install phpBB forum on canvas page

I see some related content on here about discussion forum being inadequate, but I don't see anyone trying out the phpBB which is an open source forum platform/software.

It seems like all we need to do is make a module, create a page and then host the phpBB code on the page?

But there is no how-to on such task. Does anyone know how have not done it because of the difficulties or was prohibited to do so on security reasons?

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TrishaMeyer1

Hi @SeanKim ,

I don't know anything about phpBB or its security agreements. When you have an account, are you able to generate an embed code? If so, you can use that to embed the content on your Canvas page with the RCE by using Insert->Embed or finding the cloud icon on the ribbon. You can paste the embed code, and the phpBB page should run inside Canvas unless it is blocked by your institution or another entity.

Or maybe you're asking about something else that is beyond my knowledge.

SeanKim

it a bit of a daunting task to do that. I have to have a clean install of the phpBB board on a server somewhere, and then make the forum, and then create the embed codes, I've tried it with a few premade embeddable forums, but it seems canvas just deletes the entire code. it must not be allowed on canvas platform.

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