[SOLVED] Forum integration | advice for plugin choice

Hello,
sorry for asking a simple question. In general I do all my investigations and tests on my own... before I post anything Just wanted to ask for experiences with Forum integration plugin (Kunena). There is one installed by default and there is the incubator project...

Which one do you prefer, and why... any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks for listening.

Incubator project is significantly up to date and modernized with a template-able design. It's entirely up to you which you use, but I recommend CB Forums; after-all I wrote it, lol. You can actually use both at the same time. CB Forums for the more attractive profile tab and Forum integration for the sidebar, which CB Forums only basically supports at this time (field mapping).

krileon wrote: ...You can actually use both at the same time. CB Forums for the more attractive profile tab and Forum integration for the sidebar, which CB Forums only basically supports at this time (field mapping).

Ah, thank you very much. "Both" is a nice idea!

Hi and thank you for all you do to help us get up and running.

I've set up GroupJive and Kunena on 1.5 versions of Joomla, but since 1.6 is already so close to end-of-life, I thought I'd go ahead and jump forward a bit to 1.7 for this project. I bought my Professional subscription so I could download CB1.7 for that purpose, then grabbed the latest version of GJ (2.3) and Kunena (1.6.4). I have to say, J1.7 is nice! So is CB1.7. But everything falls apart when I install Kunena. So I was reading this thread and thought the forum integration might be contributing to the problem.

Unfortunately, when I go to the Incubator forge, I am not allowed to log in with the same credentials that I use here. I was under the impression I would be allowed access to the incubator as a professional member?

Anyway, the problem is that the Kunena configuration screen spins and spins and never comes up. It times out with a "memory" error. I'm working locally on my XAMPP environment, so I can set the memory limit in php.ini as high as I want. The problem is that no matter how high I set it, I still get timed out. It just takes longer to finally time out when I set it higher. *sigh*

The only clue I've been able to find is in the "report" output that Kunena builds in for its support usage. Under the 3rd Party Components / Community Builder it says "The file doesn't exist comprofilej.xml !". I searched the Kunena forums, but the answers I get over there is that they've never heard of CB1.7...

Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Schelly

Unfortunately, when I go to the Incubator forge, I am not allowed to log in with the same credentials that I use here. I was under the impression I would be allowed access to the incubator as a professional member?

Log out of Joomlapolis then log back in. Once done navigate to the forge and login with your username/password.

Anyway, the problem is that the Kunena configuration screen spins and spins and never comes up. It times out with a "memory" error. I'm working locally on my XAMPP environment, so I can set the memory limit in php.ini as high as I want. The problem is that no matter how high I set it, I still get timed out. It just takes longer to finally time out when I set it higher. *sigh*

You should contact Kunena regarding this. We're not Kunenas developers. All extensions have to become re-compatible with J1.7. Extensions that run on 1.6 will NOT run on 1.7 unless modifications are made to make it compatible. From what I understand Kunena 1.6.4 is not compatible with J1.7. Please understand J1.7 has just release; you must allow ample time for leading extensions to become compatible. I do NOT recommend bumping production (live sites) to J1.7.

krileon wrote: Log out of Joomlapolis then log back in. Once done navigate to the forge and login with your username/password.

Thanks Krileon, I'll try that.

You should contact Kunena regarding this. We're not Kunenas developers. All extensions have to become re-compatible with J1.7. Extensions that run on 1.6 will NOT run on 1.7 unless modifications are made to make it compatible. From what I understand Kunena 1.6.4 is not compatible with J1.7. Please understand J1.7 has just release; you must allow ample time for leading extensions to become compatible. I do NOT recommend bumping production (live sites) to J1.7.

Yes, as I said, I did search the Kunena forums and ask for help, but the answers I get over there is that they've never heard of CB1.7. I've later learned that K1.6.5 will address the compatibility problem. They were unable to tell me when that might come out, unfortunately.

One thing I read over there, though, I must say I agree with. Joomla developers do make it sound as though jumping over to 1.7 is a fairly immediate imperative. So it's difficult to get advice from component developers saying not to go to J!1.7 yet, even though I realize the truth of it and how well-meaning the advice is. Sometimes us "little folk" out here feel kind of stuck in the center without knowing exactly what way to go. In this case, I am giving up my consultancy firm and taking a full-time job and J!1.7 makes more sense for this organization because none of them are tech-savvy enough to upgrade Joomla without having an "upgrade" button (an easy button? LOL).

Anyway, thanks for your time. I appreciate you fine Joomlapolitans who do such magnificent things for us little people.

Best,
Schelly

Thanks.