Register once please.....

[sevenhelmets]

Hi folks

Sorry if this has already been answered, but I did a relatively extensive search and couldn't find anything satisfactory regarding this question.

Firstly my stats:
Joomla 1.0.1.0
SMF 1-1-RC2 (wrapped)
Bridge Bridge 1.1.5a

Heres my question.  How do I set it up so users only need to register once?  The idea is the forums are only available to registered users of Joomla .... unregistered users can't even see the forum menu option.  Once they sign up via the Joomla registration form, they should be able to access SMF WITHOUT having to sign up again or log-in separately all over again in SMF.

The only other hint of this I've come across on these boards is this post http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=55288.0 but I've got absolutely NO clue what those guys are talking about,..... thats waaaaay to advanced for me.  Can someone help please? 

Also, and this is the other issue I'm having - I can't even log in to SMF.  I've taken down the "must be registered user to see forums" side of things and have created an entirely new user direct on SMF, but when I go to log in it just keeps on returning the "You should fill in a username" error.......whats going on?  This is soooo frustrating, because other than that I've managed to iron out all the other issues.

[Kindred]

I guess i don't understand what you are doing...

the bridge handles registering the user in both smf and joomla at the same time.
The user is added to both user tables in both databases.

the login module handles login to both joomla and SMF at the same time.

The discussion that you linked to is not at all relevent to the bridge. The bridge already does all that, built in.

taken down the "must be registered user to see forums" side of things and have created an entirely new user direct on SMF,

This is what is truly confusing...  you did what?
1- you must have a menu item that points to the forum which is visible to the public (but make it unpublished)
2- you can then have a menu LINK -URL item that is only visible to the registered users.

you can NOT use .htaccess redirects or any server side passwords to protect the forum....

[sevenhelmets]

Hi thanks for the response

Sorry, I was so confused yesterday it obviously came across in my language and I couldn't really explain my issue very clearly!  I'll try to re-explain:

Basically I can't log in to SMF.  I've signed up as a user, and I can log in if I bring up SMF OUTSIDE the wrapper (ie in a standalone page) but when I click on the menu instance in Joomla and try logging in I get the error message:

"You should fill in a username."

I think whatever is behind this issue will be the same thing that is effecting why when I sign up under Joomla or the Bridge, it's not logging me into SMF at the same time.  Once I've signed up and checked the email, it allows me to log into Joomla, but gives me the "You should fill in a username" error for SMF.

I'm not using .htaccess redirects or server side passwords that I'm aware of.  Please use basic English to respond, think of me as slightly dumb!  lol

Incidentally enough which log-in module SHOULD I publish, the Bridge one or the Joomla one?  Does it matter?  And for sign-up settings under SMF which one should I use? Bridge, SMF or Joomla ones?

Sorry for all the questions, hope these will be the last!!

[Orstio]

Do you have a URL?

[sevenhelmets]

(URL PM'd to Orstio)

[Orstio]

I don't see the bridge login module....

[sevenhelmets]

Ops sorry it wasn't published, the Joomla one was.  I've swapped them now....bridge login is published

And now its working!!        Yay!! 

Is there a time delay between registering and getting access on SMF?  I guess it could be depending on my server/databases?  Or did I just stuff something up along the way??

[Orstio]

The Joomla login module does not log you into SMF.

The bridge login module does.

You have now changed the forum menu item so it is no longer public.  Nobody will be able to login that way, either.

[sevenhelmets]

Yeah see thats my issue

My question is, is it possible to put the menu item accessable to "members" only (as opposed to public), so when someone logs into the site, the forum becomes available, and they are automatically logged in to SMF as well.

[Orstio]

You can unpublish the menu item, but you can't give it "Registered" or "Special" status.  If you unpublish the first menu item, you can create another one, and make the second one Registered.  But that first menu item must remain public, whether published or not.