Is the jfusion project now officially dead? #18
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We did not have any funds to keep the website going, and since there there has been little to no feedback. So i have not worked on the project. |
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Hi Morten
I appreciate all your efforts. I use JFusion for my community site
(OS2World) and it has been working great for a long time.
From my side there was never feedback because your script always delivered
what it offered. It never gave me any issues.
Regards
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We did not have any funds to keep the website going, and since there there
has been little to no feedback.
So i have not worked on the project.
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Hi Morten, I second what Martin writes. Jfusion worked solidly for us for many, many years. The few times I had any issues they were resolved quickly and effectively. Was waiting eagerly for phpbb 3.1 (and 3.2) support w/frameless, but was otherwise a very satisfied customer. Thanks for your efforts. This was truly great open source software, and I hope that someone else may pick up the baton at some point. As for funds, our alternative would be to buy the p8pbb bridge (60 EUR/year). But I would much rather invest that money in Jfusion, if there is interest in reviving the project. |
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3.1 is working from one of the versions in beta but there was not enugh feedback good or bad so i did not have balls to release it. |
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Yeah, I know. That's why I noted that jfusion.org was down, since I was about to begin the process of upgrading our website. Have put it off for about a year while I have been finishing my PhD, which I finally submitted last week. |
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Jfusion needs to come back. |
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I to have used jFusion and when I needed help or slight modification I contacted them offering payment for their efforts and followed through with paying for work. Myself like many others just used it and it worked. The fact that I used it with Joomla and vBulletin and it wasn't available for use with xenforno forum software, kept me with vBulletin. It is very sad that the software is no longer developed, I would love to see it updated. If nothing else having email address of the developers so that they could be paid for custom work would be valuable. If I was to offer website space to be used by jFusion would they be interested in keeping the software available and developed as time permitted? I would gladly pay/donate to keep the project alive. |
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@TheAllusionist - I have my own XenForo bridge for JFusion. I never published it because I really just don't have the time to maintain it, or help anyone install or use it. It's been running on my J! 2.5 site for about 4 years. @fanno - I'm one of the authors of Fabrik for Joomla. About to migrate my main site to J! 3.7 and the latest XF. If I can get JFusion and my XF bridge working, I'd be happy to help keep JFusion running, even if only by contributing PRs here on github. It's been indispensable for me, and one of my biggest worries in the site migration I'm doing. I'm heavily invested in XenForo, no way I want to migrate to any of the J! based forum extensions, and really want to keep running JFusion. If a site is needed, I'm sure I could make room on http://fabrikar.com. |
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@cheesegrits I love your Fabrik software. We use it on our website that we also use JFusion on. The only issue we're having is that when we have someone log into our phpbb forum the session doesn't carry over to Joomla which is something we desperately need because we use the ACL for some of our Fabrik lists. |
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@cheesegrits - Not certain what proper etiquette here is on this sort of thing, so I am just tossing it out. If the jFusion developers aren't interested in maintaing or developing jFusion and some people have working plugins such as yourself (for Xenforo), I wouldn't mind acquiring (paid or free) down the road the code and having a code guy keep it up to date for me. Basically I have paid developers plenty of times to customize their software and have such an individtual that does stuff as needed, so I could have him maintain it for me. Just having working code to start with would help greatly. So if you were open to selling or giving away your code with no obligation on your part, I would be interested. If the jFusion developers get back to me and are interested then I would of course work with them, and of course if you wanted the job of paid customization/maintenance I would work with you, just looking for avenues to continue to use jFusion since I don't know of any alternatives. |
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The software is under the GPL licence, so you are free to fork the project and maintain it separately. Usually it is advisable to change the name of the software in the process (to avoid confusion + avoid any trademark or IP issues related to the name, which is not covered by the GPL license). In fact, this is at the core of the GPL is intended to do: enable others to make a copy and take a piece of software in a different direction. Source: I'm a lawyer, soon with a PhD (with an interest, but no expertise in IP law). If anyone plans to fork the project, I am happy to assist as a bugreporting (super)user and with any necessary legal advice. |
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@StianOby - Thanks for the explanation, sometimes there is an etiquette or common courtesy element to things and I was curious about that. That is the same reason I typically contact the original author first with offer for paid work. I also was not trying to just be with my hand out to those that may have something they created that would help me. Really ties into why the developers aren't interested in it any more as there was no compensation for them that made it worthwhile, I try to help with that when I can. |
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@TheAllusionist Are you planning on working on a forked project? With Joomla 3.7 out the issue of migrating to another bridge is becoming very pressing. And the only reason for staying with a (forked) jfusion would be an expectation of future development. |
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@StianOby - are there any alternatives to jFusion to migrate to? |
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@StianOby - I will try working with the original authors first as I have done that in the past. I am an architect not a programmer so I tend to hire people who are much better at these things than I, so if I did need to go another route, whatever I did I would try to make it a benefit to the community. I haven't upgraded my site to 3.7 yet as I have a contest going on and didn't want something to break, does anyone know if jFusion works with Joomla 3.7? |
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@cheesegrits As far as I am aware p8pbb is the best option: https://alterbrains.com/joomla-extensions/communication/p8pbb-bridge |
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Doesn't help me, as I use XenForo, not phpBB. |
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Almost done with my huge robot project in sweeden. making automatic robot system to preduse 900.000 cans of snus per day. so i am quite busy working 12-14 hr days going 5 weeks now. (including weekends) -Sorry |
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@StianOby - I have been running my site with Joomla 3.7, Jfusion 2 and phpBB 3.1 (not using Frameless) for the last 24 hrs, the functionality I use seems to work. Initial testing with phpBB 3.2 is looking promising. I hope JFusion doesn't die, my site has been running with it for many years. phpBB3.1 in frameless is a bit buggy and resource hungry, so I moved away from Frameless and saved myself a lot of hassle and hosting costs. JFusion is a great extension, but the breath of software it covers must take a huge amount of effort to maintain. |
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Joomla will release a very important security update to Joomla 3.7 on the 17th: https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5704-important-security-announcement-pre-release-371.html So far, things are looking good. Login/logout works as expected, and so does browsing. Will report back if there are any problems. |
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Found a potential bug with 3.7: The jFusion discussbot did not trigger (i.e. create a new forum post) when I posted a new article today. It might just have been a random glitch, though, and I do not have time to do any extensive testing. |
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I've seen this, if your settings are "Create thread Only when article is created" and the article is created Unpublished, then published later the thread is not created. This effected Joomla 3.6.x as well. I've seen a few other issues in Discusionbot, but nothing new in 3.7. |
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Yes, that is a longstanding bug, but that was not at issue this time around. Interestingly though, the bot suddenly created the thread a couple of hours later. And when i created another article today it created the thread instantly. In other words, I probably just experienced a weird glitch. |
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We also would be interested in keeping jFusion running and active - also monetary contribution will be possible. So if someone wants to pick up the ball they will have our support. (limesurvey.org) |
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For those that need a replacement bridge for Joomla <-> phpBB, I have created a thread in the p8pbb forum that may be of interest: https://alterbrains.com/forum/phpbb-bridge/pre-sales-question-moving-from-jfusion-to-p8pbb-step-by-step-2086 |
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does anyone know a solution for MyBB - jFusion bridge? I love to get MyBB working in my Joomla 3.7.1! |
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I have now moved to p8pBB and my process for doing so is documented here: https://alterbrains.com/forum/phpbb-bridge/pre-sales-question-moving-from-jfusion-to-p8pbb-step-by-step-2086?p=6575#p6575 |
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Is anyone using jFusion with php 7 or 7.1? Curious as I would like to take advantage of performance enhancements. I ran my forums on PHPBB more than a decade ago and was hacked a lot so I am trying to stay with vBulletin 4 for now and they have a version 4.2.6 that works with PHP7. |
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Any help about Hosting and support finder i can pay domain and Hosting |
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@fanno - I forked this repo, beat the build script into shape so it works on my system, installed on J! 3.7.3, and am currently re-shaping my original XenForo plugin into the new plugin structure. I've got things installed and half way running (basic user creation and updating). Assuming I don't hit any roadblocks, my plan is to deploy it on my re-launched site. It'll keep me happy until the entire universe implodes with J! 4.x. I'm still more than happy to donate server space, if anyone is interested in keeping this project running for another year or so. |
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@fanno - I can offer hosting for you for free if you want to resurrect the project / site. |
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@fanno I can offer a virtual machine (VPS) for free. I use jfusion. Also I can participate the project somehow. I am not sure as a developer but I am sure I can help monetize project since I have experience about 17 years of IT project monetization. About sas a developer since I am not working with php much actually. |
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Hello Team, I have a Vbulletin 4.2.5 version + Joomla 3.8 running on Php 5.6.31 and every thing works well, except a new issue i don't find how to fix on the VBulletin login side. When user want to login or logout, i have error 500 with the following log mod_fcgid: stderr: PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$iv' (T_VARIABLE), expecting function (T_FUNCTION) in /var/httpdocs/components/com_jfusion/jfusionapi.php on line 542, referer: https://www.xxxxxx.com/forum/login.php?do=login Any idea how to fix that ? Thank you in advance for your feedback |
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@bienenf So I have the same setup except for: PHP 5.6.30-0+deb8u1 and don't have an issue FYI |
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I am looking at transferring my vBulletin forums to xenForo and I wondered if anyone had jFusion running in PHP 7 and had a xenForo plugin that was working with it? I had correspondence with jFusion months ago and thought I would be able to get them to update jfusion to work with PHP 7, etc. if compensated, but last time I reached out, I didn't hear back. Hence I am asking here if anyone has worked it out, or if there is even a problem with jFusion and PHP7. Thanks for your time, Russell |
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@TheAllusionist , thank you, so I desinstalled the dual login plugin and re-installed .. that fixed my issue. |
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@bienenf, Are you saying jFuson works with the vBulletin plugin using PHP 7? I thought when I tried it I had issues, so I want to make sure I understand you correctly. Thanks! |
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Hi guys, |
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@markgawler Back in May you wrote about running Jfusion2 and phpBB 3.1. Did it run successfully? If yes, did you face issues with it in the long run? Also did you manage to run it with also phpBB 3.2? |
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Yes I continue to run JFusion2 and phpBB 3.2, but i do not use frameless mode. I also have not moved to php 7 on my production site although it seems to work on my test site. I have not had any major issues, but I would not recommend this configuration as JFusing is not supported. |
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Hi. Does anybody knows if JFusion is running fine on Joomla 3.8. Or maybe it is time to search for an alternative to JFusion, any suggestions? Regards |
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@martiniturbide If you are integrating Joomla with phpBB, I would recommend the p8pbb bridge as an alternative. It comes in both a free and a paid version. |
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@StianOby I don't see a free version. Only a full and light version. Both paid downloads. |
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Hi, @martiniturbide, Jfusion works with Joomla 3.8.5. Rgds |
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@bienenf it does? Do you have a site that runs it? |
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Hi @prototype2118 , on our site joomla / Vbulletin : www.modelisme.com |
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@prototype2118 OH, my bad. I have the full version, and thought the light
version was free.
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full and light version. Both paid downloads.
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@StianOby did you migrate from jFusion to p8pbb? If so, how difficult was it? |
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@prototype2118 Yes I did, and it was much easier than expected. The detailed procedure I followed is documented in the last post in this thread: https://alterbrains.com/forum/phpbb-bridge/pre-sales-question-moving-from-jfusion-to-p8pbb-step-by-step-2086 |
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FYI: We at LimeSurvey ( www.limesurvey.org) use JFusion to connect several systems (Mantis BT, Wordpress, MediaWiki) to our Joomla site. As we currently don't see any alternative we will continue to fix any issues that we encounter. (we are always using the latest stable Joomla version). |
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Please... how can i get the last Jfusion package? |
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It is possible to convert phpBB3 on Joomla and with JFusion to Kunena ( a Joomla forum) with a conversion script that acts on the database of phpBB3. It is rather easy if userid of Joomla and phpBB3 is identical. Here is a tutorial. |
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@c-schmitz how often do you issue updates to your forked version? |
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@prototype2118 It is working for us now using the latest Joomla version as is. |
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@c-schmitz: please how can i get an install package from your forket version on Github? |
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I am looking at moving my forums to xenForo from vBulletin so it looks like I will give up on jFusion as paying for update and a new system compatible with the new forum software is probably foolish, I wish someone would take this project on, but I am not a programmer so it can't be me. |
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I need to integrate Joomla with SMForum and MediaWiki. Any alternative to JFusion will be appreciated. |
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Hi any update about this topic? I have been using Jfusion for years without big issues on joomla 1.5 + vbulletin 3 and now I plan to move to joomla 3.9 and vbulletin 5 |
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does anyone have a vbulletin plugin which works with jfusion 2.1.2? |
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@c-schmitz et al., heads up: DokuWiki is going to abandon older authentication plugins, like AuthMySQL etc., in favor of AuthPDO. So if anyone would like to upgrade JFusion, please take it into account. I wonder what other simplest solution for Single Sign-On would be. Advice & information would be appreciated. Thank you. |
With the website Jfusion.org being down for weeks, and no commit for over 6 months here on Github, is it safe to assume that the project is now dead?
Would be great to have some official word, so that we users may begin an orderly transition to another software solution if there is indeed not going to be any further development.
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