Configuring Zen To Work With Phpbb

[Scott]

It seems like the latest version of Zen Cart (zen-cart-v1.2.6d-full-release-with-security-patch) does not seem to support the phpBB2 functionality. I have set it up according to instructions at the beginning of this post and with previous experience. First attempt was to incorporate the support from an initial clean install and then the second attempt was to add support after another clean install.

I have had no luck, there is no option to enter the username required for phpbb support.

If anyone else has experienced differently please let me know.

Thanks

Scott

[Kim]

Did you enable the phpBB linkage in Admin> MY Store?

[Scott]

Hi Kim,

Thanks for your reply. I did enable "Enable phpBB linkage?" set to true.

I am perplexed. I have tried setting it up 3 times, trying to alter small things that I don't really think have anything to do with making this work.

I am not even sure I know how to trouble shoot this.

Cheers

Scott

[steelwidow]

I'm using the newest version with patch and I couldn't get mine to work either... however instead of adding it under information, I've added my forums link at the top so that when a user logs into the store, along with the "my account" link - the forums link pops up... so in other words it's hidden until they login.

Still no way for them to tell zen to give them a username at my forums though....

regardless here's the code that's opening the forums link in a new window.

place this code into your includes/templates/YOURTEMPLATE/common/tpl_header.php file:

find this line (72 & 73):

<?php echo HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF; ?>|
<?php echo HEADER_TITLE_MY_ACCOUNT; ?>

place this right after it

|Forums

now your forum link will show at the top of your store after a customer logs in, right next to the my account link.

[Scott]

Hi Steelwidow,

Thanks for confirming my suspicions.

I wonder if a change was made that broke the phpbb setup.

I will keep investigating.

Thanks

Scott
:)

[steelwidow]

that is very possible. I was wondering that myself. It doesn&#39;t make sense at all. Do let me know if you figure it out. :)

[gnotgonk]

Hi Ripper & All,

I have a session problem of phpbb...it is very strange.

1) on browser A > click forum > launch a blank forum page on browser B
2) on browser B > enter the correct username & password > didn&#39;t logged in but just refresh itself
3) back to browser A > click forum > launch another blank forum page on browser C with LOGGED IN&#33;&#33;&#33;

anyonce can help???
Thanks.

Best wishes,
gnotgonk.

[Ripper]

Originally posted by knuckle-101@Jan 25 2006, 06:13 PM
When you go to your forums does another window open?
What exactly do you mean integrated?
Database or into the cart itself?

I&#39;ll try to explain in more detail (by the way, since updating my forum to 2.0.19, the cart no longer registers users for the forum. I was alerted to this only today when a few people registered for the cart and they were not registered for the forum at the same time. I need to look into this, but I think it&#39;s not just me if I&#39;m reading the end of this thread correctly)

My forum does not open in a new window, it opens in the same window as the cart. Switching back and forth between the cart page and the forum page does not generate a new window, either way. I can get both of my ideas to work on the index page, but only with many errors popping up, If I correct one set of errors, it creates a whole new set. The problem seems to be the sessions and the dedicated folder paths within Zen Cart...

For example, if I put the "New Products" box on my home page, all of the images on my home page get broken. If I check the properties, there are Zen Cart variables in the path or just the cart folder thrown into the path as the root folder for the inages. I can fix that by adding a base href tag onto the home page, but then that causes a few of the images, like the "CALL FOR PRICE" button image to break. I fixed that by adding a folder named "cart" inside my "cart" folder and adding the path to those images in the new folder.
The main problem is I get header errors all over the place if both parts of my plan are implemented. Some of the header errors are from Zen Cart, some are from PHPBB. If I remove one of them, either one, ALL of my errors go away (with the exception of the image path errors which I can very easily work around).

Like I said, I have tried several methods of appending the sessions across the site, but none of it is working completely. As for now, the forum login box won over the cart options like New Products and Featured Products being shown on the site home page.

I would still like to attempt to figure this out, but I have a new problem to deal with first. My users are not getting registered for the forum any longer (and I removed the direct access to the registration section of the forum because all new users needed to register for the cart first). I need to figure out why that&#39;s happening now or re-install the forum registration until I do......

[Ripper]

Originally posted by Scott@Feb 9 2006, 11:17 PM
Hi Steelwidow,

Thanks for confirming my suspicions.

I wonder if a change was made that broke the phpbb setup.

I will keep investigating.

Thanks

Scott
:)

What version of PHPBB are you guys using? I just found out today that several of my cart users never got registered for the forum. This has only started since I updated to PHPBB 2.0.19 The only reason I didn&#39;t notice it until now is no one complained about it until today.

[Ripper]

Originally posted by gnotgonk@Feb 11 2006, 01:27 AM
Hi Ripper & All,

I have a session problem of phpbb...it is very strange.

1) on browser A > click forum > launch a blank forum page on browser B
2) on browser B > enter the correct username & password > didn&#39;t logged in but just refresh itself
3) back to browser A > click forum > launch another blank forum page on browser C with LOGGED IN&#33;&#33;&#33;

anyonce can help???
Thanks.

Best wishes,
gnotgonk.

Sorry, I don&#39;t have an answer for that one. You might be confusing things with the new windows opening.... What browser are you using? I&#39;ve been reading up on some cookie issues with Firefox. It seems to handle things differently.
It would be nice if there were standards that people actually paid attention to when designing browsers instead of everyone trying to out-think the next guy.....