Confused about the tng/wp plugin install

[John Paul]

Reading the wiki on how to install WP and TNG using the plugin, I'm confused about where to put the wp and tng folders.  it says to put the wp folder in the root, but it also implies putting all the wp files/folders in the root so wp's index.php and .htaccess are in the root of your site.  to me this doesn't make sense.  here is a screenshot of my root folder on my localhost using xampp.  so on my localhost machine, http://localhost = the htdocs folder or http://mysite.com.  you'll see in the screenshot that i have a wp and tng folders there.  they are occupied but not installed yet until i am sure of what i'm doing.  I had wp and tng installed in separate folders previously and did step 2 of the wiki instructions. wp worked fine, but always got a blank page for tng then started getting tng cannot connect to the database errors.  so now i'm starting from scratch with fresh installs of both, BUT i want to know for sure if i have the folder structure correct.  Thanks.

[HeatherFeuer]

Hi John,

I use xampp as well. My recommendation is to create a folder with your site name (e.g., myfamilytree). In THAT folder, put the wp and tng folders. Then you need to edit the apache httpd-vhosts.conf file located in xampp/apache/conf/extras folder. It should look something like this:

##<VirtualHost *:80>
    ##ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com
    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/myfamilytree"
    ServerName myfamilytree
    ##ServerAlias www.dummy-host.example.com
    ##ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-error.log"
    ##CustomLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-access.log" common
##</VirtualHost>

Now when you browse to http://localhost, you should see that site (right now all you will get is a folder listing).

1. Point your browser to http://www.yourdomain.com/wp. Follow the onscreen instructions to create the configuration file and install WordPress. Once setup is complete, log in to the Admin Dashboard.
2. In the sidebar Menu select Settings -> Permalinks. Set the permalink structure to anything but Default (I strongly recommend %postname%) and save changes.
   [NOTE: The plugin will NOT work with the Permalinks setting on Default.]
3. Select Settings ->General. In the box for Site Address (URL), change the URL to the root level of your website (i.e. http://www.yourdomain.com). Be sure to include the http://. Do not try to view the front page yet – you will get an error message.
4. Check the box for “anyone can register” and select the default level of Subscriber. You need this setting for integrated login to work.
   [NOTE: As of TNG 10.1, the integrated logins no longer work.]
5. Using your FTP client, COPY ( not move) the index.php and .htaccess files from the WordPress folder to the root folder. If you can’t see the .htaccess file, check the settings in your FTP client to be sure the option to show hidden files is checked.
6. Open the index.php file you copied to the root directory in a text editor and change the following line:
   require('./wp-blog-header.php'); to
   require('./[wordpress directory name]/wp-blog-header.php'); and save the file.
   NOTE: Do not make changes to the index.php file located in the /wordpress directory!

 

In TNG config, under Site Definition, home page is going to be the same as your sitename (yourdomain.com) and the TNG page is going to be the slug of the page you define in the plugin (e.g. yourdomain.com/genealogy). At that point, everything should work.

[John Paul]

Thanks Heather, i'll give it a try and let you know how it goes....

[John Paul]

all i keep getting when going to http://localhost or http://joneshyman is the index page index of /

shouldn't it be going to wp?

[HeatherFeuer]

Not yet. You need to go to http://localhost/wp and do the wordpress install first.Go back and reread the steps.

[John Paul]

Already did all that.  looks like i got it all working correctly, BUT still getting blank pages from tng..

[HeatherFeuer]

What happens when you go to http://localhost/genealogy/surnames.php?

[John Paul]

using either http://localhost/genealogy/surnames.php or http://joneshyman/genealogy/surnames.php I get error 404 - page not found.  But if i go to http://joneshyman/tng/surnames.php I get there.

[HeatherFeuer]

Check your TNG config. Did you set up the urls correctly under site definition? For the full set of instructions I provide go here: http://www.uniquelyyourshosting.net/how-to-integrate-wordpress-with-tng/. Also, make sure that with the plugin you have updated the global variables. If you are still having issues, let me know. 

[John Paul]

in tng setup general site design, Home Page:  http://joneshyman/  Genealogy URL: http://joneshyman/genealogy/   (same as permalink on the Genealogy page in WP)

When clicking on the Genealogy page in WP theme, it's just blank  I've done everything correctly in the instructions, got the latest tng.php for the plugin, looks like all url's are correct, wp works great, just keep getting a blank page for tng.....

i update the variables after any change i make....

Edited November 14, 2015 by John Paul
added more info

[HeatherFeuer]

Okay... since I can't see your site, one suggestion is to find the mbtng-globalvariables row (or something like that -- the the tng plugin options begin with mbtng). Click on edit and look for a stray ,$, with nothing else. I'm not sure why that happens but sometimes it does. Delete that empty variable and then save the change. Do NOT update global variables again. Try loading the page again.

[John Paul]

no stray $ in tng.php  (i'm assuming thats the file you were talking about...)  Thank you for you time trying to help me out.  if you think of anything else to look for let me know.  right now I have a carolina gamecock football game to get ready to watch.

[HeatherFeuer]

I was actually talking about the database wp-options table, but that's okay. In the wp-options table of the database, you should find a row that is named mbtng_globalvars (or something like). THAT is where you need to look for the empty variable.

On the other hand, not to denigrate the plugin in any way, another option is to consider the Kloosterman method of integrating without the plugin. You can find the instructions here: http://www.kloosterman.be/info/how-i-made-my-tng-wp-website/

[John Paul]

didn't see a stray $ there either.  I've tested the kloosterman method and there's just way too much css editing for me.  well i am using a different theme now so maybe i'll try it again.  just not having any luck with either of these methods.  Thank you for your time trying to help me out.  i appreciate it a lot.

[jayat1familytree]

Heather,  Why is the Sign in integration no longer working with TNG ver 10.1??

 

[HeatherFeuer]

It has something to do with the changes to the way TNG 10.1 connects to the database. You can see the original thread here: http://tng.community/index.php?/forums/topic/9976-fatal-error-after-101-update/ I reconfigured my user plugin to work independently of any other plugin so if you DO want integrated logins you can still do it. Since 10.1, I've switched to using Kloosterman's method of integration with great success.

[mahesh]

It has something to do with the changes to the way TNG 10.1 connects to the database. You can see the original thread here: http://tng.community/index.php?/forums/topic/9976-fatal-error-after-101-update/ I reconfigured my user plugin to work independently of any other plugin so if you DO want integrated logins you can still do it. Since 10.1, I've switched to using Kloosterman's method of integration with great success.

​That change - around line 1117, replacing instances of tng with mysql, worked for me.

	$link = @mysql_connect($database_host, $database_username, $database_password);
	if ($session_charset == 'UTF-8')
		@mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
	if( $link && mysql_select_db($database_name, $link))
		return $link;

Good Luck

[John Paul]

Just let everyone here know, especially Heather, I actually completely reconfigured my local environment, got rid of xammp and installed 64bit wamp server 2.5, setup a virtual hosting environment, installed wp and tng as per the wiki instructions, and now it actually works!.  Now i can rest my mind on that and concentrate on setting the index.php page up as i'd like.  Again Thank you Heather for your time trying to help me out yesterday.  it did some good as far as today in concerned.

[jayat1familytree]

Heather

 

Yea as Mahesh mentioned

 

$link = @mysql_connect($database_host, $database_username, $database_password);
	if ($session_charset == 'UTF-8')
		@mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
	if( $link && mysql_select_db($database_name, $link))
		return $link;

 Needs to be like 

 

$link = @tng_connect($database_host, $database_username, $database_password);
	if ($session_charset == 'UTF-8')
		@tng_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
	if( $link && tng_select_db($database_name, $link))
		return $link;