Is it possible for me to make my own custom content island?

For example... I have a server that is not with Groupee and the forums are hosted on groupee.

If I want to create a custom contest island that would list forum topics with the keyword "Blabla" - is this possible?

And if so - what calls to my forums database would I have to do?

Assuming your Eve plan includes web hosting, you could create a PHP script that would query your Eve database for the information you wanted to display, then output Javascript. Then, you could include the PHP script in a JavaScript call from your site hosted elsewhere. It would essentially work just like a content island.

You might want to start by taking a look at the IP_T_MESSAGE table. The BODY field holds the message body.

Can I query the Eve database from my other server?

No, the database is configured to only allow connections from localhost, so the PHP would need to run on the Eve server.

That stinks....

I presume that if I'm on a shared hosting plan that I cannot do this then?

Sure you can. You would create a PHP file to run in your Groupee web space that queries the Eve database for whatever information you want to display and then you call that PHP script from your other server.

Is there some other requirement you have that prevents you from doing this?

I don't think so... I'm just not the techie programmer for my site so I wasn't sure how possible it was.

Is there documentation somewhere on how the Eve DB is structured and how we can get info from it?

There is no documentation on the structure of the database, but you can look through the tables to get an idea of where things are.