getting forums to fit in with normal pages

[tony]

Hi well basically i was wondering if its possible to implament my forums onto a page like the rest of my site?
My site will be just a basic 1 (to learn with) as you can see in the attachment the site will have content where the forums bit is on the image. but then i would want the forums to be where the content usually is.

I will be using phpbb2 (latest version) and possibly installing a couple of hacks

So does anyone know where there are tutorials for this or if possible could they explain?

Cheers
Tony

(also if i find this is too hard to do does anyone know how much it would cost to do something like this?)

Cheers
tony

[MarkB]

Definitely possible; all you need do is wrap it in HTML (using the templates).

If you want to keep the external content updated, then you may need to further hack the files...

[James]

Just a matter of editing the template...

[tony]

lol riiiiiite
erm that just went woosh above my head, how much would it cost?
or if you know of any sites with tutorials even better

[MarkB]

Check the PHPBB forums; no doubt someone has asked the same question.

[James]

Good learning experience to do it on your own. I wouldn't suggest hiring someone.

[tony]

i know yea thats why im trying to find a tutorial but i have working with code thats so big that i dont really understand, however i will have a look on the phpbb forums see what i can dig up

[Tim]

Tony, I've been doing a serious customization of phpbb for our needs, so I guess I can answer any of your questions here.

Obviously, you need to create a new style for phpbb. To do this, you just take their default one, copy it as a new style and modify it (a little bit. You won't need much modifications to do smth simple).
I suggest you to read this doc (http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article.php?article_id=197) before taking the next step.

After you create a new style (looking exactly as the default one) you should edit the /style_folder/overall_header.tpl and overall_footer.tpl files with your fav html editor. Wrap the html code of your site around the html code you find in these 2 files. I hope you get what I mean.

If you face any problems - just post'em here and I'll try to help.