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One of our client needs us to install a forum software for their existing website which is running Joomla Content Management System. This is a extremely busy website and have also some other Joomla addons already installed on top of plain Joomla installation. Now we have to give them a suggestion that whether they must do and the options are whether thy must go for Joomla Forum Plugin or used a third party Forum Software like SMF or vBulletin.
This decision is very difficult because the Joomla plugin for forums may or may not have enough functionality which they may be looking for but its very easy to integrate in already running joomla website and we would not need a separate database for it. On the other hand if we use 3rd party Forum software we would have to make a separate database and the integration would not be as easy and more over we would have to make a customized theme for that forum too which must look like our joomla website. Experts please give us some good suggestions on this issue.
This decision is very difficult because the Joomla plugin for forums may or may not have enough functionality which they may be looking for but its very easy to integrate in already running joomla website and we would not need a separate database for it. On the other hand if we use 3rd party Forum software we would have to make a separate database and the integration would not be as easy and more over we would have to make a customized theme for that forum too which must look like our joomla website. Experts please give us some good suggestions on this issue.