Getting Started

AE 3.0 Upgrade Notes

Make a backup of your WordPress site.
Install the latest AE Base Version (you will receive a copy of this plugin when you purchase AE 3.0 from pongos.com).
From the plugins menu deactivate and delete the previous version of AE and all custom extensions that reside inside AE’s root (keep your version of template pack)
From the plugins menu active AE Base
Once AE Base is installed and activated, the admin user will be redirected to the Association Engine admin dashboard.
Enter your license code for AE base and save.
Once your license is verified you can automatically install your add-on extensions. Go to the Extension and Template Pack dropdown and check off each extension you wish to install.
The templates should automatically install and activate.
Enter your license code for all the AE extensions and save.
Double check all settings. If you are upgrading from earlier AE version, settings will still be populated.
- Note: Global CSS will mostly need to change to reference the new AE directory. Verify that the URLs in this css file are correct.

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The following guide will help you with a minimum AE setup allowing users to create an account, login, and maintain account information.

Create Front End Login/Signup Page

Create a page for login/signup which contains the shortcode [associationengine_login].

Create a Front End Dashboard Page

Create a “dashboard” page for NetForum users to maintain account information using the shortcode [associationengine_account].

Setup xWeb Connection

Setup the xWeb username: The xWeb user account for the UAT database.
Setup the xWeb password associated with the xWeb user account.
Setup the SOAP WSDL URL to the definitions file/endpoint for the client’s xWeb instance. This value contains the path/folder to the test database for use on all dev sites. Typically https://netforum.XXX.org/nfXXXtest/xweb/secure/netforumxml.asmx?WSDL
Setup the Socket timeout. This is the time after which PHP will give up communicating a login, password reset, or sign up and report a connection problem to the user.

Add the Frontend CSS

From the Global Features submenu copy the default CSS and paste into the Front end CSS.

Setup Registration UI

From the Registration UI menu, use the dropdown to select your Forgot Pass / Login / Signup page.

Setup Account UI

From the Accounts UI menu, use the dropdown to select your Dashboard Page and Screen Assignments.

Sync Global Data from NetForum

From the Enterprise Driver Menu, click the “Download From Server” button to sync global data from NetForum to WordPress.

Verify Setup

Go to your newly created login page and verify you can login to your NetForum account.