Hi,
We're looking at using vbulletin as the forum in a business-networking site. This will need the forum to open up in a frame within the site itself so it can't be accessed from outside the site. The site is built using .net 2.0/sql 2005. We're looking at using VB because, to be blunt, it seems to be the best solution of any forum package even though we have to use another programming language and another type of DB.
The questions are:
1. When a user logs into the .net site they also need to be logged automatically into the forum. What is the most efficient way of doing this and what variables do we need to pass data to? Please keep in mind the forum is in a frame and we're passing data from a .net site to it.
2. When a user registers on the site they also need to be registered and authorised in the forum. If we simply insert a new record in the user table in the forum DB is this enough or are there any other tables we need to write to as well? Is there anything else we should know?
3. Is it possible to disable and totally remove all reference to:
a. PM's
b. Calender
c. Top graphic bar (where the VB logo appears on this forum)
4. Finally, can someone please advise if RSS feeds from VB are planned? From looking at the user manual you can add an external feed to a forum, but you cannot subscribe to feeds from a forum.
I know they're pretty easy questions, but just wanted to make sure there's no pitfalls or unknowns before we go ahead and purchase/integrate VB.
Thx for the help.
We're looking at using vbulletin as the forum in a business-networking site. This will need the forum to open up in a frame within the site itself so it can't be accessed from outside the site. The site is built using .net 2.0/sql 2005. We're looking at using VB because, to be blunt, it seems to be the best solution of any forum package even though we have to use another programming language and another type of DB.
The questions are:
1. When a user logs into the .net site they also need to be logged automatically into the forum. What is the most efficient way of doing this and what variables do we need to pass data to? Please keep in mind the forum is in a frame and we're passing data from a .net site to it.
2. When a user registers on the site they also need to be registered and authorised in the forum. If we simply insert a new record in the user table in the forum DB is this enough or are there any other tables we need to write to as well? Is there anything else we should know?
3. Is it possible to disable and totally remove all reference to:
a. PM's
b. Calender
c. Top graphic bar (where the VB logo appears on this forum)
4. Finally, can someone please advise if RSS feeds from VB are planned? From looking at the user manual you can add an external feed to a forum, but you cannot subscribe to feeds from a forum.
I know they're pretty easy questions, but just wanted to make sure there's no pitfalls or unknowns before we go ahead and purchase/integrate VB.
Thx for the help.
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