Kunena 6.3.0 released

The Kunena team has announce the arrival of Kunena 6.3.0 [K 6.3.0] in stable which is now available for download as a native Joomla extension for J! 4.4.x/5.0.x/5.1.x. This version addresses most of the issues that were discovered in K 6.2 and issues discovered during the last development stages of K 6.3

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Question Signatures and message ordering for Community Builder users

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15 years 1 week ago #1 by sozzled
Signatures and message ordering for Community Builder users was created by sozzled
This posting is mainly for itgl72 and for anyone else who uses Community Builder and is having problems coupling it with Kunena.

The current situation, as I understand it, is that Kunena developers are working with CB developers; CB's development team had other priorities that have prevented them completing their work in time for the release of Kunena 1.0.9. At the moment, it is definitely possible to use Kunena 1.0.9 with Community Builder 1.2, however there is no "official" solution: the solution is obtained by users having to perform a few hacks and workarounds. It is possible that these non-automated procedures may need to be reapplied in the future releases of either software but we're forever hopeful that the problems we've experienced for the past three months will be overcome soon.

Joomlapolis has refrained from providing details of the timeframe for when the Community Builder development activities will be completed.

In the meantime ...

It is possible, using the famous Tony Woodhouse kludge , to implement the CB forum tab. It's childsplay and I've never had any problems with it.

The only problem that hasn't been solved is the ability to modify, from a user's Community Builder profile, the message ordering and signature for the forum. The simplest solution that I've found is to completely disable the ability to edit these settings in Community Builder (it's merely a matter of unpublishing a tab).

The next matter is how to allow users the means to change message ordering and/or their signatures. Again, the solution is simple: don't use Community Builder profiles when your configuring Kunena.

OK, I agree that nobbling CB has disadvantages - not the least of which is that it confuses the users as to how and where they have to adjust certain settings - and we might ask why these two products dont work together causing us to have to duplicate things unnecessarily. But that's the price to pay, in the short term, if we're going to tackle important issues.

As long as it concerns signatures and message ordering (and involves Community Builder and Kunena, obviously), if anyone wants specific details on what settings need to be changed, please respond to this thread.

Cheers

sozz :)
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15 years 1 week ago #2 by mjanzen128
Replied by mjanzen128 on topic Re:Signatures and message ordering for Community Builder users
Here is what I did, based on a mod by rockandchelle, baboon and JoomlaRuleZ.
Code:
if ($fbConfig->fb_profile == "cb" && $fbConfig->fb_profile && $fmessage->userid > 0) { unset($cbinfo); $database->setQuery("SELECT * FROM #__comprofiler where user_id='$fmessage->userid'"); $database->loadObject($cbinfo); if ($cbinfo->cb_gender != '') { $gender = $cbinfo->cb_gender; if (strcasecmp($gender,"male")==0) { $userinfo->gender = 1; } if (strcasecmp($gender,"female")==0) { $userinfo->gender = 2; } } if ($cbinfo->cb_personaltext != '') { $userinfo->personalText = $cbinfo->cb_personaltext; } if ($cbinfo->cb_icq != '') { $userinfo->ICQ = $cbinfo->cb_icq; } if ($cbinfo->cb_location != '') { $userinfo->location = $cbinfo->cb_location; } if ($cbinfo->cb_birthday != '') { $userinfo->birthdate = $cbinfo->cb_birthday; if (strcasecmp($cbinfo->cb_showage,"no") == 0 ) { $userinfo->birthdate = substr($cbinfo->cb_birthday,5,5); } } if ($cbinfo->cb_aim != '') { $userinfo->AIM = $cbinfo->cb_aim; } if ($cbinfo->cb_msn != '') { $userinfo->MSN = $cbinfo->cb_msn; } if ($cbinfo->cb_yim != '') { $userinfo->YIM = $cbinfo->cb_yim; } if ($cbinfo->cb_skype != '') { $userinfo->SKYPE = $cbinfo->cb_skype; } if ($cbinfo->cb_gtalk != '') { $userinfo->GTALK = $cbinfo->cb_gtalk; } if ($cbinfo->cb_websiteurl != '') { $userinfo->websiteurl = $cbinfo->cb_websiteurl; } if ($cbinfo->cb_websitename != '') { $userinfo->websitename = $cbinfo->cb_websitename; } if ($cbinfo->cb_signature != '') { $userinfo->signature = $cbinfo->cb_signature; } }
The signature one is the one I added to it, and it controls all of the "profile on the forum" options. Just add the code to your view.php file BELOW the part...
Code:
//Get userinfo needed later on, this limits the amount of queries unset($userinfo); $database->setQuery("SELECT a.*,b.name,b.username,b.gid FROM #__fb_users as a LEFT JOIN #__users as b on b.id=a.userid where a.userid='$fmessage->userid'"); $database->loadObject($userinfo);

BUT make sure you have all those profile options and make sure the cb_whatever it is is correct or you might have issues.

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15 years 1 week ago #3 by sozzled
Replied by sozzled on topic Re:Signatures and message ordering for Community Builder users
That's a very interesting suggestion, mjanzen128. Which file is being changed here I should like to look at the effects of these changes before I comment.

Thank you. :)
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15 years 1 week ago #4 by mjanzen128
Replied by mjanzen128 on topic Re:Signatures and message ordering for Community Builder users
It's the view.php file, found in whichever template folder your using.

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15 years 1 week ago #5 by sozzled
Replied by sozzled on topic Re:Signatures and message ordering for Community Builder users
mjanzen128 wrote:

BUT make sure you have all those profile options and make sure the cb_whatever it is is correct or you might have issues.

I think this statement means, add the following fields to your CB user database: gender, personaltext, icq, location, birthday, showage, aim, msn, yim, skype, gtalk, websiteurl, websitename, signature. Why would you need to add another field for signature when there's already one inbuilt. Would this not also conflict with the "standard" CB profile editing feature that allows users to change their signature?

Can you confirm that my guesses about these additional fields are correct (not just for my benefit but also for others who may be interested in this discussion)? Thanks.
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15 years 1 week ago #6 by mjanzen128
Replied by mjanzen128 on topic Re:Signatures and message ordering for Community Builder users
Yes, your guess is correct. When it comes to explaining, I sometimes ramble on and it ends up making sense, but confusing at the same time.
And yes, it seems like it would conflict, but it doesnt. Even if you have CB enabled show the profile in Kunena (which you need it to work the code I have up there) it won't conflict at all.

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15 years 1 week ago #7 by sozzled
Replied by sozzled on topic Re:Signatures and message ordering for Community Builder users
Ah ... thanks. In effect what we're saying is that you need to duplicate nearly all the Kunena fields in Community Builder and you need to ensure that the user registration process populates this information in a correct manner. (Another way of saying let's re-invent the wheel. ;) )

Fair enough. I might experiment with the approach but it's not one that I'd advocate to novice users who want an out-of-the-box, futureproofed solution.
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15 years 3 days ago #8 by mjanzen128
Replied by mjanzen128 on topic Re:Signatures and message ordering for Community Builder users
It could be. Well, I already had all those inside my community builder, so I guess I didn't technically reinvent the wheel when I used his code. But I guess if you don't already have the profile fields, then yes, you could be.

I'm pretty sure Kunena 1.5.1 will have an out of the box thing anyway from what I've been reading, so novice users probably needn't wait too much longer.

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15 years 2 days ago #9 by Matias
Replied by Matias on topic Re:Signatures and message ordering for Community Builder users
The feature is already in 1.0.9 and will be improved to 1.0.10. We are just waiting an official announcement from CB team (they choose to reimplement the whole integration). :)

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