phpBB3 in dolphin template

I've installed phpBB3. Now I want to implement it like the orca forum (I still want to have the navigation on the top instead of linking to the phpBB3 site with a different template). What would the best solution for that? Does anyone has an idea? I was thinking about an iframe but maybe there will be a better solution...

Here is the best solution:

http://www.makeasocialnetwork.com/phpbb3_and_dolphin

Mike

Yea iframe is the best way to go, I use it with phpbb3 and it works just fine. I bought a small mod on expertzzz to integrate the database with dolphin and works 80% fine. I just had to disable registrations in phpbb3 as new users registering in phpBB3 were not showing up in Dolphin contrary to what the mod author claimed. Not a train smash, new users in Dolphin are automatically added into phpbb3 which is what I needed. However be aware that you cannot integrate group functionality into phpbb3 so your Groups will still need Orca.

One more thing, if you stick to the phpBB3 default templates proSilver etc then iframes includes the entire forum page and your users wont have to scroll left and right to see whole posts. I am sure there is a fix for that but proSilver suits my needs so I didnt go down that road.

Search engines won't like frames. You can install one inside the orca folder and you can also use a common database.

try to take a look my simple phpbb3 template http://kasikas.com/forums

this my web forum before I switch to dolphins...