Integrating own website layout into phpbb forum

Report · Jan 09, 2011

Hi,

I have been searching everywhere for some help on how to integrate my own website layout with phpbb forum.
For exmaple please see http://www.caremoreconstruction.co.uk that is my website.
I would like my forum to look like this http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/forums but with my own website layout.

Is this a big job and can it be done?

Currently I have just done an I Frame but it looks rubbish and needs sorting asap.

If there is another topic which covers this please let me know and ill take look.

Please help and thanks

Report · Jan 09, 2011

Mr Construction wrote:
For exmaple please see http://www.caremoreconstruction.co.uk that is my website.
I would like my forum to look like this http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/forums but with my own website layout.
Is this a big job and can it be done?

Never used phpbb, but the obvious reason that your forum isn't working is because your iframe link is pointing to your local virtual host, and not to the forum on your remote server.

Can it be done? Yes, it can. If it couldn't be done, how would diydoctor.org.uk have managed it? Is it a big job? That probably depends on your existing skills and speed of learning. AFAIK, phpbb is widely used, so it can't be all that difficult to implement.

Report · Jan 09, 2011

A phpbb board is not really that tough to put up, its alot like Wordpress, you follow a few instructions then you to to your administration page and format.

For integrating into your own design, try this.

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=581879

phpbb has a pretty active forum.

Gary

Report · Jan 10, 2011

Gary thankyou for your response, I have read that page before which is why I already have my forum in an IFRAME. http://www.caremoreconstruction.co.uk/forum

the main forum page is on http://www.caremoreconstruction.co.uk/phpbb

There are a couple of reasons I dont want to use an IFRAME:

1. I would constantly have re- alter the size when I new topic or post is made

2. I dont think IFRAME's are google bot friendly ie content isn't searched for that particular page.

3. Some browsers my have compatibility issues's

Also thanks David for letting me know about the I FRAME pointing at my local server. I didnt even know it wasnt working because my apache software was running.

Just need a starting point as to which files I would need to change.

Cheers