Shared Forum Mod

[Hotel]

Just letting people know this is how to associate a theme with each separate forum. Please bear with me I'm a newbie to php

Step1: Create a new field in the smf_forums table called forumTheme and set to int.

Step 2: in the new field you have created (forumTheme) put the ID_THEME number you wish to associate with the forum (found in smf_themes table)

Step 3: Open up index.php under the root of your forum. Find line number 148 should be loadTheme(); replace with:

$database->setQuery( "SELECT DISTINCT forumTheme
                    FROM #__smf_forums
                    WHERE forumName='".$_REQUEST['forum']."'");
                   
$forumTheme = $database->loadResult();
   
loadTheme($forumTheme);

Yeah I did notice that too. I haven't had a chance to look at the code that creates the collapsable boards. Basically you would just need to make sure the code there matches the code changed in Load.php. If you find it let me know, I'm really strapped for time right now.

Yep I will check it out at some point and let you all know.

Regards

da king 

I saw someone else get an error for this but i couldnt find the fix so I will ask again, I tried this and I got this error

Fatal error: Call to a member function setQuery() on a non-object in /home/.maren/mytestsite/mytestsite.hfxgaming.com/forum/index.php on line 150


I tried to change "FROM #__smf_forums" to "FROM smf_forums" but i get the same error.

I am using smf 1.1.2 with smf_1-1_joomla_1-0-x_bridge_1-1-7 and Joomla_1.0.12-Stable-Full_Package

I also get that  error is there a fix for it??

[kai920]

Has anyone used this mod with Mambo?

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

I did... But I stop... It is very much working perfectly...

[Hotel]

is there any chance of a smf 2.0 version of this?

[Kindred]

since there is no longer an SMF/Joomla bridge....    I doubt it.

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

is there any chance of a smf 2.0 version of this?

Well, I am not so sure about this. The coding is different in 2.0. So I am not sure whether this is possible though I am interested to try.

[Simbyte]

I would be very interested in that, too. The Shared Forum Mod is a very important part of my forum. Without it, I can't switch to SMF 2.0.

[Kindred]

since there is no longer an SMF/Joomla bridge....    I doubt it.

[Simbyte]

I don't use joomla in my old version either, I just use this system to separate the different areas of a very big forum.

[Kindred]

Well, THIS mod was designed for bridged systems....   and so.........

[Goosemoose]

I'll be looking at this again soon as I'm about to switch to 2.0. There is a Joomla/SMF mod again using JFusion as I'm sure you guys know.

[Orstio]

You'd be better off looking at SJSB, and updating the Shared Forum mod for 2.0. 

[Goosemoose]

I'll check that out then, thanks Orstio.

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

SJSB is still alpha...

[ilwoody]

That alpha state is more valuable than a lot of BETA around

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

Yeah... it works well though... I used both JFusion & SJSB in one site

[Ronny]

I love SJSB very much, even in alpha state :-)

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

I sure like to attempt shared forum mod using sjsb with smf 1.1.7. Hopefully nothing much changed. But I have to understand nicholas view.php first. He created for almost each and every main menu action. Plus, I am not even a coder.

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

Anyone want to try this mod on SJSB + smf 1.1.7?

I do this and the Shared Forum Mod works in Joomla 1.5.9 using SJSB + smf 1.1.7.

First follow all instructions at post #1 except step #5 (orstio, goosemoose & Kingconnor).

Edit as per post #111 (sarge)

Find at around line 182 in administrator/components/com_smf/helper.php:

Code Select Expand

return 'index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid='.$Itemid;

Change to:

Code Select Expand

return 'index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid='.$Itemid.'&forum='.$_REQUEST['forum'];

Thanks to orstio, goosemoose, Kingconnor, sarge, ilwoody and all others for this.

Good luck!

[FidelGonzales]

I would be very interested in that, too. The Shared Forum Mod is a very important part of my forum. Without it, I can't switch to SMF 2.0.

That's the problem with mods that are not heavily supported and able to adapt to newer versions.

Since you are using it, what is the practical application and significance of such a mod? I see some benefit but do not quite grasp it. Thanks.