Hey, I REALLY REALLY need help to embed a forum into my arcade site. www.robollama.com. I want to have the forum fully embedded with site so the login for site and forum are same and users online for forum and site are same and everything possible even profile. But if someone can show me a guide or post a walk through on how to do this I would really appreciate it. Also I plan on using IPB or phpbb don't care which.
Do you already have an Ipb license because phpBB is free and the current version of IpB isnt (though the old version 1.2 is still available for free). I heard that SMF is the easiest forum to skin, and it is the only forum software I have experience with. Skinning a forum is not easy for beginners; you have to edit the forum's stylesheets and php templates. I spent a whole day embedding my first install of SMF into my simple website. Once you decide on a forum software, search for a skinning guide for that software. What arcade script do you use? I'm not sure if there are arcade/forum account mods or you have to code it yourself?
Integrating the forum into your site using SMF's layer system Graphics and Themes Readme and the rest of the theming forum, lots of trial and error If you want to integrate Gamesitescript and SMF logins you might have to change the databases and php code yourself.