Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of WordPressInt


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Sep 19, 2011, 2:53:22 PM (13 years ago)
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    44* To setup [http://wordpress.org WordPress] to authenticate with your BOINC mysql 'user' table, install the external database authentication plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/external-database-authentication [[BR]]
    5 * You will then want to 'Activate' this plug-in in your WordPress Plugins admin screen * In the Settings bar on the left side of your WordPress Dashboard screen, choose the 'External DB Settings' link * You will want to select the MySQL support, fill in your appropriate names for the database host, TCP port (if not the mysql default of 3306),  username, password, and of course the BOINC mysql table name 'user' [[BR]]
     5* You will then want to 'Activate' this plug-in in your [http://wordpress.org WordPress] Plugins admin screen [[BR]]
     6* In the Settings bar on the left side of your [http://wordpress.org WordPress] Dashboard screen, choose the 'External DB Settings' link [[BR]]
     7* You will want to select the MySQL support, fill in your appropriate names for the database host, TCP port (if not the mysql default of 3306),  username, password, and of course the BOINC mysql table name 'user' [[BR]]
    68* in the External Database Source fields, you will want to make username "email_addr"  (mapping the BOINC user table email_addr to the wordpress username - a record will be created in WordPress to match these defaults). [[BR]]
    7 * for Password, put in "passwd_hash", and Password Encryption Method is "Other" * the Hash Code field should be "$password2 = md5($password . $username)".   This is how WordPress can create a password hash that the BOINC mysql 'user' table can authenticate. [[BR]]
    8 * Then for Homepage you can put the user's boinc "url" and Email is of course the BOINC user field "email_addr" * you may want to put in a special login message (not shown on the screenshot, but the last entry on the page) such as:
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     9* for Password, put in "passwd_hash", and Password Encryption Method is "Other" [[BR]]
     10* the Hash Code field should be "$password2 = md5($password . $username)".   This is how WordPress can create a password hash that the BOINC mysql 'user' table can authenticate. [[BR]]
     11* Then for Homepage you can put the user's boinc "url" and Email is of course the BOINC user field "email_addr" [[BR]]
     12* You may want to put in a special login message (not shown on the screenshot, but the last entry on the page) such as:
    1013{{{
    1114Please use your BOINC account to sign in.  <BR>