gzero/vanilla-integration

Gzero Vanilla Integration

GZERO vanilla-integration

Vanilla forum integration package for GZERO CMS, _(*1)

Table of contents

• Installation
• Configuration
• Overriding configuration
• How to use this integration

Installation

Begin by installing this package through Composer. Edit your project's composer.json file to require gzero/vanilla-integration., _(*2)

"require": {
    "gzero/vanilla-integration": "^2.0",
}

Next, update Composer from the Terminal:, _(*3)

composer update

Configuration

Add the service provider to platform configuration in app/config/app.php, _(*4)

'Gzero\Vanilla\ServiceProvider'

Overriding configuration

In order to override some of the configuration options publish configuration file:, _(*5)

php artisan config:publish gzero/vanilla-integration

Set required credentials for given service in published package config file, _(*6)

PHP return [ 'forum_domain' => 'vanilla.dev', 'sso' => 'http://vanilla.dev/sso', 'client_id' => 'your_vanilla_client_id', 'secret' => 'your_vanilla_secret', ];, _(*7)

Set sso url in Vanilla Forum jsConnect settings, _(*8)

PHP http://dev.gzero.pl/_hidden/vanilla-sso, _(*9)

How to use this integration

To make sure that user is synchronized with your GZERO CMS site, you should always use forum_url() helper to build url to all forum pages., _(*10)

PHP URL::to(forum_url()); return Redirect::to(forum_url()); return Redirect::to(forum_url('categories'));, _(*11)

To get very tight SSO integration with Vanilla forum, you will also want to follow these steps., _(*12)

In Vanilla:

• Change your registration method to 'Connect' to block non-SSO users from registering.
• Set your sign-in, sign-out, and registration URLs under jsConnect's settings in your Dashboard.
• Check "Make this connection your default signin method."
• Set up "Sign In Url", "Register Url" and "Sign Out Url" in jsConnect integration page

In GZERO CMS:

• Always use forum_url helper