I have a custom made web-site in Python/MySQL with custom user/session tables and users already using it.
I am looking for forum to integrate with the current site:
Users of the main site should automatically get an account and get logged into forum. They would just pick a different visible name for the forum (no email verification, no password / recovery question, and so on)
I have searched the net for hours. Couldn't find any proper (well maintained, well used) forum code in python to use. So I am ready to resort to running a PHP forum in parallel ...
Any recommendation on which forum to use to avoid a major reverse engineering for the single sign-on and integrated login process? (I am no good in PHP, so I prefer to add code to our site rather than mess around with the PHP codes)
I ended up with Simple Machines Forum. It provides a set of integration hooks.
With a bit of php hacking, you can connect it to anything you want.
SMF 2.0 is still in beta, but get much more control on customization. T