I know that it has come up quite a lot in the past. I have already finished some of my projects (announcements will be published soon) and i am now in search of a new idea in order to develop a new module for phpVMS. This is an integrated Forum. Yes, an integrated forum into a phpVMS website. Some of the main ideas i have are:
Of course a converter from phpBB and SMF forums to this forum (i have not checked how these forums core work but i think that it's not so difficult)
User permissions (administrator, moderator, basic access, banned)
All the forum administration will be included in the phpVMS admin center
Board categories
Threads
User profile settings (signature, personal message etc)
Include a WYSIWYG editor for the pilot's posts
Of course it's not an easy project so that's why i do not have a specific time-frame. I am open to any suggestion you may have about it.