I've been frustrated on which extension to pick as my official forum...since both can be used with CB.

It's just these differences that bug me:

Agora:
two different signature fields, not in synch
has permissions to let certain users view certain threads

Kunena:
the login box at the top
cannot designate specific users to view specific threads

Based on integration with CB...which one do you think is better?

I've just visited the Agora site and I have been quite impressed by it.

I don't know about integration in CB, but Kunena can integrate in a lot of plugins.

In kunena, you can perfectly say that a forum/category will be accessible only by public/registered/editors etc (same levels as in joomla).

Also, I chose Kunena because of it's integration with GroupJive (i'm still installing it but it has several advantages like allowing users to create various groups and manage them themselves, and also a way to create forums for groups when a group is created (i am still experiencing with this but it seems to work).
In agora, unless i am wrong, groups cannot be created by users the way they want, and the group is just a bit like "permission level" (users, modos, admins...). right ?

GroupJive does a better job allowing users to create groups of their choice (like "groups of pizza lovers", which has nothing to do wiith users permissions and privileges)....

You must not only look into CB integration, but also other plugins that you may need.

I mean, even PhpBB3 (one of the best forum ever) can be integrated into CB. I managed to install phpBB3 and have it work nicely, but for the future, it seems better to use a joomla native forum.

I hope it helps.

Post edited by: spaecman, at: 2009/06/10 19:35

Post edited by: spaecman, at: 2009/06/10 19:38

Well, is GroupJive stable enough for normal usage?

With Agora you can create unlimited number of hidden forums for unlimited number of different groups. I can't imagine my forum without that option. If you need groups created by users, you can buy commercial component AgoraGroups. Agora can be also integrated with many Joomla extensions (like CB Joomsocial, jSocialSuite, UddeIM or Joomfish). If some extensions, like Group Jive, will not work with Agora, ask creators why they do not want to make their product working together with Agora. I asked developper of Group Jive about integration with Agora, he answered - only Kunena. So it's not Agora problem.

Why Agora? Because of groups with access , awesome support (answer from team in minutes, help with your live site by their hands), extended editor, users map, extended attachments system, Joomla Modules can be used inside Agora Component (there are standard modules positions where you can put anything you want - together with login module, which you are missing in Agora.

Example of login module on top Agora: battlestations.eu/index.php/forum

And finally - design of both components... Kunena just looks like.... Kunena...