 Mambo-Invision Power Board Bridge Advanced Install, IPB4Mambo Installation Instructions |
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 Jun 2 2005, 09:12 PM
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Absolute Newbie  Group: Admin Posts: 888 Joined: 20-February 05 From: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (Midwest) Member No.: 2,714  |
Here is a tutorial I did for Antilost.com. Thought it might be useful here as well.
Original Post QUOTE(vujsa @ www.AntiLost.com - May 13 2005 @ 12:31 AM) Tutorial Finished! Here is the deal, the original release of invision4mambo is no longer supported by the individual that developed it. Additionally, the bridge was written for Mambo 4.5.1 but doesn't work for Mambo 4.5.2. The installation method for invision4mambo is what causes the bridge not to work for newer versions of Mambo. This is caused by original Mambo files being completely overwritten with new files provided in the installation package for invision4mambo. So what happens is that when you install the new files, you replace some of the Mambo 4.5.2 files with modified versions of the Mambo 4.5.1 files. So you get several Fatal Errors as a result because Mambo 4.5.2 is looking for Mambo 4.5.2 functions in Mambo 4.5.1 files.  Instead of a simple file replacement installation, I am writing a new installation method that is more complex but should allow for better flexibility including not losing all of your existing mods. This should work for Mambo 4.5.2 and above as well. RELATED READING: REQUIRED FILES:
FOREWORD: This installation procedure should only be attempted on a new installation of Mambo. You can use your current installation of IPB be errors may occur especially if Mods have been applied to IPB. (It is possible to install this bridge over an existing Mambo installation if you are not concerned about losing all user information contained in the Mambo database.) Mambo and IPB MUST use the same database in order to work. Your username, password, and email address must be the same in both Mambo and IPB. Installation Steps: Section 1 - Getting Started:
So far we haven't done anything to damage the existing installation of Mambo or IPB. If you haven't done a full website backup yet, now would be a really good time to do so. At the absolute very least. you need to backup all of your databases NOW. Failure to properly backup your data could result in a complete lose of data after performing the following steps. Additionally, there will be absolutely no support found for the following steps so don't come crying to me. You backup files will be the only way to ensure that you do not lose your data. Installation Steps: Section 2 - Database Merging: Read This Tutorial: Merging SQL Databases In Cpanel With phpMyAdmin, Using SQL after Fantastico installs Installation Steps: Section 3 - User Information Preparation:
Installation Steps: Section 4 - Mambo File Modifications: This Section Of Instructions Has Been Tested And Will Work On Mambo Versions 4.5.1 AND 4.5.2. Use these steps instead of the file replacement instructions in the original invision4mambo installation. Using the file replacement installation method WILL NOT work for Mambo 4.5.2, this method WILL work but is more difficult to do. In the file /MAMBO/index.php Find: CODE include_once( 'globals.php' ); require_once( 'configuration.php' ); Add Before: - (Be sure to replace the pathways and urls with your information.) CODE //INVISION4MAMBO //SDK Setup - Change the path to the path to IBSDK/ipbsdk_class.inc.php require_once "C:/Program Files/wamp/www/sdkb3/ipbsdk_class.inc.php"; $SDK =& new IPBSDK(); require_once ("C:/Program Files/wamp/www/invision/invision4mambo.php"); $invision4mambo = new invision4mambo(); //Invision Board Variables (Change to the path to your forums) $invisionboard->vars['url'] = "http://www.alt-man.co.uk/invision/"; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the file /MAMBO/administration/components/com_users/admin.users.html.php Find: CODE <table class="adminform"> <tr> <th colspan="2"> User Details </th> </tr> Add After: CODE <tr> <td colspan='2'> <b>Cannot edit most of the settings as you are using invision4mambo.</b> </td> </tr> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the file /MAMBO/administration/components/com_users/admin.users.php Find: CODE if (!$row->check()) { echo "<script> alert('".$row->getError()."'); window.history.go(-2); </script>\n"; exit(); } Replace With: CODE //if (!$row->check()) { // echo "<script> alert('".$row->getError()."'); window.history.go(-2); </script>\n"; // exit(); //} ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the file /MAMBO/administration/components/com_users/toolbar.users.html.php Find: - Note that there is an execption here between 4.5.1 and 4.5.2 CODE mosMenuBar::addNew(); - OR FOR Mambo 4.5.2 Find: mosMenuBar::addNewX(); Replace With: - Note that there is an execption here between 4.5.1 and 4.5.2 CODE //mosMenuBar::addNew(); - OR FOR Mambo 4.5.2 Replace With: //mosMenuBar::addNewX(); Find: CODE mosMenuBar::deleteList(); Replace With: CODE //mosMenuBar::deleteList(); ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the file /MAMBO/administration/components/com_users/toolbar.users.php CODE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No Changes Needed <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the file /MAMBO/components/com_login/login.html.php CODE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No Changes Needed <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the file /MAMBO/components/com_login/login.php Find: CODE // load the html drawing class require_once( $mainframe->getPath( 'front_html' ) ); Add Before: CODE //INVISION4MAMBO header("Location: ".$invisionboard->vars['url']."login.html"); ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the file /MAMBO/components/com_registration/registration.html.php CODE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No Changes Needed <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the file /MAMBO/components/com_registration/registration.php Find: CODE switch( $task ) { case "lostPassword": lostPassForm( $option ); break; case "sendNewPass": sendNewPass( $option ); break; case "register": registerForm( $option, $mosConfig_useractivation ); break; case "saveRegistration": saveRegistration( $option ); break; case "activate": activate( $option ); break; } Replace With: CODE switch( $task ) { case "lostPassword": //INVISION4MAMBO //lostPassForm( $option ); header("Location: ".$invisionboard->vars['url']."index.php?act=Reg&CODE=10"); break; case "sendNewPass": //INVISION4MAMBO //sendNewPass( $option ); header("Location: ".$invisionboard->vars['url']."index.php?act=Reg&CODE=10"); break; case "register": //INVISION4MAMBO //registerForm( $option, $mosConfig_useractivation ); header("Location: ".$invisionboard->vars['url']."register.html"); break; case "saveRegistration": //INVISION4MAMBO //saveRegistration( $option ); header("Location: ".$invisionboard->vars['url']."register.html"); break; //INVISION4MAMBO //case "activate": //activate( $option ); //break; } ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the file /MAMBO/components/com_user/user.php Find: CODE $access->canEditOwn = $acl->acl_check( 'action', 'edit', 'users', $my->usertype, 'content', 'own' ); Add After: CODE //INVISION4MAMBO header("Location: ".$invisionboard->vars['url']."my-controls.html"); ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the file /MAMBO/components/com_user/user.html.php CODE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No Changes Needed <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the file /MAMBO/includes/mambo.php In: function login( $username=null,$passwd=null ) { Find: CODE global $acl; Add After: CODE global $SDK, $invision4mambo; //INVISION4MAMBO Find: CODE $username = trim( mosGetParam( $_POST, 'username', '' ) ); $passwd = trim( mosGetParam( $_POST, 'passwd', '' ) ); Add After:: CODE //INVISION4MAMBO $invisionpass = $passwd; Find: CODE $remember = trim( mosGetParam( $_POST, 'remember', '' ) ); Add After: CODE //INVISION4MAMBO if(!$invision4mambo->is_member_in_mambo($username)){ if($SDK->login($username,$invisionpass,1)){ $member = $SDK->get_info($SDK->name2id($username)); $member['password'] = $invisionpass; $invision4mambo->create_account($member); } } Find: CODE // fudge the group stuff Add Before: CODE //INVISION4MAMBO if(!$SDK->login($username,$invisionpass)){ echo "<script>alert(\""._LOGIN_INCORRECT."\"); window.history.go(-1); </script>\n"; exit(); } IN: function logout() { Find: CODE //mosCache::cleanCache('com_content'); Add Before: CODE global $SDK; //INVISION4MAMBO Find: CODE @session_destroy(); Add After: CODE //INVISION4MAMBO $SDK->logout(); Installation Steps: Section 5 - Invision File Modifications: The original invision4mambo installation instructions reguarding the modification and replacement of Invision files will work fine. Well, That's it! You should have a successful installation of an Invision and Mambo bridge using invision4mambo. For support, I suggest using the related reading links above. I will not be offering full public support for this modification. Too many things going right now. Sorry.  I hope that this guide will be usefull.  vujsa Happy modding, vujsa |
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Jun 4 2005, 04:00 AM
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Member [ Level 2 ]  Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: 2-May 05 Member No.: 4,637 |
Thanks, this has been helpful.
I have been using mambo open source for about a year now. Its a very good content management system. Gives the user extensive control over their website content. |
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Oct 21 2005, 07:41 AM
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Newbie [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 21-October 05 Member No.: 9,219 |
thank you for this I was thinking of using mambo and phpbb, but after reading a previous post I started looking elsewhere. Now I have read this I think I wil be using invasion and mambo.
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Oct 29 2005, 03:42 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: 22-May 05 Member No.: 5,329 |
Can this be upgraded to work with IPB 2.1?
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Nov 28 2005, 06:22 PM
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PsYcheDeLiC dR3aMeR Group: Admin Posts: 2,242 Joined: 29-January 05 From: Nakorn Chaisri, Thailand Member No.: 2,411 |
Little problem here Vujsa - this tutorial needs reviewing. Half the functions you told to replace have become deprecated in Mambo 4.5.3 - and so are a bunch of files.
So this won't work on it anymore. I couldn't find a good part in the new one. |
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