Multiple templates, one install - Joomla SMF integration

[lewism]

I have a need to have two different looks for the same forums.

One would be embedded into another web site where I don't need anything above the top menus.
The other would be stand alone.

I don't want to maintain two separate forums if possible so was wondering if there might be a way of doing this using two templates or something along those lines.

Thanks.

[Kindred]

can you be more specific?

Do you want all the same boards, users and content -- just a different LOOK, based on the access point/url?

embedding forums is tricky...I certainly hope that you were not planning to use an iframe....

[lewism]

I used jfusion which seems to be working perfectly in terms of integrating smf 2.0 into joomla 3.3.
However, when integrated, having the top banner and all that extra space doesn't make any sense when showing in joomla. When not showing in joomla, when a user wants to go directly to the forums, then I do want the top banner and other information showing.

Therefore, it sounds like what I need is some sort of dynamic template so that I can do both looks at the same time. Yes, the forum is using the same database, users, etc.

[Kindred]

yeah...   you are going to have to mess around with conditionals in index.template.php

moving this to graphics and templates, since it's not actually a support issue.

[margarett]

I don't know how exactly would you recognize whether or not you are "integrated".

But if you can get that to a php variable, (and depending on your theme), you can *probably* edit index.template.php and, depending on that variable, hide or not the header.
But you need to check with the theme author for that possibility...

[Kindred]

if it is like the old joomla intergration, the URL will be different, it will include something like com_forum or com_smf as an argument.

We actually used to do it when we had an active bridge. I wans't aware that any of the joomla bridges still worked..

[lewism]

Yes, JFusion totally works.

I wonder if I could call up a different template based on the url to smf for example? Then when users go direct, nothing special but when they go to the embedded version, the different template comes up.

I don't know enough about programming but once I can get some idea of what can be done, I'll get my programmer to try it.

[Antechinus]

How is it embedding SMF inside Joomla? If it's wrapping it in another html tag, like an iframe for instance, you can use a simple id on that tag to call CSS display: none; on any SMF elements you don't want to see.

[lewism]

Click on Forums

http://www.prescottriders.com/

Of course, colors and other things need to change to make it look better but it fits in there quite nicely. Just have to adjust some width settings it looks like.

Others who don't want to use Joomla can go directly to forums.prescottriders.com

[Kindred]

Bruno,
looks liek jfusion wraps it in a div
id=jfusionframeless



lewism... you - however have a problem...

I went to your site - and it has me logged in as you, the admin.
I can't DO anything without a password... but it shows me logged in as Mike, along with you avatar and the admin menu item...

[lewism]

Yes, there seems to be some sort of caching issue going on.

[margarett]

Hey, I'm also "Mike"

Not joking, you need to quickly fix that...

[lewism]

Mike is not an admin. Are you talking about the Joomla part or the SMF forum?
Also, it's all backed up so it's not a big deal. Backed it up to do this work

[margarett]

SMF Forum.

I am Mike and I *do* have the "Admin" link on the menu

[Kindred]

well, when I go to your joomla site and click on forum, I am shown logged in as Mike... and have the admin and moderation menu items visible to me

[lewism]

Is that better?
The problem is probably related to cookies between one site and the other.

[margarett]

Now I am a guest, yes.
But your header is kinda messed Like attached

[Antechinus]

Bruno,
looks liek jfusion wraps it in a div
id=jfusionframeless

Yup, so that makes it easy then. To hide the unwanted header bits just use #jfusionframeless #top_section, #jfusionframeless #upper_section {display: none;}

It may need a little bit of CSS tweaking to style the remaining header nicely, but it shouldn't be a drama.

ETA: You might also want to remove the padding around the forum so it just looks like a nice clean div on the page. IOW, set #jfusionframeless #wrapper {min-width: 100%;} and #jfusionframeless body {padding: 0;} then tweak corners gfx etc.

[lewism]

Yes, job one was just to get the forums working with Joomla.
Next is configuring so that things work smoothly and looking at the design to clean it up.

In the end however, it looks like SMF CAN be framed to work inside of Joomla. I read so many posts where people said this is no longer possible.