PHP-Nuke has an awesome discussion board module, the Forums module, which is a complete application. phpBB—the leading free, open‑source discussion board application—has been 'refitted' as a PHP-Nuke module, providing integration with the PHP-Nuke user accounts.
In this chapter, we will begin to explore the PHP-Nuke Forums module. You will:
Learn about the structure of a discussion board
Learn how to create categories and forums, and make postings
Create groups, and set simple permissions for forums
See how to moderate forum content
Rather than having a single discussion area, with topics intermingling with other topics, themes of conversation are organized into a number of different containers, rather like the folder and file structure of your hard disk.
The top-level of organization is the category. Note that the categories here are different from the categories we have met in the other modules!
Within categories, the next level of organization...