Help - phpBB Integration Instructions

This tutorial is intended for forum owners who wish to integrate a widget into their site to track all users visiting the forum. If you are a forum user and wish to track single post with a bbCode widget see this tutorial.

1. In your phpBB directory, browse to your templates directory. In this directory you'll find one or more folders for all currently installed templates, one will likely be called "SubSilver" (the default template). You will need to make the following changes for any templates you allow your users to use.

2. In the desired template directory open up and edit the files "overall_footer.tpl" and/or "simple_footer.tpl" depending on how your forum is currently configured. If you are not sure just edit both files.

3. In the template file(s) you want to locate the lines that look like this:

Simple_footer.tpl:
Powered by <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/" target="_phpbb" class="copyright"> phpBB</a> © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group</span></div>

And/Or

Overall_footer.tpl:
Powered by <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/" target="_phpbb" class="copyright"> phpBB</a> © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group<br />{TRANSLATION_INFO} </span></div>

4. Modify these lines so they look similar to the following code. Of course replacing "WIDGET CODE GOES HERE" with the whos.amung.us widget code.

Simple_footer.tpl:
Powered by <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/" target="_phpbb" class="copyright"> phpBB</a> © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group </span>WIDGET CODE GOES HERE</div>

And/Or

Overall_footer.tpl:
Powered by <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/" target="_phpbb" class="copyright"> phpBB</a> © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group<br />{TRANSLATION_INFO} </span>WIDGET CODE GOES HERE</div>

5. Once you have added the widget code save the file(s) and repeat steps 3 & 4 for any other templates you wish to use the widget with. You'll end up with somehting similar to the below image, depending on what type of widget you choose to use.

Note: whos.amung.us strongly recommends that you use a classic widget (small or big, colored or not) in your templates instead of the maps. If you want to have a map on your site it is best to put it on a separate page within your site ensuring that the map key is the same as the key your widget uses.