mojoPortal + other web apps

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7/22/2009 12:10:45 AM
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mojoPortal + other web apps

mojo is perfect for my needs except that I need a more robust forum. If mojo is installed at the site root, is it possible to install an "external" forum in a subfolder (thinking specifically of Simple Machines Forum, a PHP app)? The external forum would use a different database.

7/22/2009 6:18:14 AM
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Re: mojoPortal + other web apps

anything is possible depending on the developer but there is no easy recipe 

7/22/2009 11:46:16 AM
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Re: mojoPortal + other web apps

I guess I should have been more specific. :)

Does mojoPortal need to touch (scan/alter/change) all files in the folder where it's installed (which would be the site root in my case)? Or does it ignore files that are not part of its content. I'm not looking to integrate an external forum into mojo, just wondering if another app can live side by side with mojo without any conflicts.

Ideally, I would like this setup:
mydomain.com - mojo
mydomain.com/forum - external forum app, mojo should ignore this folder as part of its content

Instead of this one:
mydomain.com/mojo - mojo install, mydomain.com would redirect to this subfolder
mydomain.com/forum - external forum app

Thanks for your help!

7/22/2009 2:56:06 PM
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Re: mojoPortal + other web apps

mojo ignores the other folders

for example i have put my code in ~/devz/ 

but of course you can't have it well integrated with the mojoportal, unless you program by yourself an interfacing module.

But i guess it will be easier to make a new forums from scratch, than interfacing with php apps

7/23/2009 8:15:21 AM
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If the other app is php and no file names collide or interfere it seems reasonable. If you run another .NET app in a virtual sub directory there can be conflicts between Web.config settings in the parent vs the child but these can usually be mitigated by wrapping things in <location> elements to reduce the scope of a conflicting setting in the parent.

Hope it helps,

Joe 

7/26/2009 10:04:29 PM
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Gerry Roston gerry (at) pairofdocs (dot) net

Re: mojoPortal + other web apps

Let the newbie try providing some help...

The trick lies with the web.config in the root directory. Check out this link www.kowitz.net/archive/2007/05/16/stopping-asp.net-web.config-inheritance.aspx for an important tip.

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