Emebed issue with Version 2.1b2

peregrine

what is the Webroot in your config.php?

also look at your settings in wordpress with regards to vanilla. You could try removing the 80 there.

meshugy

@peregrine said:
what is the Webroot in your config.php?

I don't see a setting specifically for the webroot in the config file. Do I need to add that?

also look at your settings in wordpress with regards to vanilla. You could try removing the 80 there.

I'm not really concerned with the wordpress embed. That was just an experiment...I'd like the forum to embed in my store only.

meshugy

although, I don't have the problem of the links bouncing back to the main page in the wrodpress install. So it's something specific about how the store is setup.

hgtonight

I just want to thank @peregrine and @vrijvlinder for their marathon help sessions!

meshugy

@hgtonight said:
I just want to thank peregrine and vrijvlinder for their marathon help sessions!

No doubt! Best open source support I've ever seen, you guys are great!

peregrine

@hgtonight thats worth clicking awesome for you.

peregrine

I'd like the forum to embed in my store only.

so what is your universal script you are using?

peregrine

although, I don't have the problem of the links bouncing back to the main page in the wrodpress install. So it's something specific about how the store is setup.

I think the wordpress problem was due to the :80 in your script in wordpress

this deals with webroot - don't know if it is really an issue. usually you can search if someone posts something you don't follow.

I just saw the the js reads webroot from the config and that was where you had problems with the length and webroot.

this is what I found in search in webroot.

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/184041#Comment_184041

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/197352#Comment_197352

I think you need to focus on one thing (since wordpress wasn't a real interest, probably shouldn't pursued it).

I think it all goes back to you htaccess if you are being redirected away.

maybe x00 or someone who has embedded in another app can shed some light.

I've gotten lost... maybe you need to summarize what is wrong now and where you want to go. and give links examples and screenshots.

vrijvlinder

@hgtonight

I think now would be a good time to nominate peregrine for the marathon comment badge !!

vrijvlinder

I don't see a setting specifically for the webroot in the config file. Do I need to add that?

It might help

$Configuration['Garden']['WebRoot']  = FALSE; // You can set this value if you are using htaccess to direct into the application, but the correct webroot isn't being recognized.
$Configuration['Garden']['StripWebRoot'] = FALSE;

I'm not really concerned with the wordpress embed. That was just an experiment...I'd like the forum to embed in my store only.

then why not simply install the forum in that subdomain instead of the domain?

meshugy

@vrijvlinder said:
If you have force remote url TRUE , try FALSE or vice versa

Tried that, it didn't fix the problem of links bouncing back to the main page.

Do not force embed the dashboard. Try peregrine's suggestions about getting to the root of the problem.

I don't totally understand his suggestion but will try to implement it.

Try the other theme again.

Will do....

meshugy

@vrijvlinder said:

then why not simply install the forum in that subdomain instead of the domain?

The store will be moved to www.djangobooks.com in a week or so. I'm just testing now. The final configuration will have the store at djangobooks.com and the forum at djangobooks.com/forum

meshugy

Tried this but it didn't make any difference:

$Configuration['Garden']['WebRoot'] = FALSE; // You can set this value if you are using htaccess to direct into the application, but the correct webroot isn't being recognized.
$Configuration['Garden']['StripWebRoot'] = FALSE;

peregrine

you want to put your name of your webroot in. FALSE is the same as not even putting it in the config.

meshugy

@peregrine said:
I've gotten lost... maybe you need to summarize what is wrong now and where you want to go. and give links examples and screenshots.

The problem I'm trying to solve now is occurring while embedding the forum within my store:

http://shoppingcart.djangobooks.com/forum

The forum loads fine. However, when I click on ANY link it opens the new page but then quickly redirects me back to the main page.

meshugy

@peregrine said:
you want to put your name of your webroot in. FALSE is the same as not even putting it in the config.

I tired this, is it correct?

$Configuration['Garden']['WebRoot'] =  /home/gypsypicking/djangobooks.com/forum/

vrijvlinder

Ok, well we have a list of issues to deal with.

We changed the js to target self , that worked to open the links in the iframe but they auto redirect to the index.
Usually when Vanilla redirects to the index is after sign in or sign out.The code we changed has to do with this action. I think . As pergerine stated before,

changing this

if (isHttp && href.substr(0, webroot.length) != webroot)

to this

if (isHttp && href.substr(0, webroot.length) != webroot) {
       var subwebroot =   href.substr(0, webroot.length)
  console.log(subwebroot);
 console.log(webroot);

inside this

 var isHttp = href.substr(0, 7) == 'http://' || href.substr(0,8) == 'https://',
            noTop = $(this).hasClass('SignOut') || $(this).hasClass('NoTop');
         if (isHttp && href.substr(0, webroot.length) != webroot) {
            $(this).attr('target', '_blank');
         } else if (isEmbeddedComments) {

if I understood peregrine correctly ....

vrijvlinder

the root is the first folder in your domain.

if your forum was in the root of the domain , then it would be

http://www.djangobooks.com/

if the forum is in a subdirectory of the domain

http://www.djangobooks.com/forum

however anything inside the subdirectory /forum is inside the root of this subdirectory.

so in a sense the forum is also a root directory for the files inside.

**You need to change the name of the link of the embed to forum1 or another name.

http://shoppingcart.djangobooks.com/forum1

I experienced this in a wordpress install, the link on the menu to go to the embed said forum and it redirected to the standalone. I changed the name of the link to forum1 and it worked. Please try that.**

meshugy

Ok, I edited the embed_local.js by replacing:

if (isHttp && href.substr(0, webroot.length) != webroot)

to this

if (isHttp && href.substr(0, webroot.length) != webroot) {
        var subwebroot =   href.substr(0, webroot.length)
        console.log(subwebroot);
        console.log(webroot);

Dreamweaver said there was a syntax error and when I uploaded it the site no longer embedded.

meshugy

@vrijvlinder said:
$Configuration['Garden']['WebRoot'] = "/"

Ok, I tried:

$Configuration['Garden']['WebRoot'] = "/";
$Configuration['Garden']['StripWebRoot'] = FALSE;

I still have the problem of the links redirecting back to the main page.

BTW, I should reiterate that for some reason when I view the embedded forum with Explorer I don't have the problem of the links redirecting back to the main page.