Is there anybody who has been able to integrate recent versions of an opensource forum application (like FUDForum, phpBB,…) with EGroupware 1.6 (EGW)?
Is there any tutorial or user experience on integrating existing applications (also not forum applications)?
Here is a tentative list of requirements.
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the forum application should authenticate users using egroupware’s mechanism
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the forum application should be able to use existing egroupware’s user groups
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the forum application should be used as an egroupware application in the sense that it should appear “inside” egw, accessible through a menu item
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the EGW administrator should be able to install/uninstall the forum application
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the EGW administrator should be able to acticate/deactivate the forum application globally
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the EGW administrator should be able to enable/disable the forum application for certain groups/users
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The forum application should user EGW SMTP configuration for sending email notifications
I would leave out integration of the authorization mechanisms, as it may be problematic.
The integration with other apps may be weak or null.
Egroupware should be the main application, that is, userid’s will be stored in egroupware’s DB (maybe both?).
