Standalone phpBB2 integration within PHPNuke - Part II

Stijevo · Beginner Joined: Jul 10, 2005 Posts: 5

Ok I am using PHPBB 2.0.16 and PHPNuke 7.7

I did what you said, I deleted my old _session and made my new _session with the code you posted.

I can access the page but now this happens.
http://www.stijevo.tat-webhost.com/CroZ ... /index.php

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Katatawnic

You REALLY need to read the OTHER phpBB2 integration within PHPNuke thread here, the last page in particular: http://www.nukedgallery.net/posts1606-start15.html

Dari himself has said that it's probably never going to work because of all of the changes Nuke makes with every new release. This is an integration that DID work with an earlier Nuke release, but they've changed it so drastically since that it's just too difficult to keep up with all of the changes that FB makes in Nuke's structure.

Dari is in the process of "dumping" Nuke and making this site powered strictly by phpBB (he explains it on the page to which I linked in the first paragraph of this post).... he's the one who wrote the tutorial so that just goes to show how cruddy Nuke has become RE: attempts at modifying it at ALL, much less making it compatible with standalone phpBB.

However, RE: the standalone phpBB and the "cannot modify headers" errors.... Just out of curiousity, do you have GZip Compression on or off? (Many times if that is turned on, you get all sorts of error/debug messages like the ones on your page unless it's modded in a way that allows for GZip Compression without interfering with the rest of the phpBB codes.) Wink

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Stijevo · Beginner Joined: Jul 10, 2005 Posts: 5

SO what the other post is saying is that its a waist of time and that I should just drop it and use somthing other then phpnuke?

Katatawnic

That's what I'm doing, using standalone phpBB with Smartor's portal INSTEAD of PHPNuke.... and Dari said he is also going to be switching this site over to standalone phpBB and "dumping" Nuke altogether (but he did stress that he'll continue with Nuke support), although when I'm not sure as it will be a LOT of work for Dari to make the switch with a site that's already up and running and has SO many users and posts, etc.

However, I'm not a pro by any means, I can only help with things that I've personally experienced and therefore "know the ropes" in those particular areas. Cool

Dari's not online I'm guessing, or he'd have responded by now. And since it's Dari's tutorial and I don't know enough about Nuke's sloppy (IMNSHO) coding, then Dari would be the one to give that "final answer" as to whether or not it's a waste of time. Wink

But yes, it does appear to be as such, to me at this point anyhow.... unless you are using the versions of phpBB and Nuke that were in the tutorial to begin with and don't upgrade, especially don't upgrade Nuke as THAT is where the coding/structure has changed so drastically. However, not upgrading means HUGE security loopholes.... talk about a rock and a hard place, eh? Rolling Eyes

That's why I chose phpBB over Nuke to begin with.... although I am NOT a PHP pro, I've learned enough to apply mods/hacks; and phpBB is much more reliable than Nuke when it comes to modifying the program and still having a working site that won't leave you wanting to rip your hair out and take a sledge hammer to your computer. Laughing

Wish I could be of more help. Nuke itself can be a good CMS, especially if the owner/admin doesn't do much modding.... but phpBB can be modded to work LIKE a CMS by using Smartor's portal and phpBB is extremely versatile when it comes to modding/hacking the program and still having a site that functions.

~~ Kat ~~
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Stijevo · Beginner Joined: Jul 10, 2005 Posts: 5

Hmm Well I really like phpBB and also know enough of it to mod it hack it and what not, thats the only type of board i have used and I would like to stay with it. Thats why I wanted to use a standalone phpbb with phpnuke so i can mod phpbb.

So I guess I can try this other Smartors protal thingy and see how I like it. What exactly is and and what does it do?

Katatawnic

Well, Smartor's portal is actually a pretty simple mod to install if I remember correctly. (It's been about a year and a half since I installed it, so I don't remember 100% the difficulty level as I've done SO MANY mods/hacks since then. LOL)

But Smartor's portal works a lot like Nuke does, insofar as being able to take phpBB and make it function like a CMS. (Actually any GOOD portal will make phpBB function much like a CMS, which is what Nuke is anyhow.) Here's one place you can download it: http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/694

There are other portals as well, not by Smartor (I've used IMPortal by IntergaMOD listed on the page of the following link, and it worked great as well), phpbbhacks.com's initial portal page is: http://www.phpbbhacks.com/category/34/ (ezPortal is the one by Smartor, BTW).

And then there are tons of portal addon's, each portal has different addon's so it's probably a good idea to explore the initial portals and find what works best FOR YOU.... also at phpbbhacks.com: http://www.phpbbhacks.com/category/28/

Also, if you go to phpbb.com I'm sure that in their downloads section there will be portals and portal addons that phpbb.com has "approved" and therefore supports if/when you need help. I simply gave the phpbbhacks.com links because I already had them saved so it was easy to copy/paste the URL's here. Cool

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Katatawnic · Last edited by Katatawnic on Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:17 am; edited 1 time in total

P.S.

Although my board is heavily modded, you can see how the portals work on phpBB by looking at my site's home page: http://katatawnic.com/forums/ (And no, I'm not asking for you to register or anything like that. Wink

I simply was rereading what I just posted and realized that I could SHOW you the versatility that portals for phpBB can give you.)

(Edited for URL change at my domain.)
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Also, Gallery (both 1 and 2) can be easily embedded into phpBB.
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Stijevo · Beginner Joined: Jul 10, 2005 Posts: 5

And with this can I use any template I want that I use for the forums?
SO if I have one template for the forums it can use that some template for the site?

Reven · Beginner Joined: Aug 08, 2005 Posts: 1

Step 4, renaming all the tables, seems to be to be completely unnecesary.
The underscore separating the prefix from the rest of the table name is actually part of the prefix.

Therefore, you just should be able to just change the phpBB2 config file:

Code: › $table_prefix = 'prefix_bb';

where 'prefix' is whatever your current prefix is. You still have to rename prefix_users to be prefix_bbusers, etc, but it cuts down on a lot of work.

Katatawnic · Last edited by Katatawnic on Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:16 am; edited 1 time in total

I tried that one a long time ago, and it was a flop.

It's a phpBB thing.... No matter how you instruct phpBB in naming your SQL prefix, it will always add an underscore after the prefix when rendering the database tables/fields.

Therefore, "<prefix>_bbconfig" would render as "<prefix>_bbconfig_" in your database.... I'm sure the problem there can be seen without much pondering. Cool

That is why phpBB's config.php has to have the underscore at the end of the prefix, or absolutely no phpBB files will connect to the database as of course the prefix in config.php won't match up with what prefix phpBB renders in the database . Rolling Eyes

Personally, I think it's a B.S. thing, as one should be able to configure one's database prefix as personally desired, but then again phpBB doesn't have many "bugs" at all compared to other programs.... so I don't complain too much about that one. Wink

~~ Kat ~~
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Ridicule · Beginner Joined: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 4

ive got this working on phpBB 2.0.15 @ www.flipside-radio.com

Katatawnic

What version of Nuke are you using?
What (if any) changes did you implement from the original tutorial?

Remember, from all of the posts RE: this integration, that with all of the Nuke structure changes there've been major problems in getting this to work.... there are many of us who would really love to see how it got done. Cool

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Ridicule · Beginner Joined: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 4

ill be re-installing phpbb soon so when i re-do this ill tell you what i had to change, theres a few bits but my memory is lacking in detail as it was a couple months ago... By the way if you get a blank page you need to turn on debugging messages in phpnuke

Katatawnic

Cool, I'd like to see that.... I'm in the middle of moving and I mean as in ASAP (long story, let's just say "Mr. Right" wasn't just "Mr. Right Now".... he was "Mr. Psychotic and ALL Wrong and Need to Get Out Before Danger Increases for My Son as well as ME!"), but once settled if this is completely workable I'll give it a shot. Cool

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