Joomla 1.7 bridge does not bridge...

[Philip dT]

Hallo, I have smf 1.1.2 and Joomla Bridge 1.7

I have moved server.
Now:

1) The bridge does not bridge
2) The registration images with the scrambled letters does not show.

Is there a way one can re-install the bridge?

[SlammedDime]

Make sure the path in your Bridge configuration is properly set.

[Philip dT]

It is proparly set.  But i see that if i want to sync the smf users to joomla, it does not want to "SAVE."  If I then check the users in joomla, the smf users has not been imported.  Is there a way one could REFRESH / REINSTALL the bridge?

[SlammedDime]

Sure, uninstall, then reinstall, but I doubt that will solve the problem.  Can you provide a link to your site?

[Philip dT]

Sure, www.truthexposed.co.za.  I've just upgraded to smf 1.1.3, but that did not solve the problem.

Is there no danger in uninstall and reinstall?

[SlammedDime]

Make sure your Joomla database and SMF database users have access to each others databases.

[Orstio]

It looks bridged to me...

http://www.truthexposed.co.za/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=2

[Philip dT]

OK, i have changed my registration to bridge registration.  It seems to work better, but lets say I want to delete a user.  Do I delete it from smf or joomla.  Deleting it from smf does not delete it in joomla.

[Orstio]

You should be deleting from the wrapped SMF.

If deleting a user from the wrapped SMF does not work, that is a good indication that your SMF database user does not have access to your Joomla database.

[Philip dT]

Where can that be fixed?

(I do have seperate databases for joomla and smf)

[Orstio]

What control panel has your host provided for you?

[Philip dT]

I work with phpmyadmin.

Is the only way that the bridge could work that it has to use the same database?

[Orstio]

You can't assign user permissions in PhpMyAdmin.

What control panel has your host provided for you?  Is it cPanel?  Plesk?  DirectAdmin?

[Philip dT]

Might be cpanel (?)

It is hosted with webafrica (cp.glodns.net)

[Philip dT]

What need to be done?  Can the bridge work if i work with 2 separate databases for joomla and smf?

[Kindred]

it will only work with 2 separate databases if both of the database users have access to both of the databases.

If you do not have Cpanel as a control center, there is a good chance that you may have to use one database for both smf and joomla.

[Philip dT]

OK, but what needs to be done tecnically to give both database users access to both databases?

I might be able to get help from my service provider.

[Kindred]

yuo need to give the smf database user full rights to the joomla database and vice-versa.

This is as simple as a drop down in Cpanel and moderately impossible in some of the other control panels.