My goal was to incorporate a discussion forum into one of our Joomla sites. In order to do this we would use a piece of software called phpBB as well as Joomla. PhpBB usually runs as it’s own website. However, we needed to visually integrate phpBB into Joomla creating what would appear to be one site with a forum included.

The component I chose to handle this chore was JFusion. It offers web administrators a way to integrate a variety of software into a Joomla site without the stress of core hacks or bridging the two. Some of the currently supported software is phpBB, myBB, Moodle, docuwiki, Oscommerce, Magento, and vBulletin. After seeing this list and the good reviews that Jfusion received I thought that it would be a worthwhile component to get familiar with.

I found Jfusion to be easy to install. The documentation provided was easy to follow and easy to understand. All the information that I needed on the project at hand could be found on Jfusions web site. This is a very well supported project and one that I will use again.

If you are a person interested in installing Jfusion I would warn that the initial learning process is time consuming but worth it. Once you have read the documentation and been through the setup you will feel that you understand Jfusion. I know that future installs and setup will go very quickly now that I have learned this process. It is definitely worth reading the documentation and understanding the software you are trying to integrate before jumping in.

All in all I feel that Jfusion is the only way to go when attempting an integration. If you have a Joomla site and are interested in adding a forum or other software to it please contact us. We would be happy to help you through the process.