Configuring Zen To Work With Phpbb

hello Sir.
the template running on my site now is mainly the classic template with edits on image size and new images. thats abt it.
i hadnt change anything else at all.

here is the tpl file:

<....snip....>

Thank you for the help sir. i really appreciate your help.

HELP!!!HELP!!!

I am sure it is the correct complete path as

define ('DIR_WS_PHPBB', '/home1/xxxxxx/public_html/forums/');

but the link in sideboxes is
http://www.xxxxxx.comforums/index.php

why missing a "/" between com and forums???
Thanks for your help!!!

HELP PLEASE!!!!!!

Check your configure.php file. Make sure you have all of the slashes in there correctly.
check line #51

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/xxxxx/public_html/cart/');

Make sure that final slash is there. You already said the forum link has it, so....

EDIT -
note, the /cart/ folder is where my cart is, yours may be dfferent or it may just be at /public_html/.

Hi Ripper,

You are very nice! Thanks!
I do everything you told me...but it doesn't work!

define ('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home1/xxxxxx/public_html/');
define ('DIR_WS_PHPBB', '/home1/xxxxxx/public_html/forums/');

The above path are correct, zen-cart regonised my phpbb but the link in main page just missing a slash...
Should I modify information.php in includes/modules/sideboxes/?
Thanks a lot!!! X'Mas!!!

Best wishes,
GnotgonK

That's weird.
I'd make the link a static link, for now until a solution can be worked out.
Comment out all of the PHPBB lines in cart/includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/sideboxes/information.php (should be lines 28-32) and add this under them

 $information[] = '<a href="path_to_forum/index.php">Forum</a>';

Sorry, I should give you the exact line of code. Change "path_to_forum" to "../forums"
Like this:

$information[] = '<a href="../forums/index.php">Forum</a>';

Hi Ripper,

It works!!! ::tup Thank you very much!!!
By the way, I want this too:

**That is so much easier than the 3rd party download in my case. The cart is going to be the home page for the entire site, so I don't have to worry about linking back through the forum to a specific folder or any of the other concerns. It works perfectly just as it is, with the one target change.
Thanks again. **
and any chance combine the login table too? Login once, cart and forum.
Thanks.

Best wishes,
GnotgonK

Not yet. The cart uses the e-mail address as the username, PHPBB has an actual "username". I'm sure there's a way to make it work, but I haven't had the time to figure it out yet.

I can't make mine work...

never prompts for a forum name...

I used the path in DIR_FS_CATALOG, and also the path that works with OTHER php software (bbclone)

The line reads as:

 define('DIR_WS_PHPBB', '/home/kaleco/public_html/phpbb2/');

Where, /home/kaleco/public_html/phpbb2/ is the path for my PHPBB.

Make sure you login to your admin panel, go to Configuration, then My Store and make sure near the bottom it says:

Enable phpBB linkage? TRUE

Got that, even turned it off and back on as a test. I've read the entire thread before posting of course =)'

im pretty high traffic so i hope no one peeped my stuff.

Here's the debug:

link_enabled_admin_status=true
FAILURE: phpBB NOT activated


Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at 

/home/kaleco/public_html/includes/classes/sniffer.php:115) in 

/home/kaleco/public_html/includes/functions/sessions.php on line 111

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at 

/home/kaleco/public_html/includes/classes/sniffer.php:115) in 

/home/kaleco/public_html/includes/functions/sessions.php on line 111

And this i found at the top

dir=/home/kaleco/public_html/phpbb2/
files_installed
phpbb_path=/home/kaleco/public_html/phpbb2/

CONFIG.PHP--> define ( 'PHPBB_INSTALLED' , TRUE ); 

so it looks like it can find it... the ncant read it.

if your phpBB tables are in a separate database from your zen cart tables, it's very possible that it won't be able to log in and grab the information ... especially if you're using a version of Zen Cart prior to v1.2.6

I'm having trouble finding what version of zencart I have. I used Fantastico to install Zen and PhpBB2.

Though at the top it says "Your version of Zen Cart™ appears to be current"

I thought I read earlier that it was a bad idea to have them in the same database, in case of a 'bad query?'

Im not sure the database structure right now, I cant get into my cpanel from this location.

Sky92x:

I'm having trouble finding what version of zencart I have. I used Fantastico to install Zen and PhpBB2.

Though at the top it says "Your version of Zen Cart™ appears to be current"
Admin->Tools->Server Information

Zen Cart 1.2.6
Database Patch Level: 1.2.6

stuffed the phpbb_ database into the zencart database... Seems to be working. Thanks, doc.

Hello. I have read this entire post, followed all of the instructions and still can not get the link to my forum to show in the infomation box & there is no forum nickname box on the sign up page. I have ran the sniffer and this is what it says,

dir=home/jefferyk/public_html/forum/
link_enabled_admin_status=true
FAILURE: phpBB NOT activated

Can someone please tell me why this is happening?

Thank you,
Kit ::frust

i have setup the cart and linked it with the phpbb. but i have a new question. when user log in the cart , how can they log in the forum too. i mean when the user click the forum linkage, they have already logged in the forum. thanks!!