Sorry to interrupt. I am newbie for php portal system. Several php developer teams already offer portal solution and Geeklog is one of them. For my personal wish I would like to see the following functions so that I can adopt a portal:

1. easy to integrate with other php popular packages. To name a few e.g. phpBB 2.0, Gallery 1.2.5 (or the future 2.0), php Auction, document management system, etc. The user of the portal can have \\\'single signon\\\' to access all these common packages

2. multi-language support include Chinese (of course because I am come from Hong Kong)

3. user group or mailing list similar to what\\\'s does in Yahoo Groups (groups.yahoo.com)

4. web based template system (phpBB ver 2 has a nice template system but require editing in the server side)

5. web mail capability or private message like phpbb ver 2

6. greeting cards or birthday reminder

Thanks!

Sounds like all you need is phpBB2!

Seriously, we will provide a phpBB2 hack once it is in production (they\'re in release candidate now).

With GL 1.3.x we allow you to alter the table names GL uses so it should be much easier to allow you put Geeklog in the same database with other apps.

We use templates already and, like phpBB, you must edit on the server side. We\'ll look into letting you edit individual templates via a web interface with 1.4

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