Typical fresh install phpbb2 and photopost classifieds

[jim6763nva]

I'd like to integrate phpbb2 and photopost classifieds but I'm a little confused on how I should set up the folder structure. I'd like photopost classifieds to show up on the main page of my site and use the phpbb2 registration system as well as the phpbb2 forum. I also like the layout that is shown on the Viper Alley site. Is there some way I can make my site look like that or am I missing something? Either way, for now I'd like to integrate phpbb2 and PP Classifieds.
I've been dumping phpbb2 into the root folder of my site and ppclassifieds in a sub folder called classifieds. I'd also like to have the same look and feel of phpbb2 wrapped around ppclassifieds, and be able to access all from the same menu set. Is this possible? Are there instructions on doing this?

Thanks,
Jim

[Chuck S]

1. Install both programs selecting phpbb2 integration for classifieds

2. IN classifieds set use forum style to yes in admin options and you should see the forum stylesheet in use

3. Use your forum as a source but create a header and footer using the header html and footer html from phpbb

[jim6763nva]

Originally Posted by omegatron

1. Install both programs selecting phpbb2 integration for classifieds

2. IN classifieds set use forum style to yes in admin options and you should see the forum stylesheet in use

3. Use your forum as a source but create a header and footer using the header html and footer html from phpbb

Ok Thanks for the reply. I'll give it a try. I just have to say after experiencing the way this software functions, I am soooooooooooooo not happy. I'm having problems with adding new ad types. Please tell me that we are not required to do additional development on our end to get this thing to work the way we want it too. I can understand maybe tweaking a little HTML or adjusting a CSS but this is absolutely rediculous. I've wasted more time and energy trying to get things to work that the program is really worth.
I'm trying to start a new business here and I don't feel I should have to additional development. If I wanted to do that, I would have written the whole bloody thing from scratch myself. Yes, I am a PHP programmer and have been in the IT field for almost 18 years.. I really feel that PPClassifieds should be taken back to the drawing board.

[Chuck S]

I dont quite follow where your coming from.

You asked how to integrate it with your forum.

We support user login integration for one login with an external forum and we also pull the stylesheet of that forum. I would not consider having to put a header or footer html over top our program development so you lost me here entirely.

We document the features of the program on our site. We include 4 ad types with the program. We also document here in the support forum how to add more template types.

[tekkno]

2. IN classifieds set use forum style to yes in admin options and you should see the forum stylesheet in use

I do apologise, but i have spent some considerable time looking for this as i am trying to do exactly the same as the gentleman above, would you be a bit more specific as i cannot actually find the classifieds set, well it isn't in any obvious menu. Thanks,

graham.

[Chuck S]

Under Edit Options set this setting below to yes

Use Integrated forum stylesheets?
If you use a forum like vB3 or Threads and want to use the intergated stylesheet option, choose Yes

[dave_lilley]

I am also having issues with the integration of pp-classifieds with phpbb2. I set the setting you listed, and pp-classifieds takes on some of the characteristics of phpbb2, but overall, it is still pretty far from looking like phpbb2. It that because pp-classifieds uses different tags for similar items in phpbb2, or is pp-classifieds just not set up to correctly read the phpbb2 style sheets? I ask because it doesn't quite look right. I appears that PhotoPost has spent a good deal of time making sure that pp-classifieds integrates with vBulletin, and I know that vBulletin is widely used, so good integration makes good business sense. However, I would also like to point out that in the latest survey, phpbb2 has nearly as large of an installed base, and it would be nice if support for phpbb2 were given as much attention, especially considering that I paid the same amount that vBulletin users paid for their licenses.

As with the styles option, frankly, some of the menu wording is less than obvious since it is targeted to the vBulletin customers. Even when it does apply to other forum tools, such as phpbb2, it doesn’t work quite as expected. At first, it didn't appear to me that setting the styles option to "yes" did anything, since pp-classifieds still didn't look right.

Before I paid for my license, I called and asked questions about integration, and I was told that it integrated very well with phpbb2. However, as I found out early during the installation, there were problems in pp-classifieds. These problems had already been fixed in other PhotoPost products, but not in classifieds. As a software developer, I understand that it can be difficult to keep up multiple code bases of similar products. However, given that PhotoPost classifieds shares parts of its code with other PhotoPost products, as a consumer, I would expect that if the problem were fixed in one product, it would be fixed in all. This is especially true when other users of this software have identified the problems, such as the usergroup problems. The code was posted in the forums, but not everyone who buys the license for pp-classifieds is a developer or somebody more familiar with the product. Instead of posting the fix, why not attach the file with the corrected code in a post, or release a patched version of the code. I expect an open source product to have limited support, but this is a commercial product, and I guess I expect it to have a level of support commensurate with other commercial products. At the very least, I expect a little more help and less sarcasm in the support forums. I understand you guys have a tough job, but the irritation and aggravation at customer questions comes through loud and clear.

This is not meant an attack on anyone here, so please take this as constructive criticism. I appreciate the forums your company has provided for support. I appreciate the product, and I will work on it to try to make it work for me. Nevertheless, your company might want to review your level of customer support and whether your customers are getting the support they deserve.