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IP.Converge is designed to be an open platform allowing any application to share a common authentication method. This allows sites on different servers, and using different products, to let users access it with a 'global' login.
Unfortunately due to limitations within IP.Converge, only a handful of IPS applications utilised it. However, with the recent introduction of IP.Converge 1.1, functionality has been added to allow 3rd-party applications which use a different password hashing system, to integrate with Converge itself.
Being able to integrate popular products seamlessly was an opportunity we simply could not miss! We have noticed that modifications integrating products such as Joomla and Wordpress with IP.Board were so commonly requested, that we had to do something about it.
Introducing IP.Converge Modules
As many of you will be aware of, we have a team of Community Developers who actively develop and maintain our community-projects; IP.Tracker and IP.Shoutbox. We now have a new project that has been in development for some time, IP.Converge Modules. We are starting off with modules for integrating Joomla, WordPress and WordPress MU with IP.Converge and further modules will follow in the near future. You may have read our community developers talking about the development of these on the forums already.
This new range of community projects should prove a popular addition. Available for beta testing, we currently have IPC.Joomla and IPC.WordPress, a separate module is available for WordPress MU users (IPC.WordPress MU). These Converge-ready applications will integrate your existing Converge applications with these popular products. If you wanted to, you could link up multiple Joomla/WordPress installations with your IP.Board, as Converge supports this very well.
For the first release, the modules will offer simple integration compatible with IP.Converge, however in the near future more extension sets will be available for download. These extension sets will each offer a different level of integration for the products, but for now we are simply focusing on integrating these popular products.
To avoid confusion surrounding the products named 'JIB' and 'WIB' developed by Brandon D, IPC.Joomla, IPC.WordPress and IPC.WordPress MU are in fact the new 'JIB' and 'WIB'. Brandon D has been leading this new community project, and therefore work on his two old projects has been carried over to this community project.
You can download the beta releases of these Converge modules here, and the new forums have now been revealed, please feel free to ask any questions there! The Resource site's community project page has also been updated to reflect this new addition! Finally, a new bug tracker project has been set up to allow you to report bugs in these modules.
These converge modules require the PHP version that the product requires, for example to install IPC.Joomla, you will need a PHP version which is compatible with Joomla itself.
IP.Converge 1.1.0 RC 2
To go alongside this release, the second release-candidate of IP.Converge is now available for download for those with an active IP.Board license. Please continue to report any bugs you find in the IP.Converge bug tracker.
In order to install the Converge modules, you must be using at least IP.Converge 1.1 RC 2.
We hope that these new two projects will go a long way and prove to be a very popular addition.
Unfortunately due to limitations within IP.Converge, only a handful of IPS applications utilised it. However, with the recent introduction of IP.Converge 1.1, functionality has been added to allow 3rd-party applications which use a different password hashing system, to integrate with Converge itself.
Being able to integrate popular products seamlessly was an opportunity we simply could not miss! We have noticed that modifications integrating products such as Joomla and Wordpress with IP.Board were so commonly requested, that we had to do something about it.
Introducing IP.Converge Modules
As many of you will be aware of, we have a team of Community Developers who actively develop and maintain our community-projects; IP.Tracker and IP.Shoutbox. We now have a new project that has been in development for some time, IP.Converge Modules. We are starting off with modules for integrating Joomla, WordPress and WordPress MU with IP.Converge and further modules will follow in the near future. You may have read our community developers talking about the development of these on the forums already.
This new range of community projects should prove a popular addition. Available for beta testing, we currently have IPC.Joomla and IPC.WordPress, a separate module is available for WordPress MU users (IPC.WordPress MU). These Converge-ready applications will integrate your existing Converge applications with these popular products. If you wanted to, you could link up multiple Joomla/WordPress installations with your IP.Board, as Converge supports this very well.
For the first release, the modules will offer simple integration compatible with IP.Converge, however in the near future more extension sets will be available for download. These extension sets will each offer a different level of integration for the products, but for now we are simply focusing on integrating these popular products.
To avoid confusion surrounding the products named 'JIB' and 'WIB' developed by Brandon D, IPC.Joomla, IPC.WordPress and IPC.WordPress MU are in fact the new 'JIB' and 'WIB'. Brandon D has been leading this new community project, and therefore work on his two old projects has been carried over to this community project.
You can download the beta releases of these Converge modules here, and the new forums have now been revealed, please feel free to ask any questions there! The Resource site's community project page has also been updated to reflect this new addition! Finally, a new bug tracker project has been set up to allow you to report bugs in these modules.
These converge modules require the PHP version that the product requires, for example to install IPC.Joomla, you will need a PHP version which is compatible with Joomla itself.
IP.Converge 1.1.0 RC 2
To go alongside this release, the second release-candidate of IP.Converge is now available for download for those with an active IP.Board license. Please continue to report any bugs you find in the IP.Converge bug tracker.
In order to install the Converge modules, you must be using at least IP.Converge 1.1 RC 2.
We hope that these new two projects will go a long way and prove to be a very popular addition.
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Cafeine
17 March 2009 - 11:03 PM
Xmas ? Is it ALREADY XMAS AGAIN ? :p
I so hope it does what I need. ;)
I so hope it does what I need. ;)
CaptainSlow
19 March 2009 - 07:11 PM
Will Facebook Connect and OpenID integration be available in IP.Converge/IP.Converge Modules (just like it is with IP.Board 3)?
Brandon D
19 March 2009 - 08:27 PM
@ejraven: See the IPS Resources page on it for details: http://resources.inv...nverge_modules/
@Captain: If you're asking whether people logging into IPB3 through those channels would be supported in these modules then yes, assuming IPB3 calls the proper Converge methods like they do with the normal login and registration routines. If you're asking whether OpenID & Facebook Connect on Joomla/WordPress would be supported, yes as well. You'd have to install a 3rd party plugin to enable OpenID/FC, but as long as they follow the standards set by Joomla and WP then they'd be fine. Either way, I'd test it out first :)
@Captain: If you're asking whether people logging into IPB3 through those channels would be supported in these modules then yes, assuming IPB3 calls the proper Converge methods like they do with the normal login and registration routines. If you're asking whether OpenID & Facebook Connect on Joomla/WordPress would be supported, yes as well. You'd have to install a 3rd party plugin to enable OpenID/FC, but as long as they follow the standards set by Joomla and WP then they'd be fine. Either way, I'd test it out first :)
CaptainSlow
19 March 2009 - 08:58 PM
Ok next question, if converge doesn't do it as i expected, is ipboard capable of having both converge and local login (incl fb connect) enabled
Brandon D
22 March 2009 - 11:12 AM
In theory any website can become an OpenID Provider. Do you mean will IPC itself support OpenID on it's front end for users to login to IPC itself? It's a nice idea and so far not included in 1.1, but that's a question for Mark.
China J
22 March 2009 - 03:54 PM
Where is the docs on what has been fixed in Converge since last release and also the Joomla and Wp modules? So these are the same modules that have been out for the longest just renamed so far at this point? I like to see a PHPFox module done. This Joomla and WP thing has been going on for years now it seem.
Brandon D
22 March 2009 - 06:05 PM
This is an entirely new community project with entirely new modules... WordPress/WPMU & Joomla have never been converged before, so I'm not sure why you think these are just renamed modules.
Riorfeo
23 March 2009 - 01:14 PM
Will be IP.Converge 1.1 "Final Release" ioncube-encoded like IP.Converge 1.0?
Shadow Wolf
24 March 2009 - 07:00 PM
yes! Yes! YES! YES! YES! Finally ^_^ It is great to see this long asked feature finally implemented. Thank you for having Christmas come early. ^_^
