#862 - Vanilla Forum Integration
| Identifier | #862 |
|---|---|
| Issue type | Feature request or suggestion |
| Title | Vanilla Forum Integration |
| Status | Closed (rejected) |
| Handling member | Chris Graham |
| Addon | core_forum_drivers |
| Description | Thinking of integrating the Vanilla forum system with Composr since it has risen in popularity over the last two years. Vanilla already has an embed feature which means the forum can be embed on a custom page using HTML editing, so it just needs to have a single sign-on feature.
I might do it myself, but I would require lots of guidance as I have not worked with Composr at template level. |
| Steps to reproduce | |
| Funded? | No |
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Regarding embedding, we can do that by default because the 'forums' module can proxy the forum in. Making a new module that uses their own embed HTML would be quite trivial (e.g. making a minimodule and essentially just pasting their code into it). The main problem is really layout - it is pretty hard to get two very different CSS designs to fit well together, in term of both design and engineering the CSS to not conflict.
To be honest, not many people are a fan of the forum integration ever since we wrote Conversr. Personally I think it's planning to fail at design, because it results in what is a visible kludge, and post-iPhone people expect much slicker sites. But if you're already invested in Vanilla, it may make some sense.
I understand why forum integration has gone cold. Integration is not integrating the systems but rather syndicating them. Vanilla is a little different though. It was designed with embedding in mind in my opinion. I will look into this further.