vbDrupal NG

[El_Muerte]

vbDrupal is a fork from the Drupal CMS which integrates Drupal (http://drupal.org) with the vBulletin forum software.
This is the stable release of the next generation of the vbDrupal project. This generation is much more compatible with the stock Drupal releases than the previous generation. It has been rebuild from the ground up taking into account everything that we learned from the previous generation.
All third party modules and themes for Drupal should also work with this version of vbDrupal.

This version of vbDrupal is based on Drupal version 4.7.8.
It has been designed to work with vBulletin versions 3.5 and 3.6.

More information and install and update instructions can be found in the README.html file included with this package.

For support, tips and trick, etc. please go to our forums (http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum).

Updates

2007-12-05: 4.7.9.0
2007-10-18: 4.7.8.0
2007-07-27: 4.7.7.0 (release notes & change log (http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?t=996))
release history (http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2)

[El_Muerte]

So how is this product different from the vB Drupal: Community Plumbing (CMS + Blogs) product?
This is pretty much a complete reimplementation of the concept. The previous generation suffered from some design issues making it difficult for users to use various 3rd party modules. Also this version is based on Drupal 4.7 where the previous generation used Drupal 4.6.

[sensimilla]

Thanks I will give it a go :p

It didnt worked on my site and my previous vbdrupal installation got infected..

How do I uninstall it apart removing the plugin ?

TIA

[Ntfu2]

Awesome, i've been watching development of this and waiting for its offical release :woot:

[The Chief]

Can we upgrade from our current vB Drupal 4.6 version?

[wizardan]

I took this opportunity to finally experiment with Drupal.
Installation seems to have been flawless.

One problem...

This error message when I try and customize stuff...

* warning: mkdir(files): Permission denied in /home/********/public_html/forums/drupal/includes/file.inc on line 91.
* The directory files does not exist.

Am I missing something simple?

[Snake]

Thanks. I'll check this out soon...

[Oddjob]

This compatible with 3.6?

[COBRAws]

This compatible with 3.6?
read first post

[El_Muerte]

Can we upgrade from our current vB Drupal 4.6 version?
Yes. But be sure to test it out on a copy of your site first. More information can be found in the README.html document under "update"

I took this opportunity to finally experiment with Drupal.
Installation seems to have been flawless.

One problem...

This error message when I try and customize stuff...

Am I missing something simple?

Read this: http://www.vbdrupal.org/warning_mkdir_files_permission_denied

[reteep]

These are great news, I've been waiting on something like that. Thanks!

[The Chief]

Yes. But be sure to test it out on a copy of your site first. More information can be found in the README.html document under "update"



Read this: http://www.vbdrupal.org/warning_mkdir_files_permission_denied
Ok, cool, I should be upgrading rather soon then :)

Can you give us a list of modules that have been tested and working for vB Drupal NG?

[rickycc]

does this project work with photopost and visionscript interactive profile? I think this is a great area, I would like to install it on my current site if it can be upgraded.
http://forums.lowridersite.com/
thanks,

[Konstantinos]

what about 3.5.4 does it work ?

[El_Muerte]

Can you give us a list of modules that have been tested and working for vB Drupal NG?
They should all work, just make sure you download the 4.7 version of the modules. So far I haven't heard of a module that didn't work.
A word of caution, make sure you replace all your 3rd party modules in your old site with new versions made for 4.7 otherwise you might get various errors. That's why you should test the upgrade on a test install version.

what about 3.5.4 does it work ?
It should work with all 3.5 and 3.6 versions. It just that I develop it using the latest 3.5 version and use it on my own site which uses the latest (stable) 3.6 version. So I don't really test it for older versions, but Jelsoft's track record shows they hardly ever change something in stable versions that break plugins, specially not the plugins used by vbDrupal.

[oz_moses]

Cheers, I'll be installing this shortly.

Just one question though, wtf is NG?? :)

[amcd]

Cheers, I'll be installing this shortly.

Just one question though, wtf is NG?? :)
NG usually stands for Next Generation

[Joep11]

The report page after the upgrade had some errors in it; the page is attached as a zip cause I cannot upload a html file here ^_^ Search ctrl-F for 'failed'. The blogs also still don't work http://www.wereldwijzer.nl/blog/

Does anyone have a clue? I installed it on 3.6

Already asked it on vbdrupal.org yesterday but we have no answer yet and the blogs are quite important for us :(

[El_Muerte]

Already asked it on vbdrupal.org yesterday but we have no answer yet and the blogs are quite important for us :(

Sorry for that, I don't always have time. So it might take a (short) while before I can answer all questions.

[daystorm]

When I try to install the plugin, I get this error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.4:

Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE drupal_access (
aid tinyint(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
mask varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`type` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`status` tinyint(2) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (aid)
) TYPE=MyISAM;

MySQL Error : Table 'drupal_access' already exists
Error Number : 1050
Date : Tuesday, August 29th 2006 @ 09:14:43 PM
Script : http://www.bostonerotic.net/board/admincp/plugin.php
Referrer : http://www.bostonerotic.net/board/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address : xxxxxx
Username : xxxxxxx
Classname : vb_database

I have tried deleting the drupal tables and tried again with no luck, receiving the same error. I am installing it on 3.5.4

Okay, I went and installed the older version of vbdrupal... That worked, so then I tried upgrading and got this error...

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/admin/domains/bostonerotic.net/public_html/board/admincp/plugin.php(1232) : eval()'d code on line 72


Please help...

[SaN-DeeP]

shall definetly try this one :)
Thanks for the release. I am unsure about the future stability of this product (in case there are new versions/security releases from drupal or vbulletin), how convinient this shall be for end-users ?
Can you comment here ?

Thanks.

[Masiello]

Just a simple question please, is that Drupal plug-in waste the w3c xhtml and w3c css vBulletin board validation?

[rickycc]

which comment system is better VB or drupal?

[Masiello]

without doubt vBulletin.

[oz_moses]

has anybody been able to get this working with Dreamhost?

I'm having issues with the page redirecting to /cgi-system after I do anything. I've tried the suggestions in this thread (http://drupal.org/node/60139) and here also (http://vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?t=150&highlight=Index+%2Fcgi-system) but no luck so far...

[oz_moses]

typical, after fiddling with it for half a day and getting nowhere I make a post... then 5 minutes later stumble onto the answer. Here it is for any other dreamhost customers:

Log into your panel
click manage domains
In the web hosting column click Edit
change PHP to 5.1.2

[networktemple]

how would i change the heading.. i want to put my own menu and logo on top

[Joep11]

Did anyone upgrade from 4.6 to 4.7 successfully? I have terrible troubles, blogs are messed up now for more then a week and I get hardly support at vbdrupal.org (http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?t=487). I followed the upgrade instructions. Who did upgrade successfully and who had also problems?

[redlabour]

Thx a lot for this Perfect release and keep on going. ;)

But please move this Thread to 3.6. Nobody is looking at the 3.5 Categories any longer for new Stuff.

I only found it while i watch the old 3.5 Port.

[Joep11]

Thx a lot for this Perfect release and keep on going. ;)


Hi Redlabour,

Nice to hear it worked for you. So did you do a fresh install or an upgrade?

[redlabour]

Hi Redlabour,

Nice to hear it worked for you. So did you do a fresh install or an upgrade?

Fresh! And for Support take a look at http://www.vbdrupal.org ;)

[Joep11]

Fresh! And for Support take a look at http://www.vbdrupal.org ;)

I know, I've been there for a week now in this topic (http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?t=487), but still no smooth running 4.7. I think I have to go back to 4.6, cause this really sucks. Anyone here with a successfull upgrade? :tired:

[redlabour]

I know, I've been there for a week now in this topic (http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?t=487), but still no smooth running 4.7. I think I have to go back to 4.6, cause this really sucks. Anyone here with a successfull upgrade? :tired:

Go to vbdrupal.org and ask there. There are several FAQ?s including your Problem.

[Joep11]

Go to vbdrupal.org and ask there. There are several FAQ?s including your Problem.

I did ask there, see the link in the quote. No real solutions.

[voteforbird]

Edit: Nevermind…

[voteforbird]

I don't see any htaccess file. Where is it?
Additionally, I'm getting tons of access denied errors in the watchdog module.

[andrew thomas]

ok when i install this i dont understand how im supposed to have the database tables set up

do i create both drupal and vb tables on same db
or create seperate for both??
when i prefix the tables do i prefix only drupal or both?

[soletrader]

I visited drupal.org and I am not getting any support. Any know how I can change the phrase welcome to your drupal website?

[AyeCapn]

does this replace vBa CMPS, or does it work in addition to it?

[Blackhat]

It tells me my username does not exist when I try to add content

[MadKad]

I have a problem with the upgrade I get a database error



Fatal error: Call to undefined function: theme_onload_attribute() in /pathre moved from me/forum/blogs/themes/defaultvb/defaultvb.theme on line 32
Database error


and


Invalid SQL:
UPDATE drupal_users SET access = 1160914795 WHERE uid = 1;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'access' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054


I take it the settings file has something to do with this but its all changed since the last install and ITs a little confusing for me :(

Can any one help :)

[TosaInu]

Hello,

I read the install instructions but got this error after importing the product and trying to run Drupal.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: t() in /..../betavb/drupal/includes/unicode.inc on line 164

[Endurer]

Great mod.. working perfectly at my offline vb 3.6.1. I am playing with the settings at the moment and will take it online shortly. Just a little problem. When I try to turn the vbulletin profile links for the latest users/birthdays module.. the path to profiles has an extra slash in it. How am I supposed to fix that? Also, I am only going to use it for member blogs.. is there a way to include latest blogs (or entries for that matter) in the WOL at forum's home?

Above all, it's a great modification, just what I was looking for.

I don't see any htaccess file. Where is it?
Additionally, I'm getting tons of access denied errors in the watchdog module.

I had the same problem.. .htaccess_new is hidden in the archive. Extract the archive to your PC.. use the tools>folder options> show all files. You will then see it in your directory or where you have extracted it: drupal/ For your convenience I am uploading it here.

As for the access denied errors.. have you allowed access to your members?

[Clayton]

thanks I worked through it slowly and have now done my first integration

I read this first (below) before proceeding with anything

http://www.vbdrupal.org/warning_mkdir_files_permission_denied

and applied it

now I shall try to see if it is possible to add Wiki

ps.. I see you have it on your site

Thanks for all your work

[Clayton]

removed

edit: discovered my problems were related to the safe mode being on

[Blackhat]

I have a problem with this. I did a clean install and I can not add content with my own username or any other username. It just tells me that the "user" does not exist even when he does. I tried with blank and that worked.

I also logged in as another user and I managed to add content, even when this user was not supposed to exist in the first attempt.

anyone knows what the problem is ?

Thanks :)

[xfaethorx]

Thx a lot for this Perfect release and keep on going. ;)

But please move this Thread to 3.6. Nobody is looking at the 3.5 Categories any longer for new Stuff.

I only found it while i watch the old 3.5 Port.


sorry to disagree but i look in the 3.5 categories for updates and new releases still as alot of the plugins i use are either NOT ported to 3.6 or dont work on it yet so I'm waiting until my entire board can be re-implemented on the new version. I waited quite sometime before upgrading to 3.5 for the same reason. I'm interested in the durpal side of things as vbjournal hasn't been updated for quite sometime and I'd like to use the blog system instead.

[Staxed]

for some reason whenever i try to go to the update.php...it just keeps logging me out.

actually i just looked...and it's anypage that isn't in the /forum directory with vb (i installed drupal in the root)...

i can't open the update.php because it won't stay logged in

[yoyoyoyo]

when I try to go to update.php all I get is a blank page - any ideas on how to fix this?

[El_Muerte]

when I try to go to update.php all I get is a blank page - any ideas on how to fix this?

this is mostlikely due to a php memory limit; check the settings.php file for more information about this

[Discussions]

does anyone know if this works with the latest drupal 5 beta 2?

[Gregman]

No, it doesn't. Not yet at least. See this thread (http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?t=669) about the port to 5.0. We will get it done, but we were waiting for the release candidate (which came Friday) so we will start working on it. -G

[Caerydd]

Just found the thread to point out that we at alleria have it installed!

Utterly fantastic, I'm using the views and actions module to build our content navigation and so on.

For those using this for blogging, i recommend a free tagging vocabulary for blog entries, and using the blogger and tagcloud modules from drupal.org!

[RDX1]

How do I change my theme? The option is no longer there, the only templates in the vBulletin admin panel are vb drupal legacy templates.

[RDX1]

Any ideas?

[Caerydd]

You can change theme by going to themes in the admin panel of vbdrupal(http://yoururl.com/?q=admin/themes or http://yoururl.com/admin/themes , depending on whether you have clean urls installed). vbDrupal comes with defaultangy, which pulls your default vbulletin style, but the developers have also bundled phptemplate themes. These are themes developed for normal drupal sites, but which also work pretty seamlessly with drupal.

They are somewhat easier to customise, if you want a different look.

[HappyPike]

Does this work for sites where the forum is located on a sub-domain, like http://forum.mysite.com and the main site is at www.mysite.com?

Thanks in advance. I look forward to give this a try.

[RDX1]

You can change theme by going to themes in the admin panel of vbdrupal(http://yoururl.com/?q=admin/themes or http://yoururl.com/admin/themes , depending on whether you have clean urls installed). vbDrupal comes with defaultangy, which pulls your default vbulletin style, but the developers have also bundled phptemplate themes. These are themes developed for normal drupal sites, but which also work pretty seamlessly with drupal.

They are somewhat easier to customise, if you want a different look.

I switched to that, and it displays a blank page now. I like the old system better. :(

[Caerydd]

That's uh, odd. Never done that for me. Try posting over at the support site. http://www.vbdrupal.org

Elmuerte is kinda busy, but the quality of the support and released bug fixes are good.

You can get it to change to another one by deleteing the phptemplate theme folder of the theme you switched to. Tweaks to defaultangy can be done through adding css to a style.css file in the defaultangy folder.


HappyPike - I believe it does, you just have to make sure the correct paths are set. For example I have vbdrupal at alleria.com and the forums in a subdir.

[HappyPike]

I managed to install this last night and am very impressed.

This is really awesome combination! The integration is seamless. I only wish I try it earlier.

Seriously, I think this could be why Jelsoft may not be working on its own CMS.

Many thanks! :up:

[jwocky]

Very nice program, i was wondering though, I know it states there are no changes made to Vb core files, are there any changes made to the vb databases? I know the drupal db's are added in, but any changes to the vb core databases? The reason I ask is if I decide to stop using drupalNG can I just delete the drupal files and thats a complete disconnect between the two ?

thanks

[Caerydd]

No alterations are made to the vbtables :) you can just disable the plugin and delete the files, and the drupal_ tables in your database, and your vbulletin will be standalone again.

Conversely, you can also take the drupal tables from your database, and use them to create the basis for a standalone version of true drupal.

[hydn]

help here are my error when trying to go to the control panel:

Notice: Undefined index: HTTP_REFERER in C:\root\forums\includes\class_core.php on line 1575

Fatal error: Call to undefined function theme_onload_attribute() in C:\root\themes\pushbutton\defaultvb.theme on line 32

[hydn]

I have a problem with the upgrade I get a database error



and



I take it the settings file has something to do with this but its all changed since the last install and ITs a little confusing for me :(

Can any one help :)
same error here. Seems no one helped you?

[hydn]

my left column blocks are gone.

I try to select placement but none are available as before. Here's what i see: (attached)

[Caerydd]

Please post on the vbdrupal.org forums for support from the developer!

Also make sure you are using defaultangy theme and not defaultvb!

[RDX1]

I can't get a response from anyone at vbdrupal, the site is dead.

I upgraded to the newest version from a pretty old version. This ruined how I had my templates set up. I can't change the templates in the admin control panel any more, all the templates listed are vbdrupal (legacy). After trying to switch to defaultvb theme whenever I try to access a vbdrupal page I get a blank white page.

[Caerydd]

Funny, Elmuerte seems to be replying over there quite a lot. He is the only 'main coder' and like many people over here has other commitments. Posting back in this thread will not get you support any quicker.

Regarding defaultvb (http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showpost.php?p=4143&postcount=3)

How to submit bugreports (http://vbdrupal.org/forum/announcement.php?f=7)


You are recommended to switch to the defaultangy template, as defaultvb is no longer supported. As I said, he does log in regularly, although it takes a few days sometimes. Submitting the full information will get you help quicker.

I know it sucks to have the drupal part of your site not working, but this is a fantastic piece of code, and only a few people are coding for it. Some patience is needed.

[RDX1]

Now the main problem is I can't run update.php since I'm not shown as Admin, and I can't log in due to not being admin when the site needs an upgrade.

Also, mod rewrite is overloading the server. :(

[Caerydd]

you can't login via the vb admin panel? that should leave you with the correct login to do this. Otherwise, please request help at the forums!

EDIT: Actually don't, I think they're testing out the new version (vbdrupal 5.1.x) and something went wrong >>

[RDX1]

No, .htaccess for mod reqrite only (everything else) is commented out is overloading my server. See here: http://drupal.org/node/119286

[dodjer42]

I installed this, though I get some pretty screwy theme results. I don't use a standard vBulletin theme. When I am in the drupal admin sections, the text is white on a light gray background, making it very difficult to use. How does the vbDrupal integrate with the themes selected?

You can see a screenshot of the problem here:

http://www.touch-buddy.com/images/vbdrupal.jpg

[Byron]

If I run my Drupal sites via a Multi Sites setup, how to have individual vbulletin for each of the site (all with it's own license)?

[bill3]

This question is answered in the vbDrupal forums (http://vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?t=865).

[kether1]

I have vbdrupal and have been trying to get it to work for over a week now. I found it through another site and downloaded and installed version 4.7. I want to find a WYSIWYG formatter to replace text area fields, but the htmlarea and the tinymce neither seem to work for me. The htmlarea will let me format text, but will not allow me to put images into my posts. The tinymce will not show up. Anyone here using either of these successfully? If so, could you link to your drupal page and let me see it in action. Everywhere on the vbdrupal site it says htmlarea works, but I cannot find it fully working anywhere. Thanks.

K

[Chicago_VLNU_4s]

nice.. installed

[Chicago_VLNU_4s]

I made a custom block in "Before content" and added my adsense code but it doesn't show up. Any reason why?