Guest Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 Hi all... I am interested in feedback on integrating osCommerce with the InvisionBoard Forum (http://www.invisionboard.com). I read that a few people have done successful integrations. Would they require seperate databases, or COULD they co-exist within the same database? What about User Account Registration and login? Would they be required to login twice, or could that be integrated also? I have seen the PHP BB contribution, but not one for Invision. Could somebody be working on one? Hmmmm... Any information is appreciated! -R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardsandwars Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 Actually, all the phpBB integration does is set up iframes, so that the OSC header, colums, and footer are displayed around the forum. You could easily change what forum is displayed in the center. There has not been a integration with the username and password, or shared DB. However, I am slowly making some progress in this direction. However, I believe that integration with phpBB is legally possible because it is released under the GNU license. What license is INvision released under? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: As of Oct 2006, I'm not as active in this forum as I used to be, but I still work with osC quite a bit. If you have a question about any of my posts here, your best bet is to contact me though either Email or PM in my profile, and I'll be happy to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 This was taken right from the invisionboard.com website... LICENSEInvision Power Services (IPS) grants you a non-exclusive license to use the Software if you follow all restrictions in all sections of this Agreement. Important: Invision Power Board is NOT an open source software product. You must follow the limitations in this software agreement. We offer specific permission to customise the code for your own needs later in this agreement. Technical support and related services are available to those following this Agreement with no charge on www.invisionboard.com and its related partner sites. IPS reserves the right to limit or refuse free technical support and related services in any form for any reason. If you do not wish to be under the free support limitations, you must purchase a priority support service agreement. Priority support can be purchased through the member center on the Invision Power Board web site under the advanced services section. SCOPE OF GRANT You may: use the Software on one or more computers copy the Software for archival purposes, provided any copy must contain all of the original Software's proprietary notices customise the software's design and operation to suit the internal needs of your web site [info] produce and distribute modification instructions, Skin packs, or Language packs provided that they contain notification that the Skin and Language packs were exported from and originally created by Invision Power Board and/or IPS. The modifications instructions you personally create are not owned by IPS so long as they contain no proprietary coding from Invision Power Board. [info] create applications which interface with the operation of the Software provided said application is an original work [info] You may not: permit other individuals to use the Software except under the terms listed above reverse engineer, disassemble, or create derivative works based on the Software for distribution or usage outside your web site excluding those applications described above [info] use the Software in such as way as to condone or encourage terrorism, promote or provide pirated software, or any other form of illegal or damaging activity modify and/or remove any copyright notices or labels on the Software on each page and in the header of each script source file [info] distribute the software without written consent from IPS [info] distribute or modify proprietary graphics, HTML, or CSS packaged with the Software for use in other Software applications or web sites without written permission from IPS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY The Software is provided on an "AS IS" basis, without warranty of any kind, including without limitation the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. 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MISCELLANEOUS IPS reserves the right to publish a selected list of users of the Software. IPS reserves the right to change the terms of this Agreement at any time however those changes are not retroactive to past releases. Changes to the Agreement will be announced via email using the IPS email notification list. Failure to receive notification of a change does not make those changes invalid. A current copy of this Agreement will be available on the Invision Power Board web site. Skin packs and Language packs are defined as the group of code, text, and graphics that are exported from the Software using the Administration Control Panel or otherwise obtained from the Software. Technical support will not be provided for third-party modifications to the Software including modifications to code, Skin packs, and Language packs to any license holder. If the Software is modified using a third-party modification instruction or otherwise, technical support may be refused to any license holder. [info] PROPRIETARY LABELS Authorization to remove copyright notices can be obtained from IPS for a one time fee of $99. This fee authorises you to remove the output of copyright notices, it does not give you authorisation to remove any copyright notices in the script source header files nor any other rights. [info] MANUFACTURER Invision Power Services, P.O. Box 24, Evergreen, VA 23939. For questions, write to the above address, email license@invisionboard.com, or call 434-352-9311. -R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardsandwars Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 I'll let those that know more about the subject give you a more of an idea about the legality of this, however I am certain that most, if not all, open source programmers are not going to work to integrate a non open source application into another one that is (for free, anyway). I think that there are a few working on integrating phpBB, including myself, and I think that this is a good pairing. If you want to integrate this application into you OSC shop, I would advise hiring a developer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: As of Oct 2006, I'm not as active in this forum as I used to be, but I still work with osC quite a bit. If you have a question about any of my posts here, your best bet is to contact me though either Email or PM in my profile, and I'll be happy to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 Thanks for the update. It's not that I couldn't (or wouldn't) do this myself, I kinda wanted to find out the experiences of others with the Invision product and osC. I agree, PHP BB is a fine product and if I had my choice, I would use it. But, for some reason, my client is bent on using Invision. I would definitely be interested in the legalities of the integration. I look forward to hearing more. -R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 I have invisionboard on my site. Its on its own database, basically when a user signs upto the main site, they are given a box on the form "forum name" when they submit the information it is fed into the OS database and the Invision one too. There is a link which opens a new window which includes the terms and conditions of the site and also includes the T+C of the forum, users have to tick a "read and agree" box. Doesnt work the other way round though. I didnt do the work, so I cant tell how its put together, however I am looking at updating my site and will need someone to integrate the forum again so will hopefully get them to post it as a contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamscape Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 I might be interested on something like this too but haven't looked into doing it... I'd use phpBB, but would much much much much rather use Invision board.... it is so much less stressfuly and less intensive on the server than phpBB is. consequently, it is a much faster and "smoother" forum than phpBB. I don't suspect it would be hard... when a user creates an account, give the option to sign up for the forums too, and connect to both databases and write the proper info to both databases... then maybe add a column to the customer's OSC table... something like "forum_user"... and when they sign in, if the value is true, log them into the forum as well. of coarse that is over simplified, but the direction I would go in if I decide to try to integrate Invisionboard with OSC. The only thing necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamscape Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 another option might be to inlcude a checkbox "I want to sign up on the forums" in the create account page, and then when hit continue have it open (maybe in a new window, cause likely they'll be checking out) the forum signup page... and feed the info to the page, so that all they'd have to fill in was maybe username. The only thing necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 Yeah they would both work. If anyone wants to help me upgrade and look into the Invision thingy at the same time thats not a problem. Your right about Invision board it is a brilliant piece of software I have a nice version of it running HERE, its been skinned which is cheap and easy to do and very powerfull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisyeung168 Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 Invision forum is a cool forum, I used it for a long time! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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