc). EE has forums but they are terribly out-dated and are INSANELY time-consuming to skin. What, if any, are my options for forum modules over here in the MODX world and how hard are they to skin?
Thanks!
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I like using the Vanilla forum and their single-sign-on module. It's easy to skin, especially if you install a pre-made skin that's somewhat similar to your main site.
http://vanillaforums.com/blog/help/implementing-jsconnect-single-signon-on/
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Susan,
I see you recommending Vanilla a lot, and it seems to be a frequent need/request here. You don't happen to have a tutorial stuck in your mind somewhere for implementing Vanilla Forum into MODX do you? I'm sure you have plenty of time to do this, right? heh... jk.
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Ok. I'll see what I can do. The only thing I did write up was some years ago using a different, older sso module with Vanilla
Thanks. I know all about Vanilla. EE has an integration for it as well. But what I'm wondering is if there is any forums add-on directly for MODX? What forums is this we're chatting on?
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This is a native Revo forum package called "Discuss". It's still under development and not deemed ready for any kind of public release yet. Supporting it would be a nightmare at this point.
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This part confuses me. How do I define these lines if it asks for specific user information?
// 3. Fill in the user information in a way that Vanilla can understand.
$user = array();
if ($signedIn) {
// CHANGE THESE FOUR LINES.
$user['uniqueid'] = '123';
$user['name'] = 'John PHP';
$user['email'] = '[email protected]';
$user['photourl'] = '';
}
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In your snippet, fetch these values from the database for the user in question. The uniqueid would be the internalKey, the name would be fullname, etc.
I just installed Vanilla on my MODx Cloud, and will be working with it off and on as time permits.
http://free.sottwell.modxcloud.com/vanilla.html
