PhpBb3LinkPlugin

PhpBb3LinkPlugin enables linking between phpBB3 (http://www.phpbb.com/) forum site and TWiki. You can use Twiki WikiWords in Forum site and with mouse click you will get to TWiki page. There is also twiki macro which can used to search forum site for current wiki topic.

About Plugin:

This plugin works with phpBB3 forum 3.0.2. Current implementation of Plugin is not so elegant because it uses local /tmp folder for creating list of current wiki words in TWiki! This list is used to match words in phpBB forum site. This could be security issue so be carefull when using this plugin. Implementation of PhpBb3LinkPlugin plugin is currently more like hack but I think some of you could be interested of it? Let's try to make it better together ?

Syntax Rules

%BBVSTOPIC{}%

Examples

   %BBVSTOPIC{}% 

Plugin Settings

Plugin settings are stored as preferences variables. To reference a plugin setting write %<plugin>_<setting>%, i.e. %NEWPLUGIN_SHORTDESCRIPTION%

Settings

• Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Integrate phpBB3 forum site with TWiki
• Set BB_URL = https://yourhost/ProjectFORUM
• Set BB_DB_HOST = localhost
• Set BB_DB_PORT = 3306
• Set BB_DB_NAME = ProjectFORUM
• Set BB_USER = ReportUser
• Set BB_PASSWD = ReportUser

Plugin Installation Instructions

Note: You do not need to install anything on the browser to use this plugin. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the plugin on the TWiki server.

• Download the ZIP file from the Plugin Home (see below)
• Unzip PhpBb3LinkPlugin.zip in your twiki installation directory. Content:

• Modifications for phpBB3 Forum install folder files

• Configure the Plugin:
  • TWiki 4.0 and up: Run the configure script to enable the Plugin
  • Change the Plugin settings as needed
  • You should create MySQL user account which has only read access for phpBB3 database (eg. ReportUser)
• Test if the installation was successful:
  • enter samples here

Plugin Info

Related Topics: TWikiPlugins, DeveloperDocumentationCategory, AdminDocumentationCategory, TWikiPreferences

-- TWiki:Main.MarkoRintamaki - 21 Oct 2008