Lost on installing classifieds with SMF 1.1. RC1

Marshal Halloway · January 2nd, 2006, 11:29 AM

Hi,

Yesterday, I decided to purchase Photopost classifieds to integrate it with my SMF Forum version 1.1. RC1.

I was told in advance by Photopost that it will work with this SMF version.

I downloaded and installed classifieds v. 2.42.

The installation went fine and I followed the procedures to integrate it with SMF.

The first problem started when I tried to log in to the admin section and it would not recognize my user id and password from the forum.

When I tried open the classifieds, I saw that it was able to count the members on the forum, but it could not show the member list or I could not in any way log in.

Yes, the cookie is set exactly the same as the forum.

I am lost and need some assistance. Otherwise, it is $99.00 down the drain.

Please advise.

Chuck S · January 2nd, 2006, 12:03 PM

Well on install of simple machine forum integration did you specify the exact cookie name?

Does the user authenticate?

We would need more information here to assist. Basically I can tell you the number one issue I have seen is a user does not specify the correct cookie name which means the software doesn't know a cookie exists.

In SMF the default cookie name is SMFCookie10 and you can either reinstall or edit the settings table setting 175

Marshal Halloway · January 2nd, 2006, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck S

Well on install of simple machine forum integration did you specify the exact cookie name?

Does the user authenticate?

We would need more information here to assist. Basically I can tell you the number one issue I have seen is a user does not specify the correct cookie name which means the software doesn't know a cookie exists.

In SMF the default cookie name is SMFCookie10 and you can either reinstall or edit the settings table setting 175

I am using SMFCookie10, so that is set correctly when installed. I have also reinstalled a couple of times to make sure I missed something.

I looked in the database and the 175 says craftsterYaBBSE151, #182 says SMFCookie10. Does this mean that the installation script was not able to save on #175?

Marshal Halloway · January 2nd, 2006, 12:37 PM

I edited the table and now I am able to access the admin area.

Looks to me that the installation script has an error when saving or it saves to the wrong table.

Chuck S · January 2nd, 2006, 01:50 PM

Actually your right about the install script it is not that it is saving it in the wrong path the install script is missing the box for you to enter it

Marshal Halloway · January 3rd, 2006, 02:48 AM

The integration with SMF has been successful, but I have one error to report and/or a question on how I can solve this myself.

When a guest or logged out member is browsing the classifieds, the menu shows
Register and Login.

The Register link is linked up correctly to the register page of the forum, BUT....

The login link is linked to classifieds/misc.php?action=login&login=yes

This link should be: smfforum/index.php?action=login

Is there any way I can modify this myself?

Chuck S · January 3rd, 2006, 08:43 AM

Well thats not an error. If they login through out login page they are logged into both the forum and classifieds.

Marshal Halloway · January 3rd, 2006, 10:25 AM

Logging out works fine, but login through misc.php?action=login&login=yes does not work. I get a "Invalid login". The register link on the classified login link is also wrong. It gives the link to forum/index.php?action=logout

In other words, I still would like to be able to chnage the link addresses. Please advise.

Marshal Halloway · January 3rd, 2006, 10:50 AM

I just tried to upload an ad on behalf of another user and got the message user does not excist. Check your spelling.

The user name is correct and I believe this error is connected to the problem with logging in through the classified interface.

So far, it looks like the SMF integration as announced on your site is not fully operational and with bugs.

Chuck S · January 3rd, 2006, 10:52 AM

Well I would like to know how the login does not work on our screen. It should but you can gladly change the links on the menubar by editing pp-inc.php and changing the links for login by editing the function topmenu

if ( VB3_INTEGRATION == "off" ) $log = "· <a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/misc.php?action=login&login=yes\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['login']}</a>";

to say

if ( VB3_INTEGRATION == "off" ) $log = "· <a href=\"{$Globals['vbulletin']}//index.php?action=login\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['login']}</a>";

In the smf.php file in the forums directory I show the register link as this which would appear correct

$regtext = " · <a href=\"{$Globals['vbulletin']}/register.php?1\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['register']}</a>";

Marshal Halloway · January 3rd, 2006, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck S

Well I would like to know how the login does not work on our screen.

I am sorry I cannot be more helpful on the reason why the photoshop classifeds cannot read the SMF database. It does recognize the database when the user log in through the forum.

If I can be of assistance on how to troubleshoot this, let me know. I will have to try to change pp-inc.php as a permanent solution which I think is a better way of handling it.

However, since the classified script does not recognize user ids using it own interface, I cannot upload an ad on behalf of a user. That is still unsolved.

Chuck S · January 3rd, 2006, 11:53 AM

well I beleive we would need a url and login here to test you issue. Regular user can upload but admin can not?

We work fine with SMF and integrate with it. You may have an issue with there beta code but we shall see. I am gonna grab it now.

Marshal Halloway · January 3rd, 2006, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck S

well I beleive we would need a url and login here to test you issue. Regular user can upload but admin can not?

We work fine with SMF and integrate with it. You may have an issue with there beta code but we shall see. I am gonna grab it now.

Regular users logged in through the forum have no problems uploading an ad.

As an admin, I cannot upload on behalf of a user, but can of course upload my own ads.

I will send you a PM with necessary url and login.

Chuck S · January 3rd, 2006, 12:18 PM

Well logins will not work because SMF beta uses sha1 not md5 and we will not be supporting the beta forum till it is gold code. That is standard in any integration we do. I will assist in anyway I can with the upload issue though but let me see on my own test install what I see.

kisii · January 4th, 2006, 09:05 PM

chuck,

this is exacly the same issue that I raised before but there was no resolve and I have been distgustingly been working around it - as in loggin in though the discussions and then moving over to the gallery to carry over the sesssion. Logouts do not work from the gallery ( PP) as well. If you need a playing field, I will get you an admin profile again. They just released 10.1 RC2 and it has the same issues. Last time you had me look at your SMF = PP intergation that worked just fine but its because it was SMF 1.05 that used to work just fine. If there is no fix soon, how about just chaging the login buttons to redirect to SMF for logins and logouts? But then , soemone still has to navigate back to the gallery....aaaagggh!

Chuck S · January 5th, 2006, 06:19 AM

Jomoke I beleive in your old thread you did not meantion a specific version but anyway no we are not compatible with beta smf and will not support it till it goes gold. We claim compatibility with the stable version of software hense 1.05

Your usually fine running a beta as long as they dont mess with the user authentication however as you found out that is exactly what they changed in 1.1

I have a beta version of smf installed for testing but I can definately say it will be a while before I can look at it. Once there product goes gold 1.1 meaning its the stable release we should be able to support that.