I'm in the finishing stages of a component/modification to allow seamless integration between Mambo Open Source 4.5 and UBB.threads 6.4. I've finished user database integration, article comments based on the UBB.threads discussion system as well as a bunch of information modules.

Read on for further details on the component.

Even though I've done my best to avoid modifications to core Mambo files there is unfortunately one core Mambo file that needs to be replaced. Because of the way Mambo handles users internally there is no other way to do it. Fortunately, the component installer tries to be smart about installing this for you, but because of permissions issues it will not always work automatically.

The user registration component och login/logout modules have also been replaced, but they install automatically and if you haven't changed the standard functions or have direct links to any of them it should work automatically.

There is also one small change need to one UBB.threads script, as well as links to login/logut/registration pages needs to be changed, but the changes should be very easy to perform.

Article comments can either be turned on for all content items, or for only those that has the {moscomment} mambot in the text. The script has also been prepared for selecting specific sections and categories that where all content items can have comments.

When the first comment is made to an article, a thread will automatically be created for it in a selected forum and all subsequent comments will be added to this thread. This way, it is possible to add comments either directly from the article or from the forum system. At the moment all threads will be added to one speciefied forum, but in the future it will be possible to have different forums for different sections and categories. The forum can always be overrided by adding the {moscomment=forumkeyword} in the text body of the article.

Modules available

• Forum List - Also shows favorite forums for logged in users
• Latest Threads - Shows the latest threads
• UBB.threads Menu - Some important links for UBB.threads
• Private Messages - Show information about Private Messages
• Statistics - Shows some statistics about UBB.threads