FFF Going Portal?

[der Astronom]

For those who don't know what a portal system is, here is an explanation offered by Darkblade.

A portal system is an advanced content management system that will allow us to easily include different elements from the vBulletin message board on the web site's homepage.

Features

• Everything is completely template based so it is very easy to customize.
• Fully phrased to support the vBulletin language system.
• Tested and stable with vBulletin 3.5.0+
• 100% validated XHTML 1.0 compliance
• And much more!

Included Modules

• Site Navigation - A navigation module allowing the users to easily navigate the portal pages and the rest of your web site.
• Welcome Block - Creates a login box for members to log into the site on the homepage, or shows logged in users their avatar, last visit, private message info, reputation info, and rank (all of which may be enabled/disabled).
• News - Pick specific threads, or just select a forum to pull posts from and have these posts displayed as news articles on the portal page. Additional options to show attachments, avatars, icons, ratings, images, HTML, and more in your news posts.
• News Archive - A condensed version of older news posts. Includes options to control the number of archived posts to show.
• Latest Topics - Show the latest threads started in the forum. Additional options to set the number of threads to display, pick specific threads or forums to pull threads from, show a preview of the first post, ratings, icons, last post info, and more.
• Current Poll - Show a poll and allow users to vote and see the results on the homepage.
• Buddy List - Show the user's buddy list for members who are logged in.
• Online Users - Shows a list of active users, including the stats for the 'most users ever online'.
• Stats - Shows statistics such as total members, threads, posts, top poster, and newest member.
• Today's Birthdays - Shows all members with a birthday today, along with their age and a link to their profile.
• Mini Calendar - Shows a mini calendar with links to days with scheduled events from the calendar we select.
• Search - Search box to allow users to quickly search the forums.
• Quick Moderation - Shows the number of posts, threads, users, attachments, and calendar events awaiting moderation for users that have permission to moderate these items.
• Custom Page Content - Allows you to easily specify a template to include the content from on a page.

Live Demo

 

[Davey Gaga]

I don't have a clue as to what these random letters and numbers mean, I'm clueless. To me, it doesn't seem to be any different.

 

[Roxas 101]

sounds pretty cool so my vote is yes

 

[Vincent'sLucrecia]

It looks really awesome. I think it's a great idea for the forums, since everything is right there in front of you on the homepage.

 

[J3CHT]

I voted yes a portal is a great addition to any forum.

 

[Karura]

I think it would be right, altought the space would be smaller, that wouldn't matter, since all we saw int he front page is just the forums ._.U So well, a yes ;D

 

[Oblivion Knight]

I've been outvoted.. ;__;

 

[Kajie]

As long as it is for the good of this forum..then okay!

It sounds cool..
So, why not!

 

[Scott Croft]

Yea it sounds like a great idea so why not

 

[Loz]

I say no. The forums are good as the way they are. imho changing is not necessary but that's my opinion

 

[Snake101]

ok cool sounds great. so uhhhh when will it happen?

 

[Darkblade]

The portal will be implemented on the forums very soon but please keep on voting everyone. I'd love to see and listen to other's opinion and thoughts about this.