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Hey,

I am looking for a way to create a Personal profile type for users.
Is their a open source software to do this or something ?

Cheers for help guys ;)

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Following 's question about creating personal profile pages and 's reminder that this is a dynamic/back-end task, here are practical, current options and integration patterns that were not mentioned in the thread.

If a single package that already provides profiles plus discussion is acceptable, consider mature open-source projects that reduce custom work: Discourse (https://www.discourse.org), NodeBB (https://nodebb.org), phpBB (https://www.phpbb.com), or social engines like Elgg (https://elgg.org) and HumHub (https://www.humhub.org). These give ready profile pages, extension hooks, and active communities.

If you want separate profile service and forum, prefer one of two robust integration patterns instead of duplicating records:

  • SSO/OAuth (make one app the identity provider; the forum consumes it).
  • API-driven profiles (single authoritative store exposes JSON; forum renders via template/hooks).
    Only use scheduled DB sync as a last resort because of conflict and maintenance risk.

Implementation checklist: pick the authoritative user store; map a stable user ID; decide how avatars and profile fields sync; set cookie/domain for single-session behavior; secure endpoints with HTTPS; test signup, password reset and username changes. Common pitfalls: session domain mismatch, stale avatar caches, duplicate accounts, and plugin incompatibilities. Prioritize an actively maintained project and a clear "source of truth" to keep integration simple and reliable.

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Not exactly sure what you mean by Personal Profile, but for most anything like this(dynamic pages) a database and server side like php would work. I'm sure there are free scripts out there.

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hmm i mean like i create profiles for people.
but then i can link it a forum and insert it their ?

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ok Yep still database stuff.

You'd create member ID's, associate each member's info with their respective ID's, then use server side language to "pull" the data and populate the profile page or forum profile or whatever you would need.

You probably wont find a catch all solution already written for you, but you can find php scripts similar to what you would need. Have you considered just using a CMS like wordpress? Since it doesn't seem like you have the experience to code all of this from scratch, WP would be the way to go.

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