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Started 1 year ago by spencerp
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spencerp
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Ok people, here's the deal.. I've installed MediaWiki 1.8.2 on my domain: http://codex.spencerp.net/ and customized the links for it and so forth.. no big deal right... ?

What I have done so far is (in this order)..
1) Integrated bbPress to my WordPress blog.. So anyone that registers on my bbPress forums, is automatically registered into my WP blog. Usernames and Passwords work for BOTH..

2) Applied the bbPress_Auth_for_MediaWiki extension to my MediaWiki.. However, I had to use some of the modifications listed here.

Now, people can login to my MediaWiki with the usernames and passwords from either the WP blog, or the forums.. ;):)

The ONLY problem I'm having now, is.. having users register for a new account on my MediaWiki "Create New Account" page.. sigh.. I'm getting the following error..
http://codex.spencerp.net/Special:Userlogin?type=signup&returnto=Main_Page

"Login error:
There was either an external authentication database error or you are not allowed to update your external account."

Which is obviously saying, it's trying to create a new account in the MediaWiki database.. but, where really it should be trying to make a new account in my WP database.. right? Or, that might be meaning the other way around.. I'm not sure.

My questions are:
1) Is there a way to modify the "Create New Account" page, with the WP register page codes? So, when someone tries to create a new account on my MediaWiki itself.. it calls the WP database for it?

Or..
2) Just modify the MediaWiki file, that contains the "Create Account" link, and use the link to the registration page for the WP blog itself? And if so, which MediaWiki file does this reside in?

I guess I'd rather have it simple.. and just implement the WP registration codes, into the MediaWiki file.. so there is no redirecting of the "Create Account" link in my MediaWiki..

Or, does someone know of an "extension" for MediaWiki.. that synchronizes the MediaWiki & WordPress registrations? Thanks in advanced.. ;) :)

spencerp
/It's ALMOST totally there now.. the way I want her.. just that dang Registration problem on the MediaWiki sigh.

By the way, you have to be registered and signed-in, to edit my Wiki.. whee! Which means, you'll have to register on my blog, or forums first! This is why I'd like to get this MediaWiki registration figured out soon sigh..

Posted 1 year ago #
mattgriffin
Member

I just want to bump this question -- and all discussion about WP+BBpress+MediaWiki membership integration. This is PRECISELY my dream setup.

Matt

Posted 1 year ago #
Trent
Moderator

I have done some crazy google searching and also came up empty handed. I would change all registration links to bbPress or WP. That way, at least you know they can register and not screw anything else up.

Trent

Posted 1 year ago #
spencerp
Member

Oh ok, thanks a million Trent. ;) :) By the way, I also dropped a thread off over here on the MWUSERS forum.. 15 views, no replies there lol.

Oh well, maybe someone will then. :) Also, Trent.. how would I go about changing the "Create New" account link in the MediaWiki .. to point to either my Forum's or Blog's registration page?

Shoot, which one should I use though? I'm guessing the Blog's registration page right? And even point my forum's register link to the blog? Might be the best way of doing it.. What you all think?

spencerp
/*cough* I wish ya were on GTalk again lmao, would be a helleva a lot easier to talk me through this crap LoL!!.. :P

Posted 1 year ago #
spencerp
Member

Nevermind! Here's what I ended up doing..

1) Edited the MediaWiki:Sidebar by adding in my own custom Register link, pointing to the Blog's register page.

2) Edited some of the MediaWiki: (Logouttext, Createaccount, some Login"whatever files", Nologin, Notloggedin, and maybe a few others) files - Removing all the "create account" references. So the "Login / Create Account" link was chopped down to just "Login".. same goes for the one found on the actual login page.. (Well.. as far as I know I got all them "Create Account" references lmao!

3) Replaced those "create account" words/calls with custom text saying "Please click on the register link in the sidebar. Once you've created an account through my blog's register page, you'll get an email with the details. Once registered, your username and password will allow you to login on the Codex."

4) Also, had added that little "hack" to hide the [Edit] link on the pages and stuff, if not logged in.. I had done this before even doing the above.. so.. as far as I know, I'm good to go for the Codex.. :)

I'll just have customize the email that comes from the blog after they register there, and the same for the forums.. ;) I guess this is all I need, right people? If there's more.. please tell me.. whee!

spencerp
/Next on the "To-Do" list is implementing my blog's theme around the Codex.. Wish me luck! ...whee!

Posted 1 year ago #
Trent
Moderator

Good luck Spencer! Looks like you are rolling out a great package integration documentation!

Trent

Posted 1 year ago #
nateolson
Member

My thanks as well, Spencer. I'm watching what you put together with great interest, and your ongoing explanations are most helpful. Many others will surely benefit from your struggles.

Nate

Posted 1 year ago #
spencerp
Member

You're welcome Nate. ;):) And hopefully soon here.. I'll have my wiki ready, and going the way I want it lol. Then, once I'm done, or as I go along.. I'll write up what I did ..

Hopefully someone else in need of same thing, latter down the road.. finds this post useful and I hope it helps them.. ;):)

spencerp

Posted 1 year ago #
spencerp
Member

UPDATE: I just wanted to fill everyone in on what I have just done..

1) I downloaded and installed the Themed Login and Registration plugin for WordPress.

2) Upload it, then activate it as normal.

OR, If you are running WordPress version 2.1-alpha3.. Before uploading and installing this plugin, open the themed-logreg.php file..

Find this line:
require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/registration-functions.php');

Change it to this:
require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/registration.php');

This is because in the 2.1-apha3 version, they just renamed some of the files in the wp-includes/ directory..

3) I made a page called: Where To

Since I have pretty permalinks on, the page's location is here for example: domain.net/where-to/

In the Where To page's Write Window, I added the following text/urls for example:

"If you are seeing this page, you now have the ability to access the following places with your username and password.

The <a href="wiki.yourdomain.net/">Codex</a>.
The <a href="yourdomain.net/forums/">Forums</a>.
The <a href="yourdomain.net/wp-admin/">Site Admin</a>. "

4) Under Plugins => Login Register Options =>

A) Under the: Uninstallation Options => I put check in box for: Toggle Complete Uninstall:

B) Under the: Redirect After Login: => I changed wp-admin/ to where-to/

If you have the normal setup for the permalinks, (for me on localhost this worked): /?page_id=11

Of course, change the actual number to your own..

C) Under the: Redirect After Logout: => I left this one at: wp-login.php

D) If you are using any other theme, then the "Gathering" theme, you might want to skip this section. And follow the directions for it, according to your theme's layout!

Unless your sidebar call is like this.. in the index.php file:
<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

Still in the Login Register Options, I left everything alone from there down TILL the part for the "Template Header Files: section..

D-1) Since I'm using the "Gathering" theme, the call for the sidebar, in the theme files is right after the header call.
<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

D-2) In the Template Header Files: window, I made it like this:
header.php
sidebar.php

D-3) In the Template After Header HTML: window, I made it like this:
<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<div id="maincontent">

D-4) In the Template Before Footer HTML: window, I made it like this:
<?php endif; ?>
</div>


<?php get_footer(); ?>

D-5) In the Template Footer Files: window, I made it like this: footer.php

E) Scroll down to the User Email Template: window. Since he uses variables for his stuff.. here is what I used for mine, and it works because I got the email after doing a test sign up. :D

Username: ##username##
Password: ##password##

You now have the ability to access any of the following locations with your username and password.

The Site Admin
##siteurl##/wp-admin/

The Forums
##siteurl##/forums/

The Codex
http://yourwiki.yourdomain.net

Please note: Of course... change the The Codex and Forums urls to whatever your's is.. example: ##siteurl##/my-forums-folder-name/

And for Codex/Wiki: http://yourdomain.net/yourwiki or whatever..

Then I click the Update Options button.. :D ;)

F) In my Theme's CSS File, I added the following CSS Style references:
#login {margin:0 auto 0 auto;width:250px;}
#login ul {margin:0;padding:0;}
#login ul li {display:inline;margin-left:10px;}

Everything seems to be working just fine! I hope this helps others..

http://spencerp.net/wp-login.php
http://spencerp.net/wp-register.php

After logging in, you should be taken to this page then:
http://spencerp.net/where-to/

Which of course.. can still be seen by everyone, either way. (But it's not really made public either, because I don't have the page itself, listed in the header nav bar, and sidebar nav section.)

However.. it's not going to do much good to them, because if they aren't registered and stuff.. they can't access my blog's wp-admin, forums or codex.. lmao!

Anyway, I just did TWO test signups.. and was able to login to my Codex, Forums, and the Blog's wp-admin control panel.. whee!!

spencerp

Posted 1 year ago #
nateolson
Member

Spencer, was just hoping for a quick clarification on all this: Did you use the same MySQL database for everything? In the thread here you use terms like "MediaWiki database" and "WP database," but I'm wondering whether that actually just means the MediaWiki tables and the WP tables, all contained in one MySQL database. Do tell. :)

Thanks,

Nate

Posted 1 year ago #
mozey
Member

On my setup, (different system, same concept),

i used a centralized mysql table which contains a mesh of all of the variables of all systems!. The reason wy i did that is, some of these usertables contain information which would change the bahaviour of the software, such as roll, last login etc. SO its not a mater of authentication and session ONLY. You also need the other stuff!!!.

i ALSO used a single portal for signup/signin. THIS SHOULD NOT BE SCARY (assuming that thinking does'nt hurt your brain). A good IDE will get everything done for you (search replace globally, find all instances of a function etc).

I reccomend http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ as an editor, and use PHP IDE as an ide ontop of eclipse. Be patiant, if you have'nt installed before, it could be a bit strang, but do take a better part of a weekend to figure out hw it works. TRUST ME, php will be your bizatch afterwards ;)

Posted 1 year ago #
spencerp
Member

@nateolsen, I just added ALL 3 databases into ONE database, like such:
database_name (holding all three)
bb_forums
bb_posts
bb_privatemessages
bb_tagged
bb_tags
bb_topicmeta
bb_topics
mw_archive
mw_categorylinks
mw_externallinks
mw_filearchive
mw_hitcounter
mw_image
mw_imagelinks
mw_interwiki
mw_ipblocks
mw_job
mw_langlinks
mw_logging
mw_math
mw_objectcache
mw_oldimage
mw_page
mw_pagelinks
mw_querycache
mw_querycachetwo
mw_querycache_info
mw_recentchanges
mw_redirect
mw_revision
mw_searchindex
mw_site_stats
mw_templatelinks
mw_text
mw_trackbacks
mw_transcache
mw_user
mw_user_groups
mw_user_newtalk
mw_watchlist
sk2_blacklist
wp_bad_behavior
wp_bas_log
wp_bas_os
wp_bas_pages
wp_bas_refer
wp_bas_searches
wp_bas_ua
wp_bas_visitors
wp_bbpress_post_options
wp_bbpress_post_posts
wp_categories
wp_comments
wp_link2cat
wp_linkcategories
wp_links
wp_options
wp_post2cat
wp_post2tag
wp_postmeta
wp_posts
wp_secureimage
wp_sk2_logs
wp_sk2_spams
wp_tags
wp_tag_synonyms
wp_usermeta
wp_users

Of course, used the normal database prefix for each one specifically. ;) :) It was mentioned though, that for the mw_ ones, you didn't have to use the "mw_" prefix for when trying to mesh with bbpress/WP.. but, to play it safe, I used the default "mw_" prefix anyway.. Choice is your's really.. :) ;)

@mozey, nice!! I'll have to try that out sometime, well, when I get more time. ;) :) Thanks for tips and pointers! ;) :)

spencerp

Posted 1 year ago #
hery
Member

There is an attempt here... Maybe usefull or not.
http://hery.blaogy.org/2007/02/21/mediawiki-wordpress-integration/

Posted 1 year ago #
AphelionZ
Member

I'm having trouble with this plugin - MediaWiki version 1.6.9, using the Authpress.php from the codex link in the first post.

I try to log in and I get this error:

..from within function "AuthPress::authenticate". MySQL returned error "1146: Table '*********.wk_wp_users' doesn't exist (*****.***)"

It looks like it's appending wk_ before my user table?

Posted 1 year ago #
AphelionZ
Member

the answer is here

http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wiki-tech/2005-August/000026.html

Posted 1 year ago #
spencerp
Member

UPDATE: I’ve decided to remove my MediaWiki, or better known as the Codex. I merely installed it to play around, customize, and get familiar with it.

The whole reason for removing it is, I really don’t have the time for it. I don’t have time to add anything to it, make a theme for it, and customize it anymore.

As for this article, it’s still a good reference guide as what To-Do for getting your MediaWiki, bbPress, and WP login/registration working together. :) I hope you find it as useful as I did. Well, I guess that’s it for now. Tata.

http://spencerp.net/id/46

spencerp

Posted 1 year ago #
citizenkeith
Member

the answer is here

http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wiki-tech/2005-August/000026.html

I've tried everything in the above thread, but I still get mw_ appended to the table (mw_bb_users).

Posted 1 year ago #
citizenkeith
Member
Here's what I've done so far:

Installed Mediawiki. Put Authpress in the extensions folder. Added code to LocalSettings.php. In that file, I tried both with and without these lines, uncommented and with my database information:
```
# Only include the following if you aren't using the same db as MediaWiki
$wgAuth->setAuthPressDBServer ('FIXME');
$wgAuth->setAuthPressDBName('FIXME');
$wgAuth->setAuthPressUser('FIXME');
$wgAuth->setAuthPressPassword('FIXME');
```
I added false, 0, as described here:
http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wiki-tech/2005-August/000028.html

I've tried every combination, but MediaWiki still looks for the table mw_bb_users instead of bb_users.

My only option is to re-install MediaWiki without the table prefix, but I'd prefer to avoid that.
Posted 1 year ago #
spencerp
Member

citizenkeith, are installing MediaWiki with those changes and additions already done to it, before actual installing of it? Or are you doing these changes/ additions to MediaWiki *after* MW installation is done? Also, is all three (wp, bbpress and mediawiki) installed in under same database?

What I did, was, had bbPress and WP installed *first*. And integrated first. Then, I installed MediaWiki into the same database as WP and bbPress. Then applied those extensions and additions to MediaWiki...

spencerp

Posted 1 year ago #
citizenkeith
Member

Hi spencerp! :)

I am not using WP, so the integration is taking place between MW and BB only. BB was already installed, and I have 26 users. Integration took place *after* I installed MW in the same database as BB.

Posted 1 year ago #
citizenkeith
Member

bump :-)

Posted 1 year ago #
spencerp
Member

Did you put BOTH database tables and such in the SAME database? Like I said above here?

If you want, and IF I can find the stuff I had before.. I'll post it back here. As for the stuff you're talking about above there... couldn't ya just change the references from WP database calls to bbPress calls?

As far as I know, you would only need to do what's on this page right? Since we're not talking about WP here at all?
http://codex.wordpress.org/User:RobLa/bbPress_Auth_for_MediaWiki

spencerp

Posted 1 year ago #
spencerp
Member

Sorry, my mind is waaay off here. I just have so much crap going through it on a daily basis it's not funny sigh. Sorry if I'm not much help.. :(

spencerp

Posted 1 year ago #
citizenkeith
Member

Did you put BOTH database tables and such in the SAME database? Like I said above here?

Yes, just like that, although I am not integrating my WP with bbPress.

As far as I know, you would only need to do what's on this page right? Since we're not talking about WP here at all?

That's correct. That's what I've been trying to figure out... I'm following those directions, but I still get these errors.

Sorry if I'm not much help.. :(

Not a problem! I appreciate your efforts.

Posted 1 year ago #

citizenkeith
Member

Ok, this time I deleted all the Media Wiki tables from the database, then reinstalled Media Wiki. This time, I didn't use a prefix for the table names.

I uploaded Authpress.php and added the code to Localsettings.php.

Now when I try to login, I get these errors:

Warning: Compilation failed: characters with values > 255 are not yet supported in classes at offset 33 in /web/abc/abc/citizenkeith.com/forums/wiki/includes/User.php on line 224

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /web/abc/abc/citizenkeith.com/forums/wiki/includes/SpecialUserlogin.php on line 320

Posted 1 year ago #

Heliotropen
Member

What a cool guide, - huge shoulder claps from me to you!

There is one HUGE problem though;

1.this plugin is no longer avaible?
http://codex.wordpress.org/User:RobLa/bbPress_Auth_for_MediaWiki

2. this IS, BUT, it is wrtiten that it dosn't suport php5 (therefor any useable media wiki installations right now.)
http://hery.blaogy.org/2007/02/21/mediawiki-wordpress-integration/

Is there any plugin or way out there, to make the step nr. 4 in the guide possible. - The mix is not soo cool, with wordpress & bbpress intigration only.

In advance thnx.
/Helio

Posted 1 year ago #
fel64
Member

I don't understand. PHP5 runs PHP4 code just fine; if it runs on 4, it will run on 5. (Other way around may be a problem, but that doesn't seem to be it?) The plugin might not use features of 5, but it will run under 5.

Posted 1 year ago #
Heliotropen
Member

That is my logik too, but have you tried it? ; on the web-site they write:

"This extension is tested with Mediawiki 1.6.9 (the latest release for PHP4) and wordpress 2.1. It will not work (yet) for Mediawiki > 1.6.9 (because of PHP5) but the next version will be PHP5 ready."

Posted 1 year ago #
Heliotropen
Member

Well i just tried it out, and the plugin dont work with the newest mediawiki; i got: "Wiki has a problem

Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.

Try waiting a few minutes and reloading.

(Can't contact the database server: Unknown error)"

Posted 1 year ago #
spencerp
Member

FYI: Found this on a backup CD of mine:
http://spencerp.net/downloads/AuthPress.php.txt

Maybe someone can tweak it for PHP5? I dunno, I'm not a PHP Pro.

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