phpBB CMS Mod

Peter_Smith · Post by **Peter_Smith** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:27 pm

Hello,

I've spent the last few weeks working on a series of modules for a version based content management system for phpBB, after wanting a seamless CMS integration with phpBB, which still offered features such as hierarchical site structure, support for Apache's mod_rewrite and a rich text editor.

Some screenshots are attached below, I am interested in hearing any feedback/suggestions. The code isn't quite finished yet, although I am hoping to release it soon as a mod when done

The CMS main page

The page editor

Page version control

Creating a HTML page with the RTE

Creating a link page

xxxgamer · Post by **xxxgamer** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 6:28 pm

Woah thats awesome. Nice work dude. I made my own little CMS but in a different way. I mite actually try to make it all into the admin panel. At the moment I update my pages on the page I want to update.

Trash-Master · Post by **Trash-Master** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:56 pm

That looks awesome.
Can't wait for it comeing out.

Best Regards,
Trash-Master

cryptoknight · Post by **cryptoknight** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:29 pm

I too will wait patiently...

That's pretty cool btw...

Nelsaidi · Post by **Nelsaidi** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:42 pm

The integration into the admin panel looks awesome!

olalavui · Post by **olalavui** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:19 am

Wait release

joannemojo · Post by **joannemojo** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:17 pm

Wow that would be amazing.

I'm currently looking for an existing cms in which you can integrate phpbb.

jujolina · Post by **jujolina** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:05 pm

Is it available ?

I've looked for a long time for something similar !!

cmalo · Post by **cmalo** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:58 am

wow, this has been what I have been looking for.. please let me know when this has been released I would even be willing to beta this!

pwaring · Post by **pwaring** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:38 pm

Is this ready for release yet? I'm currently starting my own CMS on top of phpBB as all the existing ones are out of date and unmaintained, but I'd much prefer to build on an existing solution than start one from scratch...

Peter_Smith · Post by **Peter_Smith** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:47 pm

Glad to hear all you liked the CMS. I am hoping to release it as soon as I can, although I've been a bit busy lately so haven't had much time to work on it, as a student with exams approaching!

I'll let you know when it's finished, although it's going to be a few months before I can really release anything for production use, so you might want to look at another CMS solution in the meantime!

I have since integrated phpBB's diff engine with the CMS, so there is the functionality to compare the differences between versions in a "wikipedia" style, although I still need to finish the front end that displays the pages, as well as packaging it in a format so that it can be installed and just generally giving stuff a polish

cornix · Post by **cornix** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:51 am

Love it! Exactly what I was planning to write. Guess I can save the time now. Hope we'll be seeing a release soon!

Desdenova · Post by **Desdenova** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:22 pm

That's pretty snazzy, but is it storing the pages in the database?

If so, how much is it inflating the database size (if you had maybe 5 pages, each with 3 versions) for a vanilla installation of phpBB3?

Peter_Smith · Post by **Peter_Smith** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:41 pm

Desdenova wrote:That's pretty snazzy, but is it storing the pages in the database?

If so, how much is it inflating the database size (if you had maybe 5 pages, each with 3 versions) for a vanilla installation of phpBB3?

Yeah, everything is stored in the DB. Theres two tables behind it; one for the pages, and another which holds the versions of the pages.

So a site with 5 pages, each with 3 versions would mean that there are, in effect, 15 pages held in the database.

There is the option to delete a version of a page, but I'm considering allowing versioning to be disabled.

g3ckoman · Post by **g3ckoman** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:47 am

It'll be nice to see how this will work.

I'd like to see your RT Page Editor able to produce PHP pages and templates, to make it a fully dynamic CMS.

I'll keep my eye on this.