Adding chat to a phpbb site
I just finished off adding a chat app to the supersled.net site. This was done using the pretty-good x7chat application. The phpbb authentication integration of the app works great. I only had to modify one file to point it to the location of phpbb’s config file.
I never knew why projects like zope existed until now. It really makes sense to have a web site, expecially a community based one, built atop of a common framework. With a common framework, things like chat can be added fairly easily and without worry of the parent application changing and breaking something.
I am planning on upgrading to phpbb3 when it comes out or shortly after. With drupal, phpbb, and x7chat on the same site, things may get a little hairy.