Topic: Implementation Documentation?

[mendivil]

First time user of this portal and site for that matter. I'm having trouble getting this portal going. I have d/led and installed with no problems, I have even gone as far as to successfully setup several blocks already, however I'm not understanding how to implement this into my current site. Is there documentation somewhere? I'd like to see if I can figure this out.

Specifically, how do I get this working with my existing web pages? I presume the portal will replace those pages, but how? Currently the HTML/PHP files for my site reside in the root and my forum is in a separate folder. I want visitors to be directed to the portal off the root. I assumed something would be placed into my root to replace my index file but that wasn't the case, so my visitors are still hitting my existing index file and bypassing the portal.

Aside from using the "Standalone" mode (which I couldn't get working either), do I need to move my forum to the root in order to achieve this?

I am running SMF 1.1.8 and SimplePortal 2.2 by the way.

Sorry if I've confused anyone, I'm confused myself!

-The Noob 

[[SiNaN]]

Well, we do not support custom pages yet, but you can use Custom Action Mod for that.

The best way to achieve what you are looking for is using the Standalone mode. I can help you with setting it up if you tell me the name of directory your forum is in.

[mendivil]

Well, we do not support custom pages yet, but you can use Custom Action Mod for that.

The best way to achieve what you are looking for is using the Standalone mode. I can help you with setting it up if you tell me the name of directory your forum is in.

My forum resides in a specially and uniquely named directory called "forum" and the HTML/PHP files for my site reside in the root.

I have attempted to edit the path in SPStandalone.php to reflect this however this as far as I've gotten with the Standalone mode mainly because I'm unsure of the next step.

[Eliana Tamerin]

You would set the path for SPStandalone.php in your Admin Panel > SimplePortal > General Settings area.

Then you may use it as if it were the index.php of your forum, set blocks to the portal only or to various integration settings as you choose.

[mendivil]

You would set the path for SPStandalone.php in your Admin Panel > SimplePortal > General Settings area.

Then you may use it as if it were the index.php of your forum, set blocks to the portal only or to various integration settings as you choose.

Ok, I guess that's where I was getting lost. It's coming along now though after making the edits you suggested. This is where I'm at currently, (I'll change the name later but for now) SPStandalone.php resides in my root directory and it displays the portal fine, but when I go into the forum (by adding "?action=forum" to the end of the url) I get the same portal page and no forum index.  I think I may have messed something up while I was playing around with the blocks initially.

[mendivil]

How do I fix this? Anyone?

[[SiNaN]]

1) Change the path in the SPStandalone.php file in the root.
2) If you want to change its name, change it.
3) Make this changes:

Admin CP >> SPortal Admin >> Configuration >> General Settings >> "Portal Mode" should be "Standalone"

Admin CP >> SPortal Admin >> Configuration >> General Settings >> "Standalone URL" should be full url to your standalone file.

Save the settings and you're done!

[mendivil]

1) Change the path in the SPStandalone.php file in the root.
2) If you want to change its name, change it.
3) Make this changes:

Admin CP >> SPortal Admin >> Configuration >> General Settings >> "Portal Mode" should be "Standalone"

Admin CP >> SPortal Admin >> Configuration >> General Settings >> "Standalone URL" should be full url to your standalone file.

Save the settings and you're done!

Thanks for the reply, the above has already been done and works fine, however this isn't where the problem lies.

Correct me if I'm wrong (I read this in another topic) but shouldn't the forum index be accessed by adding "?action=forum" to the end of the portal url? In my case it would be www.domain.com/SPStandalone.php?action=forum <-- this does not work for me, it only shows the portal again, no index.

So I have a portal with no way to access the forum index.

Any help would be appreciated, I really need to get this going!

[[SiNaN]]

Your portal will be here:
http://domain.com/SPStandalone.php

Your forum will be where it was before, as if you don't have SimplePortal installed:
http://domain.com/forum/index.php