ocPortal 2.1 WowBB driver

Attached is the WowBB driver for ocPortal 2.1.

You will need to replace your /sources/users.php with the attached, modified version, and upload wowbb.php to /sources/forum/.

To convert an existing installation to use your newly installed WowBB driver, you will need to edit info.php:

• Change "forum_type" to "wowbb"
• Change "board_path" to the path for your forums (as seen in your FTP client)
• Change "board_prefix" to the URL for your forums (as seen in your browser)
• Change the "*_table_prefix" value's name to "wowbb_table_prefix", and its value to the table prefix for WowBB's database tables
• Change "user_cookie" to "wowbb|0"
• Change "pass_cookie" to "wowbb|1"
• Change "db_forums", "db_forums_host", "db_forums_user", and "db_forums_pass" to their respective values concerning your WowBB database

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» Download: wowbb.php (18 Kb, 103 downloads so far)

has anyone had experience using WowBB w/OcPortal?  Care to comment?  Can anyone compare it to InVision and other Forum software?  Thanks!

Yes, I do; I'm the one who commissioned the driver and I'm currently doing work on my site as well as some experimenting.  What would you like to know?

Thank you for creating this driver.

I'm new with all this and I have a couple questions about the changes that need to be made in the info.php file.

1. I don't have "board_prefix" listed as an option to change. Could it be named something else?

2. **Change the "*_table_prefix" value's name to "wowbb_table_prefix", and its value to the table prefix for WowBB's database tables**

I have this listed twice in my info.php.

The first one is on line 11 and says "table_prefix".
The second one is on line 26 and says "ocf_table_prefix"

Which one do I change, or do I change both?

Thank you in advance for any input you have.

By this I'm assuming that you chose to install with no forum when you installed ocPortal.

1. You'll have to create the entry; copy the following code to near the bottom of info.php (create a line before the "?>"):


Change the value in single quotation marks to the path at which your copy of WowBB is installed. (i.e. If you enter "http://example.com/forums" in your browser to visit your copy of WowBB, replace the current value with that.)

2. You should change the "ocf_table_prefix" entry on line 26 to "wowbb_table_prefix", and its value to that which you entered when installing WowBB for the table prefix.

Thank you Philip for your quick response.

Yes, I did install with the 'No Forum' option.

I did what you said and I no longer get the error message. Thank you.

Real quick:

Since I installed it with the "No Forum' option selected, is there anything else I should change/add/modify to prevent future errors?

Thanks again.

As long as you've followed all the instructions, and have WowBB and ocPortal installed properly, I can't see why you should get any more errors.

Thank you for your help.

I am getting some more error messages that maybe you could help me out with, or point me in the right direction.

I am getting this error message on the right side of our OCPortal home page.

Notice: Undefined index: points_gained_given in /home/vision7/public_html/oc/sources/points.php on line 27

Notice: Undefined index: points_gained_rating in /home/vision7/public_html/oc/sources/points.php on line 28

Notice: Undefined index: points_gained_voting in /home/vision7/public_html/oc/sources/points.php on line 29

Notice: Undefined index: points_used in /home/vision7/public_html/oc/sources/points.php on line 49

And i am also getting this error on the admin page, inside 'Configuration' 'Site Settings'. Even if i don't change a single setting and just click 'Proceed' at the bottom. The next page has this error at the very top (Above Header)-

Notice: Undefined index: sites in /home/vision7/public_html/oc/admincentre/pages/modules/admin
_config.php on line 211
Fail: UPDATE wowbb_users SET ocp_sites=', ocPortal-?' WHERE (user_id=1)

And this below the header

An error has occurred
Unfortunately a query has failed [UPDATE wowbb_users SET ocp_sites=', ocPortal-?' WHERE (user_id=1) ] [Unknown column 'ocp_sites' in 'field list']

with a list of Stack Traces following it.

Any input on how to fix this or where i can go to figure it out would be greatly appreciated.

Thank in advance

Ah. To fix this it would be best if you just reinstalled ocPortal, choosing the WowBB option for the forum driver. Before you do this, you must make sure that the two replacement files are in-place.

Initially i did the automatic install and it didn't have an option for WOWBB.

So, do i need to uninstall everything, download the files from OCPortal, and do a manual install?

I don't want to keep bugging you, but would you mind clarifying exactly what i should do to make sure that i install it properly with the WOWBB driver

I really appreciate all the feedback and help you've given me.

To install with the option of installing to WowBB, you will need to use the manual install; unpack and upload all the files as detailed in the manual install instructions, then overwrite the /sources/users.php file with the one above, and upload the /sources/forum/wowbb.php file. Once you've done that, run through the manual installer, selecting WowBB as the forum-of-choice, and enter all the details. Once you've completed the installer, ocPortal should be fully integrated with WowBB, and you shouldn't have to edit info.php as you otherwise would.

I can't thank you enough Philip.

Everything works great now.

 

Happy to help.
We hope ocPortal provides all you need.

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