There should be a plugin that creates a CB profile tab with the corresponding smf profile fields that syncs those fields back to smf. right now when u choose to handle everything through CB profile the only user profile information that shows on smf forum posts will be -Email -Messaging -Profile-link
info like website, MSN, ICQ, Location etc. have to be entered through smf profile which would mean one would have to maintain two profiles. That is insufficient i think.
As far as I know from the developer geeffland from http://www.cbconnector.com the upcoming bridging solution for CB and phpBB, CBconnector 2.0, which will be also transformed to a SMF connecting version later, already handles syncing of profile information through CB profile to the forum profile.
maybe the two parties could join efforts and further syncing of joomla CB profile and SMF profile to make integration even more seemless. So far CBconnector is still alpha so it would not be a bad idea to have a plugin for Joomlahacks SMF bridge right now to sync cb profile info to smf profile info as stated above until CBconnector matures some more.
« Last Edit: February 13, 2007, 01:41:27 PM by fabs »
Sorry then... As you have all the cb profile plugins available for download i thought it would have been integrated already if there was a solution which is why i did not do a search.
Thanks very much for the info. I will update the review an comparison accordingly.
no problems, your post spawned me to integrate it(I think). My main concern with not doing it previously is that the user must configure the cb fields, and they must be exact. That is generally a support nightmare. I deal with users everyday that have a difficult time following all the help already available, let alone more manual instructions. So I will probably integrate it and leave it disabled, but allow it to be enabled by more advanced users.
There should be some possibility to make the smf-cb plugin create the necessary fields somehow on install, or isn't there? I mean there is cb sample data coming with cb installation you can load and it creates fields as well. So why shouldn't your plugin?
otherwise support would certainly be an issue for quite a few. but even if u leave it disabled u will be faced with the question even more often on how to turn it on and configure it. so i think it would be better and after all less work to create a proper automated solution right away that creates all necessary fields and tabs in cb.
With the CB plugin you can make it create the fields automatically. There are 2 methods...
1) using the install XML file 2) or use an install php file
Been a while since I chatted with you Wolverine... sounds like your bridge has turned out pretty good... After I get CB connector v2 (previously called phpbb connector) out final I will peek at your bridge and see what I can do to help with the CB integration or integration with the CB connector... Last time I messed with SMF was before I got involved with the phpbb connector...
If you get to this before I do... make sure and use unique names for the cb fields or it could interfere with other plugins...
Thanks. I have already completed this modification and in the end it is not possible to do the necessary modifications in the xml file alone. Either way, all my cb fields will be cb_jsmffieldname. The modifications should be in testing by this evening.
Wolverin, You are correct... I must have not read the first post of this thread... about have SMF fields editable in CB. The XML file, or the install file for that matter, would have created CB fields that are only for CB. What you need and you may have figured out already is some custom code that gets shown on the CB profile that writes specific fields to the SMF database directly without even storing a CB field for that data.
Sorry for the mix up... if by chance you want some sample code that shows how to do the custom fields direct to another table without going into the comprofiler table just let me know...
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