Date: 11/09/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: php, oscommerce, web

ok. i need some advice. i run a website that is currently JUST a forum (phpbb)...and i'm wanting to add more to the site... so i installed joomla (pretty much the same as mambo).

i searched the forums, but couldnt find an easy enough to understand answer on this, so i thought i would see if any of you have experience in doing this:

i guess my "pre-question" is, well... joomla and mambo are almost the same (like how zencart and oscommerce are)... and i'm wondering if i find a bridge for mambo, if i can install it and have it work with joomla?

my major question is, i want to integrate my ALREADY EXISTING phpbb with my NEW joomla (aka so existing user accounts will carry over from the forum to joomla). how would i go about doing this?

my current phpb:
http://www.undergroundchurches.org/forum
my new joomla:
http://www.undergroundchurches.org/main

and example of the two (except this one is using mambo, not joomla) used together:
http://xsisterhoodx.com

notice how the accounts are the same for the forum and the main area, and the "latest forum posts" show up on the main page.

anyone have any ideas?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/1013801.html