Installing Joomla Bridge

[Virtual Hero]

I am trying to install the Mambo/Joomla Bridge for my forum.

These are the exact instructions:

Install com_smf.zip as a Mambo/Joomla component, and change the values in the configuration via the Mambo backend. Please use the absolute path. There is a lot of confusion surrounding relative paths. You are best to use the absolute path. If somehow your absolute path is not detected correctly, enter your SMF admin panel, click Edit Server Settings and copy the path you'll find under SMF Directory.

There are two formats to display your Mambo/Forum integration:

    * » Wrapped
      You are using SMF through the Mambo/Joomla bridge. The Forum appears "wrapped" in the Mambo/Joomla tables. You might have to make some necessery changes in your forum files in order to show a fitting lay-out.
    * » Unwrapped
      You are still using SMF through Mambo/Joomla, but it doesn't have the look of a wrapped forum. It looks stand-alone, but it is actually loading through Mambo. This is set in the Mambo/Joomla config for the component.


There are several options for the user registration form: Bridge, SMF, Mambo/Joomla default, Community Builder, and MamboCharge. The bridge registration form looks very much like the default Mambo/Joomla registration, but functions quite differently. If you choose to use this option, make sure to configure the registration component as well. All registration types will register new users into both Mambo/Joomla and SMF, but some users may not appear in SMF until after their first login.

Also make sure to configure your login module. Set the params to your liking, and make sure to click Save at the top of the page.


I do not understand the first step. Where do I upload the directory? Do I use Joomla to install the Bridge or SMF? Please clarify the instructions. Thank you!

[SlammedDime]

Install com_smf.zip as a Joomla Component... that means install it in Joomla, not SMF.

[Virtual Hero]

Yes that's what I thought but I don't see a setting in my Joomla to install mods or add-ons. Do I just upload it inside the Joomla directory? Thanks!

[SlammedDime]

In your Admin panel, at the top there should be a menu option for 'Installers' and then under that, 'Components', or something similar.

[Virtual Hero]

I somehow missed that
Thanks a lot m8!

I'd like my forum to be stand-alone but to have the options to go back from my forum to the joomla home page. If I make it Unwrapped then I can't go back to the Joomla Home Page from my forum. If I make it wrapped then it's not stand alone. What am I missing this time?

[SlammedDime]

You'll need to go into your index.template.php in your SMF installation, look for the menu bar, and add a link that users can use to go back to your Joomla site.  Look at the code that is already there and see how you can modify it to work (thats the best way to learn afterall)

[Virtual Hero]

I'd like something similar to this: http://www.rockertalk.com/home/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=28

Is this how he did it? It seems that he added more than a button.

Or even this site for example... I'd like something similar to the forum here.

[Kindred]

Actually, it looks like he is using the bridge wrapped...

[Virtual Hero]

It looks both wrapped and unwrapped to me. Any ideas on how to do something like this?

[Kindred]

it's wrapped.

I would assume he has a joomla template that does not display the left/right columns when nothing is in them...   and he made sure none of his other modules were displaying on the forum pages.

[SlammedDime]

it's wrapped.

I would assume he has a joomla template that does not display the left/right columns when nothing is in them...   and he made sure none of his other modules were displaying on the forum pages.

Scroll to the bottom... they're there... it just looks ugly, like he never bothered fixing the templates to work with each other.  And it appears that his template(s) are severely broken with SMF wrapped.