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This is the University Computing Service's Joomla support package. This provides a level of integration between Joomla and Raven and lookup. It consists of three extensions which work well together but which could in principle be used separately:
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* A joomla-ucamwebauth plugin, which supports authentication (to both the website frontend and the administrative backend) using the Ucam WebAuth protocol used by Raven. This plugin will work alongside other Joomla authentication mechanisms, so it is possible for example for University users to authenticate using Raven while others use local accounts that only exist on the Joomla server.
The package previously available from this page has been withdrawn, because as it stands it is vulnerable to the a recent [[March 2015 security vulnerability | security vulnerability]], and because it's sufficiently old that it's unlikely to be of any use to anyone. Please contact raven-support@ucs.cam.ac.uk if this is in some way inconvenient for you.
 
* A mod_ucamlogin module, which provides a standard Joomla frontend user authentication form that includes a 'Raven Login' button either in place of or alongside the standard Joomla userid/password fields.
 
* A joomla-lookup plugin, which will automatically create new users and/or synchronise existing users based on data (currently full name and email address) from lookup.
 
The current (v. 0.6) release is largely a pilot to enable real Joomla users to try it out to see if it provides facilities that are useful to them. Feedback, either to the [https://lists.cam.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/cs-raven-discuss cs-raven-discuss] mailing list (preferred) or direct to [mailto:raven-support@ucs.cam.ac.uk raven-support@ucs.cam.ac.uk], from anyone actually trying or using these extensions would be welcome.
 
* [http://raven.cam.ac.uk/project/joomla/joomla-README.txt Documentation]
* [http://raven.cam.ac.uk/project/joomla/ Download]
 
Please note:
 
# These plugins do not currently form part of the officially-supported Raven service.
# The release of these plugins should not be taken as implying that the CS in any approves or recommends Joomla for use in the University, or that the CS is able to provide Joomla support (currently we know little more about Joomla than is needed to create authentication plugins!).

Latest revision as of 12:38, 17 June 2015

The Raven-related software described on this page is NOT supported or maintained by University Information Services. It is provided here in the hope that it may be useful, but it may contain bugs and security vulnerabilities. It may be supported and maintained by others. You should evaluate whether it meets you particular needs before using it.

The package previously available from this page has been withdrawn, because as it stands it is vulnerable to the a recent security vulnerability, and because it's sufficiently old that it's unlikely to be of any use to anyone. Please contact raven-support@ucs.cam.ac.uk if this is in some way inconvenient for you.