Thread:Project:Support desk/I am giving up and going to pay a consultant but how do I do this?/reply (2)

In regards to consultants, the problem is that you are dealing with three different topics. Finding a consultant that is well-versed on all three software is probably not gonna be cheap, though cost is also... subjective depending on which country the consultant resides (eg India).

As for your problem, the main question is which database/account creation form you want visitors to use. If you want to use SMF's database, then you need an authentication extension on MediaWiki and a similar plugin for WordPress. These can act independently, though they must conform to the same SMF settings required by one of the extensions (otherwise conflict).

The "bridge" is a term referring to the technical connection between the three software, which in this case is the SMF database and cookie. "Portal" refers to the main webpage for visitors where they can visit the different software sites. Or at least, unless those terms are being used in a different context.

In MediaWiki for example, there's Extension:SMF_Auth_Integration (may not be compatible with latest MW version). It already handles SMF cookies for authentication and member groups division.

If that works for you, you then must find a Wordpress plugin that performs similarly, using the same SMF settings as required by the above.

As for your last problem, having "all skins" to be white and red can be done in CSS, though you might want to limit the skin selection instead. As for added links, it depends on where exactly you want to place them.

Edit: "Portal" may also refer to which login form all sites must use.

To add a summary, WordPress and MediaWiki both connect to SMF, but WP and MW run independent of each other.