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out of the box recommendation??

Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 11:07 pm
by raciere
i am relatively unfamiliar w/ PHP solutions, but i have a client (a state acupuncture association) who has a need for an online community of sorts, and rather than build a custom soution (they have very limited budget) it seems like there's got to be a pre-built php solution out there for something like this. they need the following:

1) register members:
- user pays a reg fee via paypal, upon confirm they are given a password.
- a new member now logs on to our fancy php site and is able to fill out a profile... with contact info, a photo, and other pre-defined fields (we need to be able to define the profile fields).

the profiles need to have both user AND administrator access for editing.

2) search for practitioner
- the general public needs to be able to search for an acupuncturist and be returned appropriate member profiles (per the above)

3) they also want to offer a members-only bulletin board, polls, listserv, etc..

the group also wants to be able to define a section of the site where they can upload and post articles & newsletters.

know any out-of-the box PHP solutions you could recommend?

Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 3:07 am
by twigletmac
A lot of this could be done using vBulletin - it's a forum but is capable of doing almost everything you've got listed, out of the box. It has a cost associated but it's not prohibitive and the administration and moderation side of things is very comprehensive. Other than that, look at PHP CMSs (a site like hotscripts would have a listing and you'd probably be able to find something to suit your needs.

Mac