I have check through so many pages of the forum, but no where have I seen this idea discussed (so, if I missed it, I do apologize in advance).

I want to implement Ikonboard as a discussion board, and Plans as my calendar (allows meta-calendaring) -- but I would like them to appear "within" my MT set-up.  (For lack of a better term, I refer to this as a "MT-Wrapper.")

Fairly new at this, but can somebody shed some light on this process?  I "think" it has something to do with modules, but I am just not sure!

Thanks for your help.

Well, I have come up with a workable "solution" although, I am not sure it is the "best" solution.

I created a new index template, called it "Calendar", and added the output file of "cal.html", copied over my index template information, then in the "content" division I added an iframe (and ilayer for Netscape compatibility) element:



Now, like I said, this "works" but there must be a better way!

You can see this working at:
http://www.jeffersonelementary.org/cal.html

No, that is not the final design, but I want to get all the "pieces and parts" working first.

Thanks for the help ...

Well, I think I may have found the "better" way.

I changed my template, so that I was doing server-parsed files (.shtml), and changed the iframe over to a virtual include:



Now, I have the content within my MT set-up (not that it is finished, but that is another story).

You can see the final result here:
http://www.jeffersonelementary.org/forum.shtml

I still have some work to do on my integration of the Plans calendar.  Looks like I have some conflicting styles in my style sheets that is causing it to be "offset" -- but that should be easier to fix.  I hope!  :0
http://www.jeffersonelementary.org/cal.shtml

I hope this lesson of pain helps out some other newbie out there who is trying to stretch their limits of knowledge.