TNG-Joomla Bridge For Joomla 1.0.x and TNG 6.x Options

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This TNG-Joomla Bridge is a hack of the original Cas Nuy Mambo install, Mark Fleeson hack, and various code found on the TNG forums. I got tired of sifting through all the different pages of code on the TNG forums and decided to make a packagable joomla component.

I have this working with Joomla 1.0.12 and TNG 6.1.0

You can see it in action here The Mullis Melange. Click on the Genealogy link in the main menu.

Enjoy.

Joe Cox

 tngjoomla_6.0.1.zip ( 29k ) Number of downloads: 961


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To install:

1) You must have TNG 6 working first and placed in its own directory within in your Joomla directory. ex- /myjoomladirectory/tng/. (You can place this outside of your Joomla directory if need be, but you will need to know the server absolute path for the config setting).

2) Unzip the attached tngjoomla-6.0.1.zip file.

3) Place the index_joomla.php file (found in the unzipped TNG folder) in the root of your tng directory.

4) Install com_tng.zip into Joomla as you would any other Joomla component.

5) After install go to Components --> TNG Genealogy --> edit config menu and make sure the configuration is correct (save).

The configuration file is automatically set up as:

url = /tng (assuming tng is the sub directory in your main joomla directory. You can name it whatever you want)
joomla prefix = jos_ (the standard mysql default prefix for Joomla)
tng prefix = tng_ (the standard mysql default prefix for TNG)

If for some reason this does not work, open up the config.tng file found in "/administrator/components/com_tng/config.tng.php" and manually set the directory and prefixes.

note: If you have ever installed an older version of the TNG Genealogy component into your Joomla it may appear with the new install that a new menu item appears. This is just an old remnant leftover in your Joomla database from the old install. Just delete the menu item and create a new menu item to your new TNG Genealogy bridge install.

That's it.

Addendum:

For folks that are new to Joomla and need to know how to set up a link to the component. This will be a general set up for the main menu.

1) On your Joomla admin menu go to menu>mainmenu click on new>

2) Highlight the "Component" radio button then click on next at the top of the menu.

3) Give the menu item a name such as "Genealogy" , highlight "TNG Genealogy" in the component section, highlight where you want it to be place on your menu bar ##, make it public, make it published and click save.

Do Not!

1) ##Warning - Do not make this the first item in your Joomla main menu. "Home" should always be the first item in your main menu. If you put this component before your home directory in the main menu you may get Joomla regurgitating some strange things.

2) Do not try to use one of TNG's tmeplates that Darrin provides to set this up. Use the original index.php file that was provided when you initially downloaded TNG. You can use my modified index.php file to get you started if you need.


What's new in this bridge?

1) Got rid of iframes on the component end by implementing javascript. Some joomla templates will still create horizontal iframes especially if you open up the ancestor chart to 8 generations. Well at least half the problem is fixed. Thanks David Lovrien for the fix.

2) Updated encryption from base64 to md5. Joomla now passes md5 encrypted password to TNG.

3) Gave the component a logo.

If you have any questions, fixes, additional code please add in this section. There are plenty of helpful people here. I may not be one of them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon_smile.gif) --as I state before I am not good at tech support.


ps. Thanks John Vickers for your extra set of eyes on my global configurations issue. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon_smile.gif)

John's bridge component that has no iframes is ready for beta testing here. Vickers Code
His bridge is different in that he has recoded actual TNG files. My Bridge does not change TNG files, but you may still get the horizontal iframe. That's the trade off.
I have not had a chance to play with John's bridge yet, but based on John's other project(s) I'm sure it will be good.

pps.
Here is a quick and dirty way to redirect away from your TNG directory.

ppps. If you absolutely have to get rid of that horizontal scroll bar then go to this thread: Topic 573