SMF Joomla Bridge Community Builder Version

FEATURES

CB 1.0.2, CB 1.1, CB1.2 support.

If you are looking for a solution that will allow to unite your SMF forum with Joomla without modifying Joomla/SMF core files unlike other 3rd party SMF Bridges and you'd like to have the opportunity to upgrade your Joomla in future then our SMF Joomla bridge component should suit you perfectly.

This joomla component gives an opportunity to perform two-way users synchronization of the systems listed below:

• Joomla administrator can transfer existing users from SMF to Joomla
• SMF new users will be added automatically to Joomla after Joomla authorization using SMF username/password.
• Joomla existing/new users are added automatically to SMF after Joomla authorization.

1. http://www.yoursite.com/forum
2. http://www.yoursite.com/joomla/forum

User synchronization works in case SMF and Joomla are located on one FTP.

Forum and site must be on the same domain(it is recommended to install your forum inside of your Joomla's folder!)

User should login Joomla once to become synchronized with the forum!

Feel free to browse the support forum. And if you have more questions – get a reply from our technicians.

TRIAL

Since this joomla component is not presented on the demo sites and to give you a better idea of how to synchronize your joomla and forum users we do provide a trial copy for you!

You are free to use it for 15 days and can download the component and license file by clicking on the TRIAL button.

Note! You need to be a registered user to be able to download the trial copy as it's located in a user's members area! Register here!

The trial copy is encoded and requires IonCube Loaders to be installed on your server. Many host companies do have the services already installed and just require a php.ini setting to enable them, check it with you hosting provider. You can also download and install the FREE loaders yourself, just check http://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php
To get more instructions see also our Requirements page.

CONFIG

Once you install the bridge and forum you should go to the configuration adjustment (Components/SMF Bridge/SMF Bridge Config) where you should:

• Configure your forum details
  Enter path to your SMF forum ((path should begin with "/", e.g. "/forum" or "/smf").
• Configure Automatic User registration.
  If "Joomla users to SMF forum" automatic registration is enabled then new Joomla users will be registered on forum automatically after passing first Joomla authorization.
  If "SMF forum users to Joomla" automatic registration is enabled then SMF users who have authorized in Joomla with the same login information as on SMF forum will be registered on Joomla automatically.

If the info is entered correctly message «Path saved successfully!» will appear. Once the component is configured and mambot is installed and published the mambot will automatically "login" users to Joomla and forum if their username, email and password coincide in Joomla and forum.

A user won't be able to login to Joomla if a user with either the same username or email already exists there. Users who have special characters in their username are not processed (in Joomla only (1-0 A-Z ) are allowed).

SYNCHRONIZATION

There are two user synchronization modes:

• Joomla users synchronization with SMF forum. It allows to add all missing Joomla users to forum and make them active at once.
• SMF forum users synchronization with Joomla. It adds forum users to Joomla and marks them blocked. These blocked users are automatically authorized (i.e. are made active) ONLY after they login to Joomla and their login information is successfully compared with corresponding forum information by the system.