CMS Made Simple Forums

I am guessing that the cmsms web site is running on cmsms.
But what does this forum site use?
I want to add a forum just like this one to my cmsms site, and I was wondering what cmsms itself is running on that it integrates so well.
Thanks.

This site is using phpBB.

Integration of CMSMS parts is not a big thing. You have to create only some pages which are not shown in menu but contain the parts of CMSMS you want to show on third party software. After that you have to modify the templates of third party software (forum, shop and so on) so the CMSMS parts are be read (with curl or similar techniques).

okay thanks for the quick response, I'll see if I can put that all together.

it's a bit old now but there is a forum module for cmsms:
http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/jm_forum

I saw that and couldn't figure out how to get it to work, and quickly realized it wasn't the whole system that phpbbs is.

nixomose wrote:I saw that and couldn't figure out how to get it to work, and quickly realized it wasn't the whole system that phpbbs is.

No it isn't, but almost 3000 downloads already and I know that there are many being used without issues.

biddlybum wrote:and then found that the old forum made simple module was no longer available and the new one "JM Forum" had no help information (that I can find).

That is an odd statment:
JM_Forum is a fork of the original Forum Made Simple, and pretty much works the same as the original did. The help is there on the same place as it was on the original and up to date.
It is active and there is already a svn version compatible with the upcoming CMSMS 2.0.

biddlybum wrote:This thread also seems to indicate that JM Forum is not very good and that other forum apps should be used.

If you have ever used FMS this is the same.
It is a SIMPLE board but versatile, just depends on your needs.

biddlybum wrote: So... If no one is developing fundamental modules for cmsms then I guess it's on its way out...

Right, I have thought this was the case for a while.

Jaim08 wrote:

biddlybum wrote: So... If no one is developing fundamental modules for cmsms then I guess it's on its way out...

Right, I have thought this was the case for a while.

To be honest I don't quite get you you guys are implying... with a forge hosting over 500 projects, with the implications typical of any repository (meaning the Dev Team doesn't have atm the means to review every one of them), I think there is a respectable number of modules and plugins, even if not all aspects are covered by them. With CMSMS core having a frequent cycle of releases and some awards, I'm not sure where you got that idea from...

I just assumed updates would be a little more regular. No problem though.