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Miscellaneous Mambo notes, primarily for the GAIA Web Site Project. Todo: Add useful links to this page.

Actions for GAIA Website

Item	Priority	Status
Convert default themes to work with module suffix	High
Convert comic theme to work with dark main body	High	In progress
Test forum component	High	Done
Test forum permissions	Medium
Test gallery	High
Test alias manager	Low
Test content creation	High
Test content creation with images	Medium
Test event calendar	Medium

Componentents

Components for added functionality:

Alias Manager

• Allows URL rewriting/mapping. Test!

Gallery

• The Gallery (Menalto) can apperently have full integration with the MOS database. There is a module that displays a random image on the front page.
• RS_Gallery is another option.

See this page (in Swedish). Development of Ako Gallery and RS Gallery have been cancelled. This probably leaves The Gallery as the only option. At least this projects is well maintained... Can gallery images be used in stories easily? Perhaps upload into subdirectory under images/stories/gallery??

• Thread on galleryintegration .
• Sample Mambo site with gallery .

Calendar

• Event Calendar.

Forums

• Simpleboard (Two Shoes Mambo Factory) can import phpBB database with users and posts. See thread on TSMF forum.
• phpBB is not really an options, since it is not integrated with the MOS user database. User administration must be done in phpBB, not Mambo, so this is not an options if I want to use other components.

Themes

Templates, themes are called templates in Mambo. I always forget that... Conversion of mambo templates from 4.5 to 4.5.1: http://www.mamboportal.com/content/view/1670/29/