Wordpress looks a lot better and it was what I originally had in mind for my community.  In fact, I believe I still have it installed, for the most part, on my website.  Thanks for your continuation Lopalong!

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Your timing is impeccable!  

I'm about to install a fresh IP and wordpress - Then overwrite it with pre-modded files etc.

The original install script was full or traps - not saying this is going work either - but I've got good backup.    

Wish me luck - I need it.

Edit:

Damn!, I started running into deprecated code and went looking for some answers.



w-united stops at wordpress v2.2.3 which I've just d/l - so tomorrow we start again.

This explains it pretty well:

h**p://***.wp-united.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=286

h**p://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/

The mod author is hardly around which is a shame.  I never ran into those last two errors, I think.  I also saw you are using pre-modded files too.  I'm not great with php, but if you need any help, let me know!

Thanks!

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Chaotic wrote: [View Post]

I'm not great with php, but if you need any help, let me know!

Thanks!

I knew you weren't a slouch and had your finger on the pulse of things, about the same as me.

I'm only a learner, self taught and go by example and logic mostly. (Something like reading Braille)      

Anyway we're in, with only one small conflict I adjusted in Icy Phoenix that I'll have to run past MG to resolve it. It doesn't stop IP from working, it just disables pagination. (I think - because I haven't tested it).

Now I have to back-track the install instructions and clean them up - then do a fresh install of both IP, wp-united and wordpress following those instructions. Then you can have a copy for BETA testing; and MG can have a copy to "Validate" before official release.

I don't really see any problems with it - But it was never going to work following the phpBB instructions and I only hope that I've got it right and haven't created other problems for MG to fix.

Your help will come in handy too, because no doubt there will be other adjustments to markup and .css etc, to be made.

As you can see in the pic - it's off-centre. But I do want the script running clean before I worry about the .css.  



Now I'm going to get some S.L.E.E.P!  

It's looking good Lopalong!

I'll be checking in on this thread frequently today.  

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It's not looking so good today.

I think I'd better create a DEV site, because IP themes were never designed to accommodate something like this, and I don't want to hijack this site. The second reason is, it needs a working site to sort out theme problems and to fine tune it for IP. Then it can be released here as a working MOD.

In the previous pic it shows WP inside IP, and it needs work. - This pic shows IP inside WP - It's also a quick hack of "ice" which doesn't look too bad, but there's a lot of templates behind it that need to be extensively modified.

On the other hand, it means modifying WP themes - and that certainly doesn't belong here at IP.

Of course, there's also phpBB2* and 3 that will work out of the box with the phpBB default-style templates? I couldn't imagine what would happen to WP under a phpBB extreme style.  

"icyWP" is that a good name for a test site or what?    



Update:

I've only played today with the possibilities of integration to determine which direction to take in modifying what? IP or WP as far as themes go.?

WP themes are not difficult to modify, which I've done to the default. I also wasn't aware that they come in all sorts of width's for different styles, as in the pic. (Don't like the blue - but it has possibilities)

So I think it can be done both ways - Swap WP out and it can go down to 50% width, combine it / mod the template and move the width to about 90%, which seems to suit IP the best.

Anyway, this will be the test site for it, and you're already a member (It's a clone of /ip/):  h**p://icythemes.com/ipwp/forum.php

Tommorrow I'll install WP there.

That color scheme looks pretty good though, LOL.

I bookmarked the test site!

Thanks Lopalong!

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Chaotic wrote: [View Post]

I don't understand how you think IP could be used as a blog.  I'm looking for a blog mod that will give each user their own personal blog.  IP is doing a pretty good job of fitting my community, but I'm looking to expand my user's IP experience further than what is already offered.  Even if only a handful of users were to use the blog, just knowing that feature is available would show your users you really do have everything.

Think of the personal blog as you would the game of Sudoku included with IP.  It's there, but many people don't use it.   It's still there for anyone to enjoy.  I do understand that you and the IP staff are busy people, but would it be a bad thing for IP to expand it's horizons?  After all, for some reason, you included Sudoku, LOL.

Take a look at this page:

http://www.cucinainsimpatia.net/ricette_utenti_lista.php

With a bit of extra customization may be used as a blog...

Take a look at this as well:

http://www.mightygorgon.com

In any case you are free to install anything you think you need in your site.

What I'm saying is that I will not include by default such features, because you can't ever imagine the impact on the support side and the security issues that these mods may address. I prefer having something being more secure. Anyway... it's a personal taste.

Sudoku is there because have been installed maybe 3 years ago... and never updated... I didn't choose to install it... but is there and I don't see reasons to remove it. I would have removed KB... but users doesn't understand that that MOD is coded awfully... they prefer having security holes instead of using something better organized in different way. As you can see KB is disabled here... it is still in IP just because it has been installed in older versions and many users still use it. I have sanitized most of the code... but it is still an awful mod. This is my humble opinion... I hope to not offend anyone.

Coming back on topic, maybe you missed this post.

Mighty Gorgon wrote: [View Post]

A little update...

Maybe you may be also interested in this mod...

http://www.mpsmod.com/

Someone already integrated it in Icy Phoenix...

If you are looking for a "Facebook" like app... you may be interested in that... and you may also try to contact the author for help in integrating it into IP.

It shouldn't be tough... only templates should require some hard work.

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I don't know, using someone else's work that has already been bridged for IP and / or phpBB 2.latest*  kind of takes the fun out of it.

Even WP doesn't recommend any version below the later v.2* because of security problems. So it can't be too bad, and at least it is supported by "Professionals".  

And at the moment I've bridged IP to WP v2.3.3 and I don't really see any major problems with those, unlike WP v2.5 and 2.5.1 which has been terribly over-cooked and has a lot of its own internal coding problems - so much that their support forum is full of questions about, with little or no replies.

Maybe that's why WP v2.6 Beta2 is the latest in the cooker - and so far it's bridging pretty well with IP, as a lot of the previous bridging problems with 2.5* no longer exist.

Don't know if WP v2.6 will seamlessly bridge with IP though - still plugging away at it until I overstep my expertise, but the demo looks pretty good so far.  

Demo of a sort: h**p://myphp-bb.com/wpress/blog.php/