[Solved]: bridge issues / going back and forth between forum and cpg

[alex2]

i am new at phpbb3 and cpg. . .with no language experince.  using your forum i was able to install the bridge.  here are some issues i have with the install, i couldnt find related threads. i also checked phpbb3 forums

1.  if i log into the forum first and then follow link to gallery, at the botom of forum, it does not recognize the login. (perhaps this is expected)
2.  if i dont log into forum first, but visit forum and follow link to gallery(cpg), login in, redirected to forum and log in succesfully to cpg, when i follow my link at the top of cpg home page back to forum, i am no longer logged into forum- if i follow link back to cpg, im no longer logged in there, if i click log in it redirects me back to forum where i am now logged in and would have to logout in order to log back into cpg (sorry for the run-on).

can i streamline this?  is it my links?  thanks for your patience.  INFO BELOW:

Bridge Wizard: enable/disable BBS integration
Your bridge settings
Forum URL:    http://www.myclevercat.net
Relative path to your BBS's config file:    ../
Use post-based groups?:    1
Cookie prefix:    phpbb3_pczjy
Enable integration/bridging with phpBB version 3

Coppermine Install: http://www.myclevercat.net/gallery
Forum install: http://http:/www./myclevercat.net
Coppermine version:  cpg1.4.19
Forum version: phpBB 3.0.4
Test user account: erase / eraseerase

URL of your coppermine gallery folder (no 'index.php' or similar at the end)  :   http://www.myclevercat.net/gallery/      
URL of your home page : index.php

[Fabricio Ferrero]

We don't do support on older version and installations made by an autoinstaller. Check this out: (Preliminary Docs for 1.5v) Auto-Installers

Re install cpg as it should be, using the last version available: v1.4.20. Then bridge it again. Go to: cpg1.4.20 Security release - upgrade mandatory!

[alex2]

thanks for the reply.

i went ahead and followed your directions. i installed it manually and re-did the bridge.  i still have the same problems i mentioned before. 

new info:

Bridge Wizard: enable/disable BBS integration
Your bridge settings
Forum URL:    http://www.myclevercat.net
Relative path to your BBS's config file:    ../
Use post-based groups?:    1
Cookie prefix:    phpbb3_pczjy
Enable integration/bridging with phpBB version 3

Manual Coppermine Install on new manual database file: http://www.myclevercat.net/myclevercatgallery
Forum install: http://www.myclevercat.net
Coppermine version:  v1.4.20
Forum version: phpBB 3.0.4
Test user account: erase / eraseerase

URL of your coppermine gallery folder (no 'index.php' or similar at the end)  :   http://www.myclevercat.net/gallery/     
URL of your home page : index.php

If you try to go back and forth in different sequences you will notice that sometimes you have to logout to log back in.   thanks for your help

[alex2]

I have been trying different things with no luck.  Checking other forums too.  DO any other users out there know of this or have run into the same situation when bridging? 

[Nibbler]

Works fine for me. Setting your forum's cookie domain to .myclevercat.net would make them more reliable. Clear your cookies after changing this.

[alex2]

thank you.   this does work much better.  i still have to login initially to the gallery, but then i can navigate back and forth. i appreciate your help.