SMF & WordPress

[KensonPlays]

A Wordpress 3.0.1  + SMF 2.0 RC3 integration would totally change my life 

Similar, SMF 2.0 RC4 and WordPress 3.0.1

I redid site, forum is located elsewhere while I work on it.

[tumbleweed]

Nice looking work on tumbleweed-propaganda sites.

Is this type of setup your using . . .
mysite.com/
mysite.com/forum/

. . . integrated as a sub domain structure?  I'd would like to go that route but setup is tricky on my host.  Any info on setting up this type of structure (without going on the wild goose chase) in particular proper file tree structure or whatever the integration technique is would be appreciated

Yes you are correct. That is the structure

[WilderNWL]

Is there one working for Wordpress 3.xx & SMF 1.11?

I would like to know the same thing. All the ones I've seen are buggy and outdated.

[Apostaganha]

A Wordpress 3.0.1  + SMF 2.0 RC3 integration would totally change my life 

Similar, SMF 2.0 RC4 and WordPress 3.0.1

I redid site, forum is located elsewhere while I work on it.

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[nram]

There is a file (ssi.php) as it has in SMF, but Wordpress? It is that caring wp-blog-header.php gives error: "Error Establishing Database Connection"

[Kindred]

if wordpress and smf are in different databases, then you are going to have to add database switching coding...

[KensonPlays]

if wordpress and smf are in different databases, then you are going to have to add database switching coding...

Mine are in two different DataBases.

[bloc]

I too had trouble getting bridges to work - but I love the WPSMF plugin for WP. It posts blog posts back into SMF forums, even comments on the blogs. I turned that comment stuff off though, and added a small code bit to the WP theme to read the number of replies the SMF topic has. That way the blog stays free of comments and the SMF forum does the comment/discuss part, which its better for anyway, IMHO. ( http://www.blocweb.net/blog/ )

This would been a little more difficult if SMF/WP was in different databases, like Kindred mentions.


I must say theres a big difference between the coding in WP themes contra SMF themes. Had to rewrite it to use proper echoes instead of jumping in and out of PHP. But, WP is superior as a blogging platform so its def. worth making themes for, next to SMF of course.

[KensonPlays]

But I would like a User integration. I have WP and SMF in two different DB, so it'll be harder, but I have about 2.5 hours now to implement any manual code changes.

EDIT:
I was wrong, they are in the same DB. So what now?

[Keith Allen]

Hello everyone.  I am new to the forum thing and could really use some help.  I bought and SMF site hoping it would be what I wanted but it turns out i need more.  I was told that wordpress was the thing to to with based on my goals.  Now I would like my community to have more visual appeal and my forum.  I can manage the install of context and images into the wordpress format but don't have a clue as to how to go about combining my smf into my webpress.  I host with siteground and they seem to have lots of options.

Does anyone have the patients to help and walk me through the merging of my needs?

PLEASE.

For a more vitual sample you can see where i am headed by looking at my webpress site .photographypatio.com/webpress

and my forum site at .photographypatio.com

[WilderNWL]

^^^^Seriously!

Can anyone answer this question?

Is there one working for Wordpress 3.xx & SMF 1.11?

I would like to know the same thing. All the ones I've seen are buggy and outdated.

[choxnox]

Is there any mod out there which integrates SMF with Wordpress in such way that whenever someone starts a new topic on the forum, that same topic would appear as WordPress new blog post? I've search through Internet, but it seems there is only opposite integration: WP to SMF 

[I Agree]

Is there any mod out there which integrates SMF with Wordpress in such way that whenever someone starts a new topic on the forum, that same topic would appear as WordPress new blog post? I've search through Internet, but it seems there is only opposite integration: WP to SMF 

I've always used a link in the Wordpress post that goes to a corresponding forum post for discussion / translation purposes. But making a blog post appear from out of a forum seems very backwards.

Rather than try to link the two directly. I make the link a form which searches for the would be posts title. If the post hasn't been made it won't show up in the search results. This I find is better than expecting the urls to stay the same. You can modify the theme to let the user know that they can make the forum thread if it's not there and they want to discuss it. I've never tried to give the user a link which would create the thread with the appropriate title. I suspect it would not work unless you set things up in the database yourself, which might not be long term portable.

Anyway, I can show you how to do that if you like.


PS: I've posted in this thread before. And am very much interested in syncing up my SMF and WP user accounts. I won't be doing it for 1.0 though as I thought. I've decided better to move onto 2.0 from scratch, even if it's not regarded as stable and I was used to 1.0. I'm hoping there are already plugins/mods for this. But don't know yet.

[sadsog]

wordpress 3.0 and SMF 2.0RC3 where are you?

That's what I'm talking about.  I have WP 3.0 with buddy press plus SMF 2.0RC3 and I want someone to be able to sign into WP and then automatically be bridged to my SMF forum.  I'd hate to lose my SMF forum to buddypress.

[jjgallow]

Wow, I log in here years later, and there's still a need for this bridge.

I was somewhat discouraged from continuing work on this by concerns from individuals on copyright infringement, etc.  Combined with the fact that I was doing it for free and it took up a lot of time, the script was not developed further.  Incase anyone's considering starting this bridge up again, legallities, not technicallities, are going to be your obstacle.  If you can get clearance from SMF and Wordpress to continue development, it would be very beneficial to both communities and not that hard to do.

There are simply certain things about a well-designed forum that a blog cannot replace.  The same can be said for a well-designed blog.  Both have made attempts to duplicate the other, but the results speak for themselves.  Wordpress forums are simply inferior to SMF, and...arguably, the reverse is true as well.  It's a people problem...people write the best code for what they're passionate about.

This bridge was intended to bring those two passions together...I hope someone takes it furher.

cheers

Jeff

[mibodega]

The only thing close to Bridging WP and SMF has been this http://www.dmry.net/wordpress-smf-bridge-plugin-10-beta/ [nofollow] Plugin.

What I did on my forum is change all the links to login and logout to go to the wordpress login/out page usually http://www.yousiteurl.com/wp-login.php [nofollow]. I even changed the Profile link to point to the Profile in Wordpress, usually http://yoursiteurl.com/wp-admin/profile.php [nofollow].

To see an example check out my Forum http://www.erraticmedia.com/forum [nofollow]  Click on the Register link on top and you will see that it takes you to the Wordpress Register page.
When you go the Wordpress Blog and click on Forum you will go to the forum and you will show up as Users Online.

So basically, Wordpress handles all the account information. It is the only Solution that has worked, cause til' this day all the Bridges that say they work simply do not trust me I have tried them all.

[Kindred]

considering WP versus SMF security protocols... if I was ever to do this, I would use SMF as the master and WP as the slave instead of the other way around.

[mibodega]

Many have tried and failed

[Kindred]

and yet.... the integration hooks allow it to be done fairly easily.

[SlammedDime]

Many have tried and failed

And some have succeeded... http://code.mattzuba.com/blogbridger