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Rolf Timmerman

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« on: September 11, 2006, 11:39:09 AM »

Is there a way of hiding the forum for unregistered users? I have a site with SMF and JSMF 2.0 but when I go to the location (http://www.domain.com/forum) then it is shown fullscreen (no joomla) although you have to login to see anything. Could this be solved?


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« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2006, 12:26:31 PM »

you should not be accessing the forum directly. Only through joomla. You can add a rewrite rule to your .htaccess file to prevent users from accessing the forum directly

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Redirect /forum http://www.yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=XX&

Make sure to use the correct link including Itemid.


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« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2006, 12:36:38 PM »

Quote from: -Wolverine on September 11, 2006, 12:26:31 PM

you should not be accessing the forum directly. Only through joomla. You can add a rewrite rule to your .htaccess file to prevent users from accessing the forum directly

Code:

Redirect /forum http://www.yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=XX&

Make sure to use the correct link including Itemid.

It is just for security that no one knows that there is a forum Wink

I will try the above solution, thanks in advance!


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« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2006, 03:21:09 PM »

Quote from: Rolf Timmerman on September 11, 2006, 12:36:38 PM

It is just for security that no one knows that there is a forum Wink

I will try the above solution, thanks in advance!

I tried the solution given. Unfortunately, it prevented the SMF Stylesheet from being read. I'm not sure why.

In the mean time, I have used the following workaround. In the /smf/index.php, i have added the following lines at the top.

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/*
* Get the URI path that was typed in the Address bar
* and strip the filename so we're left with the path
*/
$URI = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
$URI = substr( $URI, 0, strrpos( $URI, "/" ));

/*
* If the path does not match the path for the Joomla
* installation, redirect to the correct location
* for the Forum under Joomla.
* NOTE: Itemid may be different on some installations.
*/
if ( $URI != "/go/portal" ) {
header ("Location: http://www.domain.com/go/portal/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=51");
}


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« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2006, 03:24:13 PM »

be careful, that file is loaded by the component... you could get multiple refreshes when loading the page. Another option may be to use the joomla page restriction, add

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defined( '_VALID_MOS' ) or die( 'Restricted access.' );

at the top of SMF's index.php. Just a thought, lemme know how it works out. Grin


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« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2006, 05:58:23 PM »

Quote from: -Wolverine on September 11, 2006, 03:24:13 PM

be careful, that file is loaded by the component... you could get multiple refreshes when loading the page. Another option may be to use the joomla page restriction, add

Code:

defined( '_VALID_MOS' ) or die( 'Restricted access.' );

at the top of SMF's index.php. Just a thought, lemme know how it works out. Grin

Hey that's so true! Now why didn't I think of that one? Huh


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« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2006, 11:31:30 AM »

i have the same problems to, but i solved the problem by actually moving the forum from /forum to /forum123

and then all i need to do is change the configuration file in smf's config.php so the server settings will look the forum from /forum to /forum123, and after that i change the jsmf module to find the forum at /forum123, after that the problem is solved... no one knows the right address for my forum since it's wrapped in joomla, and every body should find the forum by entering the main joomla screen first...

i don't know if this method has a weakness yet, is it possible for members to actually see the forum's direct url by looking at the joomla link ??

thanks in advance.

ps : please forgive my bad english.


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