The main difference is:
full version can display phpbBB wrapped into Joomla template with custom SEF URLs, specially adopted phpBB style is required. Certain Joomla extensions and phpBB MODs can conflict. Joomla template and phpBB style can have CSS conflicts.

lite version displays phpBB as it is ...

Only all articles and categories can be shared.

But each site can have "own" menu items and display only site-specific categories and articles via site-specific menu items.

Please check first two case studies:
https://alterbrains.com/joomla-extensions/administration/multisites-manager/case-studies

... will have a single Joomla website which can be loaded via two domain names. Mobile subdomain will be a mirror of main site, but a subdomain will display customized contents.

Note that MightySites doesn't perform any redirects to mobile subdomain depending on the user agent device or browser ...

⋅ Feature: new advanced component setting "Force Multi-Language" helps to always display language settings for terms even if 'System - Language Filter' plugin is disabled.
⋅ Feature: new advanced component setting "Disable Popper GPU Acceleration" helps to prettify fonts in tips ...

Joomla custom fields are finally displayed in backend user/article list with the help of free Alter Fields extension.

Additionally, paid Alter Fields Pro adds ability to sort, filter and search content items by custom field values.
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... sdot; Feature: new term setting "Extra Words" helps to parse custom phrases.
⋅ Feature: new term setting "Custom Tip Title" to display custom title in term tip.
⋅ Feature: global "Term List" default settings in component options.
⋅ Feature: new term list ...

... category view can filter reports by tags.
⋅ Change: frontend reports with un-authorized "view" and "view own" permissions are now displayed with special customizable layout ("you are not authorized to view this report" message by default).
⋅ Feature: new "Date" column type ...

... support.
⋅ Feature: add Term button in Joomla editor to insert correct term URL.
⋅ Feature: new Glossary List layout to display a table of terms.
⋅ Feature: display author, glossary and term dates on term page.
⋅ Changes: "term" view renamed to ...

... Feature: column types. We started with two column types: "Common" and "Row Number". Common column provides current behavior. Row Number column displays row numbers, you can disable "Row Numbers" option, add "Row Number" column and apply custom position/style easily. More column types are coming ...

Please explore phpBB permissions system first, you can create a forum visible for members of specific phpBB group only.

It's impossible to limit display of own posts only in phpBB.



I am actually using an extension to achieve this and it is working fine on phpBB. I just want to make sure the ...