Finally I have managed to solve the problem - at least partly. Since this was a painstaking experience I want to share my experience with you. In case if you are interested, I will try to go through the modifications one by one. This will let you use the most recent bridge (v2 beta) with the most recent SMF (2.0.2) and mambo, 4.6.5 (partly the community builder as well). Consequently in the only scenario which I have managed to function, the new registrations/cancellations will be made via SMF (unwrapped but accessed via mambo component), however, all the new registrations will be migrated automatically to your mambo database (and if you have community builder as well).
Before doing this we have to make some modifications and corrections. All of these, except one hard code change in the database table, could be found over these forums, but they are all scattered around. many thanks go to the developer of the bridge and to others who have suggested the solution in different messages.
1. Install the most recent bridge and the SMF and mambo. Then go through the decent installation guides given here, especially underlined by Kindred. Make sure to publish all mambots as well as the mod_smf_login. Choose as a part of the main menu, the bridge component and make it open to public. In SMF choose subdomaincookies and databased sessions (untick the local cookies). Don't use cache. Choose activation method (by email) for your registrations.
2. You will have a very messy board if you access it unwrapped, so go and correct the follwing in /com_smf/smf.php
Find (around row 1245): You will have a nice template thereafter.
function integrate_load_theme() {
global $context, $simpleActions;
if (!WIRELESS && !isset($_REQUEST['xml']))
$context['template_layers'] = array('body');
}
replace with:
function integrate_load_theme() {
global $context, $simpleActions, $wrapped;
if (!WIRELESS && !isset($_REQUEST['xml']) && $wrapped == 'true')
$context['template_layers'] = array('body');
}
2. You will get errors concerning the smf.php concerning three rows starting at row 1109
Find this:
global $language, $synch_lang, $language_conversion, $smf_path;
$configuration =& mamboCore::getMamboCore();
$database =& mamboDatabase::getInstance();
$mainframe =& mosMainFrame::getInstance();
Replace with this:
global $language, $synch_lang, $language_conversion, $smf_path, $configuration, $database, $mainframe;
3. You will get another error concerning mod.smf.login file:
Find (around row 50-52)
function integrate_pre_load () {
global $lang, $mosConfig_lang, $synch_lang, $smf_lang, $smf_path;
Add there also the configuration like as follows:
function integrate_pre_load () {
global $lang, $mosConfig_lang, $synch_lang, $smf_lang, $smf_path, $configuration;
You are done if you have not got community builder on the mambo side. If you want to have the members entered also in "mos_comprofiler" table you need following changes:
4. The mos_comprofiler table misses a row called "is_admin", so any attempts to copy a user via the bridge causes errors. You need to go to the database and add a row named "is_admin". That will be text field with default value "N". This means that any new user will considered as a normal registered member not a administrator (in which case the "N" changes to "Y" = yes).
5. Then you must change the SQL query in smf.registration.php file in order to be able to copy this row as well, otherwise the Community Builder will give server errors. So, fetch "/components/com_smf_registration/smf.registration.php"
Find (row 192)
if ($cb_reg=="on")
$sql = mysql_query("
INSERT INTO {$mosConfig_dbprefix}comprofiler
(id, user_id)
VALUES ('$mos_id', '$mos_id')");
Add also "is_admin" there with default value N
if ($cb_reg=="on")
$sql = mysql_query("
INSERT INTO {$mosConfig_dbprefix}comprofiler
(id, user_id, is_admin)
VALUES ('$mos_id', '$mos_id', $mos_is_admin)");
That's it -you are done!
Hope this helps others.
