[wp-hackers] Single sign-on with Wordpress & Mediawiki

Sneaks 0vcqn5q02 at sneakemail.com
Mon Oct 29 21:14:53 GMT 2007


i did setup that mediawiki-vanilla auth plugin originally, but:
a) its only a db merge, doesnt read the auth cookies
b) vanilla doesnt have stable a development timeline
c) WP does, and can manage roles with plugins
d) WP has a better UI

i really love vanilla as a forum, but i'll dump it for development's 
sake if i have too much trouble integrating the three.




Jan Bucher janbucher-at-gmail.com |wordpress| wrote:
> I am working on exactly the same Setup (Vanilla, MW, WP). Until now i
> did not care about cookies, so no help there. But a good thought:
> 
> Vanilla has the most extensive User-System, because of the
> Group-System (you can actually create your own roles/groups). I needed
> that, so my starting point had to be vanilla ..
> 
> You can now very easily hook the vanilla authentication into MW, using
> the following 'plugin' (which by the way is not really a plugin, just
> a howto sold as plugin):
> http://lussumo.com/addons/index.php?PostBackAction=AddOn&AddOnID=130
> 
> If you don't plan to use the extra-features, try bbpress. Seems to be
> more reliable and the installation process is a lot easier than
> vanilla.
> 
> And if you find a good soluton ... let us know .. ;)
> 
> Jan


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