This plugin grabs your recent phpBB forum topics for you to display in wordpress.
Do you have a phpBB forum, do you want to drag your blog readers into your forum ? Then this plugin might just help, you can include somewhere in wordpress a list of recent phpbb threads (topics) in a page, a post, and even in your theme - so your sidebar for example !
Screenshots
The Admin interface, where you set up the magic !
Is phpBB3 Supported ?
Yes.
Can I output 10 Topics in my Page, and 3 Topics in my Sidebar ?
Yes ! In the WordPress menu ‘Options’ -> ‘phpBB Recent Topics’, set ‘The number of topics to show’ to 10, and then in your sidebar include…
<?php
if (function_exists('phpbb_topics')) {
phpbb_topics(3);
}
?>
Can I exclude a certain forum from the list ?
Yes, use the new 0.5.x feature in the admin settings
Why do I get – Sorry you do not have access to this page?
You’re not an Administrator
Why is the date config under settings not in the widget configuration?
The date settings effect both the template tag and the widget
What is Insecure MySQL Connectivity ?
Some people cannot GRANT priveliges from one DB to another; insecure connectivity allows you to store the phpbb database credentials within the WordPress database.
Why is Insecure MySQL Connectivity Insecure?
The phpbb database credentials are stored in the WordPress database in CLEAR TEXT, this is bad, as anyone with access to the WP DB can get full access to phpbb. Another reason is that usually the credentials given to the phpbb application are FULL access, we only need to read the database, so it’s much better to restrict access.
Can I connect to a phpbb databse on a different server?
Yes, use the Insecure Connectivity method, and change the host to the IP address of the server
ChangeLog
0.7.1
0.7
- WordPress 3.1.4 Testing
- CSS Styleable output
- Plugin Options Modernisation
** Collapse multiple options into an array
** Implement register settings to close https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1217
** Implement upgrade.php to migrate all variable to new array form
- Resolved: Missing argument 1 for phpbb_topics()
- Code clean-up (Lots of changes)
- Timezone/Off-Set fix (Reads +/- hours from WordPress Settings)
- Localisation of date/time fix (https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1173)
- Callback functionality
- Contextual Help in the admin dashboard
0.6
- Code by Number3NL
** PHPBB Recent Posts
** 1st Draft – Tool Tip Feature
** SQL Query Re-Write / Improvement
- Code Clean Up – Variables
- Tool Tip Feature Improvement
** Custom Size
** Strip Tags 🙂
- Uninstall compatability
- Admin UI Improvements
0.5.3
- Minor Bug Fix for Error Msg: Invalid argument supplied on line 144
0.5.2
- 0.4.2 patch for WP 2.8.x Added to 0.5.x Branch
- New Insecure Connectivity option added
- Admin Settings page has CSS that matches WP 2.7/2.8 rather than 2.5 🙂
- Only Approved posts allowed – creditz Ashish http://www.microstrategy101.com/
0.5.1
- Option for link to forum to be opened in new window added.
0.5
- New Exclude Forums functionality added
0.4.2
- Fixed for WordPress 2.8.x
0.4.1
0.4
- Plugin Tested with WP2.5 & PHPBB3
- Quashed the install bug where by phpbb-recent-topics was confused with phpbb_recent_topics
- Sidebar widget implemented
- Editable Time & Date support added
0.3
0.2
- Internal Release, changed display method to fix compatability issue with other plugins
0.1
