Bridge Mambo,Joomla SMF 1.1 RC2 (aka 3.20)

[farmeunit]

That's what I did, and that the error I get

Also I got the patch installed, but get different error, so I put original files back for now.

[Orstio]

Also I got the patch installed, but get different error, so I put original files back for now.

Patch?

[farmeunit]

There is a patch that is supposed to allow the installation of components when the host has SAFE MODE turned on in PHP.  That's my problem apparently, because SAFE MODE is on for me.  I read something about placing the files where they need to go and then using the "Install from directory" option, but not sure which files need to go where or if the database entries will be put in using the option, and I know nothing about DBs, so I'm trying to screw up as little stuff as possible.  Anyway, thanks for you help.  Hope I'm not bothering too much.  I can usually get stuff figured out, but this one's got me.  I just don't know where to go from here.

[Orstio]

There is a patch that is supposed to allow the installation of components when the host has SAFE MODE turned on in PHP.

Ah. OK.  You can install the component manually, but it requires you do a bunch of database queries in PhpMyAdmin.

If you read through install.smf.php inside the com_smf zip, it should give you some clues.

[charlwillia6]

I was wondering if there is any 'known' issues with this bridge.  I have used the 'other' bridge before, and there are issues, such as login issues and session issues, and also the total time logged in for users does not update (which is a big issue for me).  Is there a list of known issues for this bridge.  I did a search and couldn't find anything.  Thanks in advance.

Charles

[Orstio]

None yet, but it's only been public for two days. 

[farmeunit]

Thanks.  I'll give it a shot tonight.  I tried what I could think of.  Same errors.  If I install anything into the /root/component is says that some component is using /root/component/com_smf or something like that.  Or if I place the folder somewhere else and try installing from that folder, it says that it has trouble writing the /com_sf/languages folder.  I have no idea where to go from here.  I can post the EXACT error message if you need them, but those are close.

[smacktalk]

Update 1/1/6 -- There were multiple problems with the registration routines.  Files changed are smf.php and smf_registration.php, if you just want to update instead of reinstalling.

By this do you mean just uploading and replacing the two files?

[charlwillia6]

Thanks Orstio,

Has there been any known issues in the previous bridges that have not been weeded out for this version yet?  I know that sometimes even when bridges update to accomodate a new release of something, that the issues carry over because they haven't yet been fixed or such.

[hobby]

 don't knou why I still have this problem: it redirects me to the forum whenever i tries to login from Joomla. It doesn't happen when i logout thou. 
I configured the login module but it didn't help.
Here's the error message I got after trying to login from Joomla:

You were unable to login. Please check your cookie settings.

Also, sometimes when i tries to logout from SMF, this error message occurs:

Unable to verify referring url. Please go back and try again.

(It doesn't always happen)
I guess smt is wrong with the cookie?, or the database.... I set up two different databases as guided in the forum
plz help....

[manuman]

Any ideas (Running Joomla! 1.0.5, Bridge 3.2 and SMF 1.1 RC2)...

I was running SMF 1.1 RC1 and a prior version of the bridge.

Uninstalled the Bridge... upgraded SMF to 1.1 RC2 and then installed 3.2 of this bridge.

I have configured the Components and the login module and now I get... Table 'thejfact_smf.jos_menu' doesn't exist SQL=SELECT name FROM jos_menu WHERE link = 'index.php?option=com_smf' on both the Login Module and if I click the link to the forum.

It seems to be getting the Db - Table mixed up ie. using the SMF $db_name for a query on a Joomla! table.

Any thought would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

PS... I made the template changes 

OK, it was SEF on Joomla! causing the problem. All fixed... thanks for a great component/bridge 

[Prasad007]

Thank you! This was most certainly very useful!!

[mcgrelio]

Regarding the possibility of having SMF and Joomla on different DB..
HERE is a solution, but it's impracticable for me because of my ISP control panel, the well know Plesk. Plesk can't let you to have the same user on different DB.

I think that a more general approach is having the bridge managing the DB connections.

[Orstio]

don't knou why I still have this problem: it redirects me to the forum whenever i tries to login from Joomla. It doesn't happen when i logout thou. 
I configured the login module but it didn't help.
Here's the error message I got after trying to login from Joomla:

You were unable to login. Please check your cookie settings.

Also, sometimes when i tries to logout from SMF, this error message occurs:

Unable to verify referring url. Please go back and try again.

(It doesn't always happen)
I guess smt is wrong with the cookie?, or the database.... I set up two different databases as guided in the forum
plz help....

Disable local cookies in SMF.  You may need to change your setting for subdomain independent cookies and database driven sessions as well.

[Orstio]

Regarding the possibility of having SMF and Joomla on different DB..
HERE is a solution, but it's impracticable for me because of my ISP control panel, the well know Plesk. Plesk can't let you to have the same user on different DB.

I think that a more general approach is having the bridge managing the DB connections.

Yes, certain control panels will prevent from being able to use multiple databases.  Certain versions of Plesk are a good example.

[altropianeta]

Excuse me but, after installing the bridge between joomla 1.0.5 and SMF 1.1 RC2 (that works), all the characters of my template have become bigger and my home page seems to be upset, disorganized, disordered. Why? How can I fix this problem?

[mcgrelio]

Yes, certain control panels will prevent from being able to use multiple databases.  Certain versions of Plesk are a good example.

The opportunity to have Joomla and SMF on different DB is important and it's a pity to loose it because of third party application such as CPanels.
Don't know much of PHP but i think isn't that much to get the script handle two DB connections.

Can i alter your code?

[chadness]

Excuse me but, after installing the bridge between joomla 1.0.5 and SMF 1.1 RC2 (that works), all the characters of my template have become bigger and my home page seems to be upset, disorganized, disordered. Why? How can I fix this problem?

To all:  If you are having problems, please start your own thread.

To altropianeta: It sounds like you are having conflicts between your Joomla template and SMF theme.  You need to remove the duplicate CSS from your SMF theme, and change the declaration from xhtml to html in the index of your SMF theme.

[chadness]

Yes, certain control panels will prevent from being able to use multiple databases.  Certain versions of Plesk are a good example.

The opportunity to have Joomla and SMF on different DB is important and it's a pity to loose it because of third party application such as CPanels.
Don't know much of PHP but i think isn't that much to get the script handle two DB connections.

Can i alter your code?

I'm sure Orstio doesn't mind if you do whatever you want with the code.  But, the database limitation is more of the fault of the control panel than the script.

[chadness]

Hello, I jumped the gun on upgrading and am now having a problem.

Once I install the bridge none of my current users can login and my login section only has the text boxes and drop down menu with no words indicating username/password/login time..

I decided to uninstall the bridge and work on it more from on a different site. The problem is when I try to uninstall the components I get the errors below and my page fails to load properly.

Warning: main(/<my path>/administrator/components/com_smf/config.smf.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /<my path>/modules/mod_smf_login.php on line 28

Warning: main(/<my path>/administrator/components/com_smf/config.smf.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /<my path>/modules/mod_smf_login.php on line 28

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required '/<my path>/administrator/components/com_smf/config.smf.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /<my path>/modules/mod_smf_login.php on line 28

It's almost as if it's still trying to use the component even though I've uninstalled it.

Any ideas?

Sounds like you need to uninstall the login module.

Also, your original problem may have been resolved by configuring the login module.