[davidbessler]

This is frustrating. Tell me why this simplest of all plugins does not work.

<?php

/*

Plugin Name: Add something to the header

Plugin URI: http://davidbessler.com

Description: My first plugin

Author: David Bessler

Author URI: http://davidbessler.com

Version: 1.0

*/

function add_something_to_the_header (){

echo "<!--Something I added-->n";

}

add_action ('bb_head' , 'add_something_to_the_header');

?>

[ardentfrost]

There is no instructions on how to write plugins as far as I know. You just gotta do it like the rest of us: look through the code and figure out how it’s written. It’s not too hard and it’s written logically. You need to be able to either grep or search inside the files (there’s a way to search inside php files using windows search). If you want to look for hooks, look for add_action or add_filter and see where they all are. If you want to see how to use them, look through other plugins.

And if you have specific questions, these forums are here and there are plenty of people who try to help

[AphelionZ]

I can’t begin to express how psyched I am that you did this! I really do think its a good idea and will help a lot of forums increase their activity.

By the way, it worked without a hitch and i have it installed over at http://outletzine.org/forums now

[davidbessler]

OK look at this:

$forum_restrict_keys = array(

"1" => "davidbessler,testman",

"3" => "davidbessler,",

);

function forum_restrict_check_name() {

global $bb_current_user,$forum_restrict_keys;

if ($bb_current_user){

$allowed = strpos($forum_restrict_keys[get_forum_id()], get_user_name( $bb_current_user->ID ));

if ($allowed == "") {

echo "[blocked]";

add_filter( 'get_forum_name', 'forum_restrict_blank_name');

} else {

echo "[Not blocked]";

}

}

}

function forum_restrict_blank_name (){

echo "";

}

add_action( 'get_forum_name', 'forum_restrict_check_name');

?>

That puts [blocked] instead of the forum name in a forum that user is not allowed to see, and [not blocked] on a forum he is allowed to see. How do I get the forum name back in there instead of [not blocked]?

[spencerp]

@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

[davidbessler]

I’m REALLY new at making plugins. Let’s start there.

I’m looking to hide certain forums from a defined list of people. Or actually, I’m looking to only allow certain people to see certain forums. Anyway, I’m starting with just trying to make that happen on the front page. How do I “hijack” the page just at the point where it is about to spit out the forums on the front-page? I think this is what hooks are for right? So that I don’t need to actually edit my front-page.php?

Basically what I am looking to do, is during the “foreach” loop in front-page.php, I want to compare the upcoming forum_id with a list of usernames in an array who are allowed to see that forum. If there’s a match, it shows the forum, if not, it doesn’t.

The array looks like this:

$forum_restriction_keys = array(

"1" => "bob, sam, jim, jane",

"3" = > "bob",

);

So, to start, I need the right hook.

[Trent Adams]

I would just use the full path on the server:

<?php include

('var/usr/www/yourdirectory/whatever.file'); ?>

That should work shouldn’t it?

Referencing this post

Trent

[davidbessler]

so:

Function BlahBlah () {

global $bb_current_user;

$myName = get_user_name( $bb_current_user->ID );

echo "Hello, my name is ".$myName;

}

Like that?

Where can I find a list of all these variables and functions? Like how did the author of that plugin know there was such a thing as get_user_name()?

[startribe]

Thanks Trent, I am still pushing along… I understand, those late nights get to me too.

All the Best,

Orion

[startribe]

I am trying to use a call to navigate to the root directory in order to call on an include that is located in a directory outside of the bbPress directory.

Is there anyone out there who could help me with a BB PHP command that will bounce me back to the root directory. I tried…

<?php include('../../etc/etc'); ?> with out results.

So, any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

All the Best,

Orion

[mozey]

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

[flaerpen]

Hehe, I’m blind! Sorry, just open poEdit and do what it says .

[Nate]

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

[davidbessler]

I am trying to write a plugin … how do I refer to the currently logged in user’s name? I tried

get_user_name( $user->ID )

but I get “get_user requires a numerical ID” or something like that.

[spencerp]

Awesome! Thanks a million SamBauers!

spencerp

[flaerpen]

Hello, I have made my own template and the original gettext-objects in the code have been replaced. Therefore I need to rescan my files for the gettext-text so I can translate.

The only problem is that I have been searching for days to find out how to do, but i can’t find anything interesting. I’ve tried poEdit but you can’t search in .php files for gettext-objects!

how do i do? someone who can help me?

[ardentfrost]

I was referring to scale. Unless it’s in the core, it’s too large to expect others to make their code friendly with your code. If you have a thousand plugin authors and 10% of them do that, it just seems unreasonable that the other 900 will add 100 different things to their code to be friendly with other plugins. And if those 10% each write multiple plugins that way, it’s even MORE things the other 900 have to add to all their plugins.

It’s nothing against YOU, it’s just that you have to think about scale, and what you’re asking isn’t scalable.

[ardentfrost]

I do this on my page. Code looks like this:

<h1><a href="http://www.rayd.org/"><?php option('name'); ?></a></h1>

[Trent Adams]

Looking back at the code I put, I must have been tired! Great to hear you got it going Orion!

Trent

[aircow33]

Hi all, currently the header.php will display the name of the forum as a link. And the link sends you back to whereever you set in your config.php the variable $bb->domain. Currenlty it is $bb->domain = ‘forums.prosperworldloans.com’;

i dont want to change the domain variable because i think location of cookies and many other things use this variable. But i want to change the link in header.php to point to a different location, namely http://www.prosperworldloans.com

The code in header.php looks like this

<body id=”<?php bb_location(); ?>”>

<div id=”wrapper”>

<div id=”header”>

<h1>“><?php bb_option(‘name’); ?></h1>

<?php login_form(); ?>

</div>

<div id=”main”>

<?php if ( is_bb_profile() ) profile_menu(); ?>

and i changed it to

<body id=”<?php bb_location(); ?>”>

<div id=”wrapper”>

<div id=”header”>

<h1><?php bb_option(‘name’); ?></h1>

<?php login_form(); ?>

</div>

<div id=”main”>

<?php if ( is_bb_profile() ) profile_menu(); ?>

However when i make this change the link actually becomes http://forums.prosperworldloans.com/http://www.prosperworldloans.com

I have no idea why this is. i tried using php printf to print it out and it seems to work but screws up the layout of the following php login_form() command. Any help on this issue is greatly appreciated it is very frustrating.

[startribe]

YES! I got it… I used this to get the correct path:

<?php bb_option('uri'); ?>my-templates/images/victorylogo.gif

Ahhhh, and sigh. Trent, thanks for helping with getting my gears going. Now if anyone else runs into a similar issue, they will have a solution.

All the Best,

Orion

[startribe]

actually, I forgot to load the file, the result above was from playing with

‘<?php bb_location(); ?>’ and “image”.

After trying your code Trent, I received no results for the designated area:

src=""

[startribe]

lol…

yeah, any solution is good to start for me. The above produced:

front-pageimages/victorylogo.gif

I am editing the front-page.php, so I am not sure if it pulled that file name or I have a setting a bit off somewhere.

Hmmm…. there has to be a way. I am getting the images to load through CSS, but for this particular image I would like to have it in the HTML content.

So any more ideas or suggestions are welcome.

-Orion

[Trent Adams]

If you are trying to get victorylogo.gif, I would use:

<?php $victorylogo = (bb_get_option('uri') . 'my-templates/images/victorylogo.gif'); ?>

<?php echo $stylesheet; ?>

There might be an easier way, but I am a ‘may not be pretty, but works’ type of guy….

Trent

[startribe]

Hey Trent,

Thanks for the reply…

I checked out the source of the resulting page and found this…

/my-templates/style.cssimages/victorylogo.gif

So I noticed that it is posting “style.css” in the path, which is throwing me off.

Essentially, I am trying to get into my “my-templates” directory. I will look into your other solution. If you have any other ideas, I am open ears.

Thanks,

Orion