www.bestofjoomla.com/component/option,co...il/Itemid,38/id,985/

Again I have to give props to the developer for great programming skills - thank you.

A warning to anyone considering using this tool, and this is due to no fault of joomservices; Fireboard is not mature enough to move from SMF if you need restriction policies.

We run client-based services and were desperately seeking a 'bridged' solution for Joomla. For several months we have tried different Fireboard hacks to restrict clients to their own boards without success. Fireboard is not a viable solution if you need to keep boards invisible from members.

For whatever reason the Fireboard developers decided it was more important to put out a half-baked solution while propping-up this Web site with advertising instead of creating a solid core that was sustainable for any length of time. Without the ability to restrict members from sections they have no reason to view, Fireboard is no better than 99.9% of the other forum software already at mature versions.

My suggestion; keep SMF, unbridged or try the JoomlaHacks solution albeit unsupported. Wait several months and come back here to see if Fireboard has reached the level of sophistication that supports basic restriction policies.

The first post I read after registering and it gives me all the answers I was looking for! Thank you darkhelmet!

The search goes on for matching Joomla/SMF templates!

darkhelmet wrote:
www.bestofjoomla.com/component/option,co...il/Itemid,38/id,985/

Again I have to give props to the developer for great programming skills - thank you.

A warning to anyone considering using this tool, and this is due to no fault of joomservices; Fireboard is not mature enough to move from SMF if you need restriction policies.

We run client-based services and were desperately seeking a 'bridged' solution for Joomla. For several months we have tried different Fireboard hacks to restrict clients to their own boards without success. Fireboard is not a viable solution if you need to keep boards invisible from members.

For whatever reason the Fireboard developers decided it was more important to put out a half-baked solution while propping-up this Web site with advertising instead of creating a solid core that was sustainable for any length of time. Without the ability to restrict members from sections they have no reason to view, Fireboard is no better than 99.9% of the other forum software already at mature versions.

My suggestion; keep SMF, unbridged or try the JoomlaHacks solution albeit unsupported. Wait several months and come back here to see if Fireboard has reached the level of sophistication that supports basic restriction policies.

For group access in an integrated forum without third party extensions this might have what you may be looking for.

i think it will be interesting to have another one for phhpbb :
there is one working but not with a real support.


and the most fabulous idea is to have another one script for switching back From Fireboard to SMF (or Phpbb).

and why not working with the official team of those two another famous board !?

Anyone wants to have the converters for other forums such as php,e107,phpnuke..., please register on our site and post your request . If the community really need them, we will make converters for these forums .

PS : We will develop the converter for phpbb in the next fews day, so If you need it, register to our site today to be informed when it is released .

-Ossolution Team

nice can not wait to see the PHPBB2 converter.. i will go register on your site today1

No one seems to be giving information about what happens if you are using a bridge, will current users be overwritten with new ones? has anyone tried this?

Thanks

Hi
We can confirm that if you are using a brige,the users will not be overwritten . Here are how the component works when migration users :
+ If SMF user existed in joomla, do nothing
+ If SMF user haven't existed yet, he/she will be added as joomla user .

We use username for checking users existed or not in joomla .

Ossolution Team

Speedy response! thanks for that! I 'm getting ready to start the migration now, about to do my backups, hopefully everything will go down smoothly