1 Topic by sychun

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Topic: iframe for phpBB3

Dear,

Let's me tell you my saga with the caption.

I've been running phpBB3 within iframe, and realized just days ago that the using of iframe was quite bad decision in terms of search links. When I search some words for the forum with google, the search results are positive. Lists are coming up.

But when I hit one of the result links, the link direct me to a full sized forum windows. There's no vld headers and footers. Obviously phpBB3 forum takes full width and height of window screen. So people has no way to get in my site through searching forum contents. This is serious problem, isn't it?

So my first and immediate measurement was to put a home button within the forum menu. This one, however, turned out not good too: in normal situation, if a user happened to click the home button in the forum, then the home screen shows up within the iframe. Another ugly case...

My second action was, in fact, I am still working on this, to put vld header and footer onto phpBB3 overall_header and overall_footer to combine and have it run in phpBB3 directory. It was hard labor... I converted all vld words like {, }, name, core etc, into plain url addresses. The result? disappointing... It does not aware of login status. Another serious stumbling block...

Please tell me how stupid I am. I've searched here and there to find no help. It's too much for today, I am bushed. A beer may save me tonight.

Thanks all,

Last edited by sychun (2010-07-16 06:58:33)

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2 Reply by db3204

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Re: iframe for phpBB3

change your forum link to vld home page target to "on top".

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3 Reply by fatlizard

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Re: iframe for phpBB3

Get rid of that iFrame.

In my main VLD site, the forum button was inactive unless the user was logged in.
I hacked phpBB overal_header.tpl, removed it's top menu and replaced with my own, and the [Home] button lead to the main vld root.

You mention it was not aware of logged in status.
Somewhere in the forum configuration there is an option regarding allowing autologin.  Have a read through the vld forum integration guide for more details about this.

Once you do this, your forum IS aware of the user's logged in status.

And, if you replace the overall_header.tpl & overall_footer.tpl menus to reflect the logged in status (and in mine the user could NOT access the forum unless they were logged in) so this was relatively easy to do.

Making the forum look like it's part of the main system is one of the most tedious tasks there is, but one that shows an amateurish site from one where the user has put in the effort.

Get rid of that iFrame, and put the effort into making the forum look like part of the overall system - the results are worth it.

(Note: I used phpBB2 and got hacked, so the forum has since been removed)

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4 Reply by sychun

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Re: iframe for phpBB3

Dear db3204 and fatlizard,

Thanks for sharing your insights with me. It may take a little while for me to digest it. Will post any progress. Have a magical weekend!

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