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[Matthias Reuter]

In this topic I'll collect most existing issues and solutions when using IPBWI for wordpress. If you have feedback, fixes or workarounds for some existing issues, please write a PM or create a new topic.

[Matthias Reuter]

Receiving a blank page while login via wordpress and installed IPBWI for wordpress

This problem occurs, when a member board account is synced while logging in via Wordpress enhanced with IPBWI plugin.

Solution
Please check if you have a file named
memberSync.php
in your forum's directories

/admin/applications/forums/extensions/
and
/admin/applications/members/extensions/

Backup & Delete it and the blank page should be fixed.

[Matthias Reuter]

Member deleted in Wordpress - not synced with board

This is a known bug, I'm working on a fix for that

Interim Solution
Please delete member accounts manually in wordpress and in board until this bug is fixed.

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Getting message for invalid board path

This problem occurs, when IPBWI was not able to connect to the board

Solution

• Please check that you've installed the latest IP.board release, at least v 3.x
• Please check your board's path in IPBWI for Wordpress core settings - does it has a trailing slash?
• You've renamed your board's admin-folder? please update admin path in IPBWI for Wordpress core settings, too.
• Please disable IP.converge plugin

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Sync of Login/Logout doesn't work all the time

This problem can occur, when you have different WWW.-Domain-Settings on your Board and your Wordpress Installation.

Solution

• Decide if you want to use URLs with or without WWW.
• Synchronize them in your Wordpress' and Board's Admin panels

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Some users have problems logging in when Single Sign On is active

This problem can occur, when the user has saved login form datas. Wordpress handles login-names case senstive while the board doesn't. After activating SSO feature of IPBWI for Wordpress, some user's are still submitting login-names with some characters in Capital-mode.

Solution

• The user has to know it's correct, case sensitive loginname. He can get it viewed in Wordpress' account settings.
• Many browsers supports to delete form datas and/or saved passwords for specific files. The user has to delete the incorrect entry
• After logging in with correct case sensitive login-name, the user can save this one in browser's password safe.

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Fatal Error on plugin install: corrupt file

Fatal error:
The encoded file /home/munda/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ipbwi/wordpressLoadIPBWI.php is corrupt. in Unknown on line 0

Solution

• Please Upload the files in binary mode via FTP

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Forum Account is not automaticly created

This problem has sideeffects like no automatic login or member creation.

Solution

• Please change custom profile fields status in board from required to optional.

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Existing Member Accounts are not synced

IPBWI for WordPress has different hooks implemented to make auto-sync possible. Some variations of board settings and member account preferences will not allow syncing all existing memberaccounts when activating IPBWI for WordPress. This is not a bug, it's a feature for security purposes.

Solution

• Sync the affected member accounts manually in both, WordPress and IP.board. The following values have to be synced through both adminpanels:
  • username / login
  • password
  • emailaddress
• This step needs to be done first time only - when the accounts are synced, IPBWI for WordPress will take this job for future automaticly when a member is changing any data.

[Matthias Reuter]

Synced Login does not work

Please make sure that both accounts in WordPress and IP.board are synced. Do it manually when you are unsure. If you can confirm that, go on with this hint:

Solution

• Check your cookie- and domain settings: WordPress and IP.board should have the same domain value for cookies and domainaddress.
• Please note, that http://www.example.com is not identical with http://example.com! You should decide wether to use both, IP.board and WordPress with www. or without. Force one of this variations, e.g. using .htaccess 301 redirect:

  • # decide for www. for smooth single sign on via IPBWI #
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=permanent,L]
    </IfModule>

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Problems after board's path is saved in IPBWI4WP's settings

IPBWI4WP needs mysqli enabled for PHP 5

Solution

• Check of mysqli is enabled with the following PHP script:

  • <?php
    
    if (function_exists('mysqli_connect')) {
      echo 'mysqli is installed';
    }else{
      echo 'mysqli is NOT installed';
    }
    
    ?>

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SSO Login through forum does not work with IP.board 3.2.x

The new ajax login box does not work with IPBWI currently. Until the smooth single sign on feature is released, use this hotifx.

Solution

• In ACP -> Look & Feel ->Manage Skin Sets -> IP.Board -> Manage Templates -> Global Templates -> Global Template search for

  • <a href='{parse url="app=core&amp;module=global&amp;section=login" base="public"}' title='{$this->lang->words['sign_in']}' id='sign_in'>{$this->lang->words['sign_in']}</a>

• and replace with

  • <a href='{parse url="app=core&amp;module=global&amp;section=login" base="public"}' title='{$this->lang->words['sign_in']}' id='sign_in_noajax'>{$this->lang->words['sign_in']}</a>