How can this be setup?

[Matt22]

I am making a community site and I need help and advice with integration.

I have made a good site in Dreamweaver, just plain HTML really.
Now I want to use paFileDB (a downloads application), K-News(a php/mysql news system) and PHPBB all in my site.

For K-News I want...
-The news on the front page, like most sites.
- A News Archive page, (This feature IS in K-news) with a search function on that page that actually works
when you search for news items

For PHPBB I want...
- A phpbb login bar at the top of my main site, when someone logs in it will NOT take them
to the forums, it will just stay on the main site and say "Jack Smith, Logged in. [Log Out]"
- Latest posts/topics block
- "Who is Online" block

For paFileDB I want...
- A Latest Files block on the main page, when someone clicks on it, it will take them to the file page (as shown in that example site i showed you here > http://www.bravoclan.com/dummyex/1.htm)
- A search bar on the main site, an example is show here also > http://www.bravoclan.com/dummyex/1.htm (click on MAP SEARCH)


Thats it! I need it all integrated perfectly and working like a dream!

[Matt22]

I had a gut feeling that my topic would sink to the bottom...

Really, can someone help me with this?

[grailquester5]

Matt22,

Well, ah-em, that's actually a fair bit more than it sounds. The integration of those types of things requires a certain amount of PHP (and often database) know-how. True, you don't have to build the systems yourself, but as a designer/developer you need to know how they work so you know how to integrate them into your site and how to update/maintain them. Many freeware products (like PHPBB) come with pretty straight-forward and easy to follow install instructions - just download the stuff from the PHPBB (http://www.phpbb.com/) website and follow the directions.
Otherwise, a fairly large number of us are paid for website design/development and I'm sure that if you posted an interest in paying for assistance, you'd find more than you need (post someplace like "Business Matters" or maybe in the "Coffee Lounge").

[Matt22]

Ok thanks for that.

How much do people charge? There wouldnt be any point in spending too much money on it since I'm not making any money out of my site.

[grailquester5]

Well, really anything, but I personally wouldn't hire anyone willing to work for less than $50 or $60 an hour. If the site isn't that important to you, then you're right, probably wouldn't be worth the money. BUT, by the same token, it then wouldn't hurt you to start reading through the manuals/install instructions for stuff like PHPBB and seeing if you can't figure it out on your own. What have you got to lose? And, you'll learn a lot in the process...

[Matt22]

It's not so much about PHPBB, infact lets forget PHPBB.

The hard part is having pafileDB integrated within my site, apparently its easy but I want K-news integrated aswell.

I KNOW its possible, check this site > www.bfcentral.ca
they have phpbb integrated, with a login bar, a registration form ON SITE, and they have a news system.