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Hi
I am using the recent topics module and have edited 1 line to point to index.php?&topic instead of the mambo_com.

I do not have the full Mambo/SMF bridge installed and only use SMF to register new members.

I am wondering why (with NO changes to the Admin side of the Forum, one of my staff members (Zimbo) can post yesterday as this:  http://www.pchelpforum.com/forum/index.php?&topic=751.msg3528;topicseen#msg3528

And today as this: http://www.pchelpforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=752.msg3543#msg3543

Also to another staff member here: http://www.pchelpforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=702.msg3533#msg3533 

As I have said, the only thing that has changed is the addition of the new module...but would that effect this type of issue? Incidentally, I get no problems as Admin (my logo is displayed)

-  it just seems to me that my member groups are screwed up....by themselves? Anyone else had this happen to them?

- I have deleted and re-added Madgamer to the PCHF MOD group but it didn't change anything.

Thanks guys, look forward to your comments.

Actually, if I wanted to completely integrate Mambo with SMF would I be able to port over my 680+ users successfully?

Yes, you should be able to that successfully.

The module cannot be the cause of your issue on your first post. That seems to be an SMF bug but i can't verify.

Thanks, how will I port? Is there an option in the SMF-Mambo Integration installation?

I have also posted in the SMF forum but with no replies yet.

There's a link there to click that will sync mambo and smf users.

Actually, you don't have to sync right away. Even though you did not sync the users, the user will be automatically ported to mambo when that member signs in. You can try logging in first, then sync it when all is fine in your installation.

Just post your questions here about the bridge and not in SMF.

Thanks.

NP - I will try your suggestion, thanks. :)

Whilst installing the SMF_com I get this message

FAILED
Another component is already using directory: "/home/****/public_html/components/com_smf/"

NM - I guess I just uninstall com_smf from the Admin menu....  ::)

I have the following in the installation list - I have uploaded the SMF-Mambo Integration 1.3.1 via the package manager and it's applied.

INSTALLATION CHECKLIST:
installed Install SMF Forum on the same database as Mambo.

not installed Install SMFMamboMod.zip using your SMF Package Manager.

click to patch Patch mambo index.php file.

[verify] done Synchronize Mambo and SMF users.

You are have the other bridge installed. You will need to uninstall it if you want to use this version.

Just one point, if you install this bridge, all registration will go through mambo and not SMF. When that user logs in, it will be then automatically synced to SMF db.

If you prefer SMF as registration point, maybe you can edit the registration module and replace it with the SMF registration links.

are all the configurations set correctly?

Yes thank you for your fantastic help and support cowboy.

I think I have done it :)

I now need to apply the login and recent topics modules again to my index page....hold on....

All seems to be going well but I get errors on login/out.

LOGIN - The following errors were found:
An Error Has Occurred!  - and then it returns me to the main page, loggen IN.

LOGOUT - An Error Has Occurred!
Session verification failed. Please try logging out and back in again, and then try again - and then it goes back to the main page - LOGGED OUT.

I am getting the following error when opening up my site in a new Internet Explorer window:

The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Only one top level element is allowed in an XML document. Error processing resource 'http://www.pchelpforum.com/'. Line 2,...

<b>Warning</b>:  ob_start(): output handler 'ob_gzhandler' cannot be used after 'URL-Rewriter' in <b>/home...

You can see for yourself here: www.pchelpforum.com

Ok, I actually searched the forum and found the solution - sorry. I turned off GZIP on my site. Unfortunately the other problem hasn't gone tho

LOGIN - The following errors were found:
An Error Has Occurred!  - and then it returns me to the main page, loggen IN.

LOGOUT - An Error Has Occurred!
Session verification failed. Please try logging out and back in again, and then try again - and then it goes back to the main page - LOGGED OUT.

Hengis,

I apologize. As of now, there's no fix for this issue because I cannot reproduce this error on my demo site and dev site.

You may just want to use 1.2 or just wait til this error is solved.

By the way, can you tell me the ff:
Mambo version:
SMF version:
PHP version:
webserver:
platform:

thanks.

How do you do this?  I do prefer the SMF as registration point.

Sorry, but when I post I get "unable to load main template" and a "Stack overflow" box pops up - HELP!! ;)

BUT only in IE - not in Mozilla

Hengis,
I have the same problem as you with the login/logoff

The setup here is as follows:
Mambo version: 4.5.2
SMF version: 1.03
PHP version: 4.3.11
webserver: i686
platform: Apache version 1.3.33 (Unix)

I have tha main site at http://www.xxx.yyy.au and I have SMF installed in a sub-directory called forum but I also have a sub-domain called http://forum.xxx.yyy.au which most people access the SMF site from. So if they have a cookie from http://forum...... and then they try to log out from http://www...... it creates an error. If they log out from http://forum.... then it works fine.

I suspect that it *could* be a cookie issue but I am yet to work out if this is really that case.

I will keep doing some tests and advise of any outcomes that I can clearly identify.

This is the SMF error reference to my login/out problem:



and this is the line it refers to: