Apparently a picture tells a thousand words… so here are two thousand:

I’m finally getting a little bit of time to sit down and sync some of the phpBB2 & phpBB3 code together. Template integration is pretty much done…which brings us a fair bit closer to a release. In the meantime, here are some screenshots of Olympus paired with WordPress!

  

Now, just to get my hands on that prosilver theme….

Most phpBB-based sites fall into two categories: Those where phpBB is used as an add-on feature of the main site: for example, as a support forum; and those where a phpBB community is the site.

Sites in the latter category live and breathe ‘community’ — and are often places for pre-existing off-line communities to discuss topics and meet online. Often, such sites using a stock phpBB install spring up and attract large numbers of users — without even a custom design or other site features. It usually doesn’t take long, however, for users to request new features, and a nice portal page summarizing news or announcements is usually the first request. (More…)

I’ve been making fairly good progress with WP-United for phpBB3. While I can re-use much of the phpBB2 code, Olympus is quite a different animal in many respects. (More…)