Wordpress / phpBB visual integration ?

[Ivan Fraer]

I read somewhere that it was easy to integrate phpBB into a Wordpress page (see later in this topic), but have not yet worked out how to do it.
I want to display phpBB inside a Wordpress page and here is what I found:

Everything happens in overall_header.html and overall_footer.html of the phpbb theme.
The trick is to accept php in the template files and then to integrate the wordpress template function (get_header() & get_footer()

Any help would be appreciated - Thank you very much in advance.
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Ivan

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I havent been to the wordpress site for some time now but I seem to recall that the integration instructions for all forum software is included on their site somewhere.
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[Ivan Fraer]

Yes but I´m searching and I´m searching, but no luck

I don´t necessarily need a full integration (common login etc.), but "only" the PHPBB forum integrated in a WP-side.
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[Patrick]

Hello and welcome, Mr. Fraer.

There are some full integration options out there. But, it seems like you just want to embed a phpBB installation on your server into a WordPress page? Is that accurate?

Thanks,

Patrick
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[Ivan Fraer]

[Patrick]

Hey Ivan,

Thanks for the reply. Cool. So, would an iframe work for that sort of thing? The code for an iframe included in a standard WordPress page?

Thanks,

Patrick
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[Ivan Fraer]

Hello again

No, unfortunately not. An i-frame is not optimal because the user then have to scroll to the top of the page, (if you understand what I mean :-)

I guess It should have something to do with changes in overall_header.html and overall_footer.html of the phpbb theme.

The trick is to accept php in the template files and then to integrate the wordpress template function (get_header() & get_footer()

Best regards
Ivan
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[Patrick]

Hey Ivan,

Thanks for the reply.

When you say WordPress page, do you mean an actual WordPress page? For example, in the WordPress admin area, you can post a new post or you can add a new page. You want to add a new page and include a phpBB forum in it? Or are you looking for phpBB to inherent your WordPress header and footer files, somehow?

phpBB 3 can accept PHP by default. From your phpBB 3 admin area, click "Security settings" under "SERVER CONFIGURATION" in the left menu. Then, look for "Allow php in templates." Select "Yes" and press "Submit."

You should then be able to use INCLUDEPHP like so:

[Ivan Fraer]

Hello again Patrick

Thank you. Well I allowed PHP in the security settings and after that I created a new blank WordPress page - Just with this "code" in it:

<!-- INCLUDEPHP http://www.gpsforalle.dk/snak/index.php-->

But as you can see on the testside (http://www.gpsforalle.dk/test/) I only got a blank page. I also tried to test with a php -file in the root, but with the same negative result.

Best regards
Ivan
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[Patrick]

Hello Ivan,

My pleasure.

That INCLUDEPHP directive should be included in a phpBB template file, not a WordPress page. From your message, I thought you wanted to enable PHP includes in phpBB template files.

In WordPress template files, you can already use a PHP include in the standard format, such as: