Im going to be using either SMF or phpbb3 forums in my site as these are the ones available to install from my cpanel in X10 web host. My query is that my site is going to be uploaded using a FTP client. How then do I integrate my forum into the site. And is it possible to do this with either SMF or Phpbb3? Thanks
SMF has the possibility. The SSI file allows you to do a variety of things to add it to your website. http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=11384.0
Are you talking about a front page portal? Or just a link? You can use a portal provided by Fantastico to do it with SMF or phpBB3.
There are a few bridges of SMF with CMS's and portals which include: Drupal Mambo(joomla bridge not included) MkPortal And a few others. You may want to try them. http://www.simplemachines.org/download/?bridges