vbNetwork - share forums with other boards

[zethon]

vbNetwork

Summary
This add-on gives you the ability to share forums with other message boards without having to share any database information. The plugin runs through webservices and uses XML.

Release Notes
Currently the installation is easy but if you want to set up and run your own network it will help if you're familiar with XML. Joining an already existing network is fairly simple.

This plugin is developed using vBulletin 3.8.X and being tested on 3.6.X and 3.8.X. If it works on both of those, I will assume it works on 3.7.X.

If you would like my help writing versions for phpBB, IPB or other message board software, please feel free to contact me.

If you are interested you can join my existing network, but please note that it is mostly a trolling-based community of boards. Feel free to start your own network with other boards.

Product Specifications

several plugins
one cron job
file uploads
new DB tables
several phrases


Installation
Approx 2-5 mins

See the included installation instructions.

Upgrading/Updating

upload all files in the upload directory, overwriting any existing files
re-import the XML file, setting "Overwrite" to "Yes"


Configuration
See the included documentation for details.

Support

If you encounter problems or discover any bugs, please create a new issue at: http://code.google.com/p/vbnetwork/issues/list

Change History

0.9.0 (2009-02-20) - initial Beta release
0.9.2 (2009-05-03) - added (some) logging, fixed bug for 3.8.2
0.9.3 (2009-05-03) - added 'Delete' to Network Management, other minor changes
0.9.4 (2009-05-08) - added new board and forum management functionality, and some new minor features
0.9.5 (2009-05-09) - adds new option to sync network users via email, and added ability to change the network name
1.0.0 (2010-06-02) - Version 1.0 for vBulletin 3.8.X


Sample
This is one shared forum on three different boards (the content of this forum may be NSFW).
http://www.anothermessageboard.com/forumdisplay.php?f=29
http://www.juot.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=50
http://www.drunkensquirrel.net/com/forumdisplay.php?f=28


PLEASE CLICK INSTALL!

[Lynne]

This is pretty cool! I can't think of a use for it on my site right now, but I do like the idea.

[Brandon Sheley]

I agree it sounds pretty cool, wouldn't you worry about duplicate content?

[Loki12]

Sounds like a great idea, but how about security risks of incoming packets? Could be exploited by hackers and those who want to flood your site.

[R1lover]

I'm not sure how you are merging username etc.... as they show up different on each site.

very interested in this, but I don't see how it's working properly with different boards and different users etc... can each site post to the shared section without having to register?

[trickfly]

Sounds good, I installed it on my site here: www.symbiangalaxy.org

Anyone wanna join my network ?

[zethon]

I agree it sounds pretty cool, wouldn't you worry about duplicate content?

That's Google's problem. :p

Sounds like a great idea, but how about security risks of incoming packets? Could be exploited by hackers and those who want to flood your site.

Each network has a password which has to be verified before any packets are processed.

I'm not sure how you are merging username etc.... as they show up different on each site.

very interested in this, but I don't see how it's working properly with different boards and different users etc... can each site post to the shared section without having to register?

Posts from other boards show up on your board as Guest posts would. The username is constructed from the user's name on the other board and the board's "node code". Hence, if someone on another board the username "Fred" and that board's node code is XYZ, then posts from that user will show up on your board as a Guest with name "Fred@XYZ"

[al-jadeed.ca]

thanks for the greate add-on wish the best and the best in developing this add-on and i will show you what i got after installing it :)
wish you visit my website for arabic people only
http://www.sa5tta.net/vb/

[al-jadeed.ca]

i installed the add-on but how to add a network and make it work i need your answer

[zethon]

i installed the add-on but how to add a network and make it work i need your answer

You should probably find a network you want to join before installing this plugin. Or have another board ready to join a network you want to start.

[al-jadeed.ca]

You should probably find a network you want to join before installing this plugin. Or have another board ready to join a network you want to start.
i already have a ready board with 11000 in but i dont know how to connect them toghether with this add-on

[tafreeh]

nice... can i have a list of currently supported boards.

[Mum]

Would be very keen to use this is there was a vB to phpBB share forums link :)

[OcR Envy]

Would be very keen to use this is there was a vB to phpBB share forums link :)


Read my mind. If this was an option I would say this was the greatest plugin ever ;)

[tafreeh]

actually i wanted to hear IPB tooo :) das y i asked for the list...

[Acers]

A very cool addon. Don't have a use for it right now, but will surely have in future :)

[zethon]

Would be very keen to use this is there was a vB to phpBB share forums link :)

All the webservices are XML based, so someone familiar with XML and phpBB should be able to write a phpBB plugin pretty easily.

[OcR Envy]

All the webservices are XML based, so someone familiar with XML and phpBB should be able to write a phpBB plugin pretty easily.


Yea that doesn't help those phpBB admins who are more clueless than vBulletin admins ;)

[zethon]

I wonder how good phpBB's plugin system is. I may take up the task myself when I have some time over the summer.

Some time this week I'll put together a page for people to 'register' their networks and compile a list of supported messageboard software. Though, this list will be just 'vBulletin' for the time being.

[ZomgStuff]

This is an awesome mod! I'm bookmarking this now and seeing how this mod goes along in the dev process. This would only help certain forums, as opposed to hurting them.


I'm wondering if anybody would like to join my network? I run http://zomgstuff.net

It's a closely-knit community that focuses on media, politics, gaming, and technology. We've got 10k members and almost 180k posts. If you run a forum with some related theme, PM me if you're interested.


Edit:
Does this include members online from the other boards on your board?
Can you also select what forum categories you want to share from either board?
Also, how does moderation work? If a mod on one site deletes something or moves it, is it moved/deleted from the other boards?

[swissknife]

Hi! Your mod sounds great! But i got a question:

This plugin is developed using vBulletin 3.8.2 and has been used with 3.6.X and 3.7.X, though I will not support backwards compatibility anymore.

Does it mean, that a combination linke vb 3.7.2 and vn 3.8.2 wont work?

[Crrrazzzy]

how do you remove a network?

[Lynne]

I've got a question.... what about forum permissions? If site A has this shared forum set to be 'private' (only members of a special usergroup may see/post in it), then will this mod work since the posts from the other sites are set to be written as 'guests' and Site A doesn't allow regular guests to post in this forum? (I hope that made sense.)

[Mit3b]

wow i like this plugin !!

[Crrrazzzy]

can we get a better example of setting this up in the network management?

board a = slave where posts will go
board b = master where posts originate

i asked earlier on how to remove a network since i am doing alot of trial and error to get this to work to no avail :(

[waza]

I can't use it right now, but it's a very intresting mod.

[KURTZ]

really interesting mod ... :)

[zethon]

Does it mean, that a combination linke vb 3.7.2 and vn 3.8.2 wont work?

It should work just fine.

[zethon]

how do you remove a network?

I'll release an update in a few days that will allow you to do this in the 'Network Manager".

Right now you'll have to remove the network in your database under the 'network' table..

can we get a better example of setting this up in the network management?

board a = slave where posts will go
board b = master where posts originate

i asked earlier on how to remove a network since i am doing alot of trial and error to get this to work to no avail :(
I'll update the docs too with some better explanations of how to setup your own network.

[zethon]

I've got a question.... what about forum permissions? If site A has this shared forum set to be 'private' (only members of a special usergroup may see/post in it), then will this mod work since the posts from the other sites are set to be written as 'guests' and Site A doesn't allow regular guests to post in this forum? (I hope that made sense.)

Forum permissions do not carry across the network. So yes, you could have a network forum be private on one messageboard and have that same network forum be public on another.

I can't recall which permission it is off hand that allows Guest to post, but if I remember correctly as long as they're allowed to in the Usergroup (not necessarily in any forums) then the plugin should work.

[chick]

Geez this sounds like a very interesting hack. I am following it. Thanks for dreaming this up.

[Undertaker #59]

What a fantastic idea.

I haven't seen anything like this since the old dial-up BBS days and networks like FIDOnet. I am very excited for the potential of this thing when it gets a little more finished and friendly.

[ZomgStuff]

What a fantastic idea.

I haven't seen anything like this since the old dial-up BBS days and networks like FIDOnet. I am very excited for the potential of this thing when it gets a little more finished and friendly.

I was thinking the same thing.

This is a guaranteed MOTF winner once it comes out of beta.

[zethon]

I added functionality to delete a network in the 'Network Manager'. I also added some explanations to the fields when adding a new network to your board.

[kholusoft]

this plugin is having a great future
i am sure of it

[Mum]

What a fantastic idea.

I haven't seen anything like this since the old dial-up BBS days and networks like FIDOnet. I am very excited for the potential of this thing when it gets a little more finished and friendly.Exactly what i was thinking! I can't wait!

[Llandy]

Looking forward to using this mod once its more stable :)

[zethon]

I've added functionality that makes the configuration and management of networks much much easier. No longer do admins have to edit XML to add/remove boards/forums from their networks.

[KW802]

Posts from other boards show up on your board as Guest posts would. The username is constructed from the user's name on the other board and the board's "node code". Hence, if someone on another board the username "Fred" and that board's node code is XYZ, then posts from that user will show up on your board as a Guest with name "Fred@XYZ"Any chance of it checking by the user's associated email to marry the accounts up from Board A to Board B instead of always being as a guest?

[zethon]

Any chance of it checking by the user's associated email to marry the accounts up from Board A to Board B instead of always being as a guest?

I've gone ahead and implemented this as an option. This will be out in the next release.

[RvG2]

Very Intersting Mod :)

I wish to see it stable so I use it soon. ;)

[zethon]

Very Intersting Mod :)

I wish to see it stable so I use it soon. ;)

Once I have added all the phrases I will release this as 1.0. That should happen in the next week or so.

[zethon]

Any chance of it checking by the user's associated email to marry the accounts up from Board A to Board B instead of always being as a guest?

I've added this functionality an I've also added code that will allow you to change the name of an existing network.

Tomorrow when I have time in the afternoon, I will go through and add the missing phrases.

I will then add a few forums on my board to coordinate bvBulletin network, giving useful information like "what kind of network" they, admin information and contact info, etc.

What are the rules about setting up another version of he software on a subdomain. That's allowed right?

[quarum]

What is the possibility of adding Blogs to it as well?

For example someone used vBulleting Blog and that Blog is posted as a Blog on the network sites that use vBulleting Blog?

[nutnut]

Great idea! Any idea why this table didn't get created when I installed? I also noticed that when I try uninstalling the product and reinstalling the previous data doesn't get deleted.

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.0:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT * FROM forumnetwork_sub
LEFT JOIN network_node
ON (network_sub.node_code = network_node.node_code)
AND (network_sub.networkid = network_node.networkid)
WHERE (network_sub.networkid = 3) AND (subid = 75)
ORDER BY network_sub.node_code;

MySQL Error : Table 'x_forum.network_node' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Sunday, May 10th 2009 @ 11:38:55 PM
Error Date : Sunday, May 10th 2009 @ 11:38:55 PM
Script : http://x.com/forum/admincp/networkforum.php
Referrer : http://x.com/forum/admincp/index.php?do=nav
IP Address :
Username :
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.67-community-log

[rule0]

That's Google's problem. :p


i'm concerned about the dupe content too. If google bans or lowers site's rank/value cos of this, then it quickly becomes publisher's problem :)
i am sick of modifying sites so search engines may like em, but considering google ads is good income, i dont want to risk it.

[zethon]

i'm concerned about the dupe content too. If google bans or lowers site's rank/value cos of this, then it quickly becomes publisher's problem :)
i am sick of modifying sites so search engines may like em, but considering google ads is good income, i dont want to risk it.

If you're so concerned about duplicate content, you can always hide your network forums from Guests. This would prevent Google from crawling the forum and registering duplicate content.

[ZomgStuff]

I've added this functionality an I've also added code that will allow you to change the name of an existing network.

Tomorrow when I have time in the afternoon, I will go through and add the missing phrases.

I will then add a few forums on my board to coordinate bvBulletin network, giving useful information like "what kind of network" they, admin information and contact info, etc.

What are the rules about setting up another version of he software on a subdomain. That's allowed right?

Not under a single license, you must have 2 licenses if you want to run vbulletin on 2 diff subs, or 2 installs in general. I know this for a fact because I specifically asked the vb support a while back.

[BlueNinjaGo]

*tagged*

Extremely interested.

Does it cause much server strain?

[zethon]

*tagged*

Extremely interested.

Does it cause much server strain?

Doesn't seem to on my network. I have my cron set up to run as a Unix cron, so the users on my board don't see any delay. I know of a couple of boards that use vBulletin's built in Scheduled Tasks and it doesn't seem to be a problem with them either.

Of couse, the largest network this has been tested on is 5 messageboards all with moderate activity at best.

[Undertaker #59]

Do the nodes send and receive their packets to everyone else in the network or do they send their packets up to a hub, which then redistributes them to the other nodes?

[MmS1]

can u make it just for attachments
server one only for forums
server two only for attachments

[zethon]

Do the nodes send and receive their packets to everyone else in the network or do they send their packets up to a hub, which then redistributes them to the other nodes?

All the nodes send and receive packets to and from all the other nodes on the network. There is no "central hub" that distributes packets.

can u make it just for attachments
server one only for forums
server two only for attachments

I don't know what this means.

[ComputerModding]

I got a few simple questions before I have a go with this great little mod.

Lets say that I have two websites in my network and I start a thread on website 1 and after a few days I edit my post on website 1, will the edit also port across to website 2?

On website 1 I have banned a member from the site but they sign up to website 2 and make a post in the networks forum will this post appear on site 1?

A thread is started by a member on site 1 and the administrator on site 2 decides to delete that thread from his website; 1. How will this effect site ones thread and 2. will further posts to the thread on site one be put back onto site 2's forums?

Cheers

[zethon]

Lets say that I have two websites in my network and I start a thread on website 1 and after a few days I edit my post on website 1, will the edit also port across to website 2?

Negative. Edits do not propagate to network.

On website 1 I have banned a member from the site but they sign up to website 2 and make a post in the networks forum will this post appear on site 1?

There is an option to ban usernames on certain networks in the configuration.

This brings up a good point. If the user signs up with the same email or username on website 2 and is banned on website 1, the post should be blocked. Or perhaps submitted for approval. I'll add this to my todo list.

For now, you can use the settings in vBulletin options.

A thread is started by a member on site 1 and the administrator on site 2 decides to delete that thread from his website; 1. How will this effect site ones thread and 2. will further posts to the thread on site one be put back onto site 2's forums?

This is another configuration option. You can have it so that one of two things happen:

1) the posts from the deleted thread get tossed

2) the posts from the deleted (ie. unknown) thead will go into a new thread created automatically with the title of "Unknown Network Thread ID: XYZ"

[rule0]

If you're so concerned about duplicate content, you can always hide your network forums from Guests. This would prevent Google from crawling the forum and registering duplicate content.

hmm, ok. but installation document says:
"The usergroup "Unregistered / Not Logged" must be given permission to view network forums."

is this only required in installation phase?

[zethon]

hmm, ok. but installation document says:
"The usergroup "Unregistered / Not Logged" must be given permission to view network forums."

is this only required in installation phase?

Negative.

AdminCP -> Usergroup Manager -> Unregistered / Not Logged In -> "Can view Forum"

This option must be set to "Yes" for the plugin to work.

Forum permissions override this setting. So you can still block "Unregistered / Not Logged In" users from a specific forum. But the option above must be "Yes" in order for the plugin to work.

[BlueNinjaGo]

Would this mod interfere in any way?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=178720&highlight=limit*+guest

[zethon]

Would this mod interfere in any way?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=178720&highlight=limit*+guest

Probably not. As long as the option mentioned above is set appropiately, the vbNetwork plugin should work just fine.

[abrecher]

I have a network of related forums and I was looking for a solution that would accomplish MANY of the items this mod accomplishes. Fantastic work and I really hope to see this product updated and not end up in the grave yard!

[abrecher]

Any chance of it checking by the user's associated email to marry the accounts up from Board A to Board B instead of always being as a guest?

Is this option supported yet ?

Any idea when this mod is coming out of Beta ?

[staticrebelle]

Awesome mod!! I was looking for something like this!


I'm running into a database error when trying to run the scheduled task - any ideas what could be causing this?


vbNetwork Delivery
Network: Bandaids
Destination Node: evanb
Node service URL: http://evan.bandaiders.com/forums/network/service.php
Package file: (./network/packets/outgoing/bandaids.evanb.xml)
Package size: 540 bytes
Response:
<br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in <strong>[path]/network/service.php</strong> on line <strong>111</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: A link to the server could not be established in <strong>[path]/network/service.php</strong> on line <strong>111</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>43</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: A link to the server could not be established in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>43</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>44</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: A link to the server could not be established in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>44</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>45</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: A link to the server could not be established in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>45</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:3242) in <strong>[path]/network/service.php</strong> on line <strong>26</strong><br /><response> <action>accept_package</action> <result type="error">invalid $networkinfo for nework (bandaids)</result> </response>
Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in [path]/includes/class_networklog.php on line 43

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: A link to the server could not be established in [path]/includes/class_networklog.php on line 43

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in [path]/includes/class_networklog.php on line 44

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: A link to the server could not be established in [path]/includes/class_networklog.php on line 44

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in [path]/includes/class_networklog.php on line 45

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: A link to the server could not be established in [path]/includes/class_networklog.php on line 45

Done

[staticrebelle]

Just as an addendum, I have a seperate server for mysql - could that possibly be causing the problem?

I.e. my forums are hosted on one server and the database is hosted on another (they are connected by a hard wire though).

If so, is there any way to add support for forums that use separate servers for mysql?

Cheers,

Sharifa

[zethon]

Is this option supported yet ?

Any idea when this mod is coming out of Beta ?

That option is not yet supported. I'll add that option and there are a lot of random phrases I need to add as well. Once that's done, I'll bring the plugin out of Beta. But it's pretty stable as it is.

Just as an addendum, I have a seperate server for mysql - could that possibly be causing the problem?

I.e. my forums are hosted on one server and the database is hosted on another (they are connected by a hard wire though).


If so, is there any way to add support for forums that use separate servers for mysql?


Cheers,

Sharifa

I'm not sure -why- that would be causing a problem, as I use the same database calling methods that vBulletin uses. But from the looks of the error you posted, that seems to be the problem.

Edit: if you go into your AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> vbNetwork Options and set "Network Error Log Level" to "0" (which I think it is by default), this may fix your problem.

[staticrebelle]

Thanks! Mine was set to 3 so I changed it to 0 :)


Now the only difference is that the mysql errors don't show up. This is what comes up:


<br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in <strong>[path]/network/service.php</strong> on line <strong>111</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: A link to the server could not be established in <strong>[path]/network/service.php</strong> on line <strong>111</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>43</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: A link to the server could not be established in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>43</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>44</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: A link to the server could not be established in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>44</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>45</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: A link to the server could not be established in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>45</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:3242) in <strong>[path]/network/service.php</strong> on line <strong>26</strong><br /><response>
<action>accept_package</action>
<result type="error">invalid $networkinfo for nework (bandaids)</result>
</response>



Any ideas?

[abrecher]

It would be really nice if this plugin were able to retrieve older posts and not just posts starting from the day it was installed.

[zethon]

It would be really nice if this plugin were able to retrieve older posts and not just posts starting from the day it was installed.

I will add this to my TODO list, but I doubt it'll make it in the initial non-Beta release.

[zethon]

Thanks! Mine was set to 3 so I changed it to 0 :)


Now the only difference is that the mysql errors don't show up. This is what comes up:


<br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in <strong>[path]/network/service.php</strong> on line <strong>111</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: A link to the server could not be established in <strong>[path]/network/service.php</strong> on line <strong>111</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>43</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: A link to the server could not be established in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>43</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>44</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: A link to the server could not be established in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>44</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>45</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: mysql_real_escape_string() [<a href='function.mysql-real-escape-string'>function.mysql-real-escape-string</a>]: A link to the server could not be established in <strong>[path]/includes/class_networklog.php</strong> on line <strong>45</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:3242) in <strong>[path]/network/service.php</strong> on line <strong>26</strong><br /><response>
<action>accept_package</action>
<result type="error">invalid $networkinfo for nework (bandaids)</result>
</response>



Any ideas?

I see the problem but I'm not too sure how to fix it. I'll look into it some more and get back to you. Hopefully before I take this out of Beta.

[staticrebelle]

Awesome! Thanks for looking into this - super stoked to implement it once it can work for me!

[|Jordan|]

Does this mod kill big boards?

[Outbackmark]

How big is big? I have it working on one board with over 8.5 K members and 75 K posts and it is fine, works like a bomb, thanks Zethon very good stuff!!!

[OcR Envy]

No one took this up for porting to work with phpBB and SMF? :(

[BlueNinjaGo]

So, any plans on changing this out of BETA stage?

[|Jordan|]

Wow this mod is complicated to set up.

Some detailed documentation on how to do this would be great.

Doesn't make sense to release something so complicated with vague instructions. How do we beta test if we can't get it working?

It reminds me of those vague Ikea instructions on how to assemble a table. By the time you're done, you've assembled a shelf instead.

[xcesivvs]

This is a fantastiv Mod for me.

I sponsor a lot of forums and i have to post and repost the same message on all the forums, if i get them all to do it i can save heaps of time

I would love to see this pass Beta

[Outbackmark]

Just one little funny to report, when I turn on the "Check Network Emails" function, it posts a copy of incoming posts in a totally unrelated and non networked forum. I turned off the email check function and all is good again.

@Jordan I will try and put together some easy to follow instructions, having just set 3 boards up on a new network I think I have it beat.

[kwblue]

Just one little funny to report, when I turn on the "Check Network Emails" function, it posts a copy of incoming posts in a totally unrelated and non networked forum. I turned off the email check function and all is good again.

@Jordan I will try and put together some easy to follow instructions, having just set 3 boards up on a new network I think I have it beat.

I would appreciate those instructions too :) I tried like hell to get this working on just 2 forums and could not get it to work at all. I swear I am not that dumb!

[Outbackmark]

LOL KW, I have PMed the author asking his permission to repost the altered instructions, but no reply as yet.
If he has not replied in another day I will just post them.

[Bill from Cleve]

Sounds good, I installed it on my site here: www.symbiangalaxy.org

Anyone wanna join my network ?

This looks like a fun hack. I'm going to install it and share a thread with ya. PM me with a thread you want to share.

[Bill from Cleve]

Great idea! Any idea why this table didn't get created when I installed? I also noticed that when I try uninstalling the product and reinstalling the previous data doesn't get deleted.

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.0:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT * FROM forumnetwork_sub
LEFT JOIN network_node
ON (network_sub.node_code = network_node.node_code)
AND (network_sub.networkid = network_node.networkid)
WHERE (network_sub.networkid = 3) AND (subid = 75)
ORDER BY network_sub.node_code;

MySQL Error : Table 'x_forum.network_node' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Sunday, May 10th 2009 @ 11:38:55 PM
Error Date : Sunday, May 10th 2009 @ 11:38:55 PM
Script : http://x.com/forum/admincp/networkforum.php
Referrer : http://x.com/forum/admincp/index.php?do=nav
IP Address :
Username :
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.67-community-log

I'm getting the same error. My guest views are turned on and a reinstall / fresh upload didn't help. Any Ideas what we are doing wrong? I'm using Mysql 5.1.30

[kwblue]

LOL KW, I have PMed the author asking his permission to repost the altered instructions, but no reply as yet.
If he has not replied in another day I will just post them.

Maybe it's time to post them :) I really want to use this hack! I just can't figure the darn thing out. Does it take an engineer to figure this out? I hope not.... because I am one and can't get it working :D

[deadlySniper]

This is awesome! Thanks!

[Outbackmark]

Hi KW I will [post them in the next few days, the author has agreed, I just need to run through them prior to posting.

[kwblue]

Hi KW I will [post them in the next few days, the author has agreed, I just need to run through them prior to posting.

Awesome!!! Maybe I'll finally get this thing working ;)

[Johnny Kruger]

Hi KW I will [post them in the next few days, the author has agreed, I just need to run through them prior to posting.

I would love to have these, running in to many problems in installing this. Your dumbed down installation guide would be fantastic. If you cannot post it yet here, mind PMing it to me?

[Forgott3n]

I see the problem but I'm not too sure how to fix it. I'll look into it some more and get back to you. Hopefully before I take this out of Beta.

I did some looking into with this. It appears it may be a bug with vBulletin, as this is the second product I've found with the same error type.

It correctly establishes a connection with our external mysql server, but still attempts to connect to a non-existent local one. The includes/config.php file only defines one master external MySQL server.

So a warning is spitted out due to the local connection issue, but successfully connects to the external one. But since this warning is tossed out into the script, the script ceases to work.

So. How does one report such a bug to vBulletin?

[Merjawy]

Is this the rebirth of FidoNet? :) I can see alot can be done with this mod...

maybe there should be a compiled list of nets/nodes and an application to join etc. yeah, just bring back FidoNet.. I love them days

great work mate, Thanks

[RedeemedWarrior]

any news on redone instructions?

[MarsNIIT]

I'm getting the same error. My guest views are turned on and a reinstall / fresh upload didn't help. Any Ideas what we are doing wrong? I'm using Mysql 5.1.30

Change networkforum.php:

from:
$forumsnodes = $db->query("
SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "network_sub
LEFT JOIN network_node
ON (network_sub.node_code = network_node.node_code)
AND (network_sub.networkid = network_node.networkid)
WHERE (network_sub.networkid = ".$network['networkid'].") AND (subid = ".$forum['subid'].")
ORDER BY network_sub.node_code
");


change to:

$forumsnodes = $db->query("
SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "network_sub
LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "network_node
ON (" . TABLE_PREFIX . "network_sub.node_code = " . TABLE_PREFIX . "network_node.node_code)
AND (" . TABLE_PREFIX . "network_sub.networkid = " . TABLE_PREFIX . "network_node.networkid)
WHERE (" . TABLE_PREFIX . "network_sub.networkid = ".$network['networkid'].") AND (subid = ".$forum['subid'].")
ORDER BY " . TABLE_PREFIX . "network_sub.node_code
");

[ahmer]

thanks nice mod

[RedeemedWarrior]

got this working on test site :D

though it seems to not work well with databases with prefix

[josh2007]

Looking for a friendly Christian board to link each other by this mod. if interested email josh2007@findingjesustoday.com

[ComputerModding]

In version 0.9.5 it says the ability to sync network users via email was added, can anybody tell me how to run this feature as it is not in the Network Management section in the admin control panel.

[Forgott3n]

Finally got the MySQL issue sorted out.

Now we have a standard issue with the scheduled task. This is the output:

<b>Network:</b> bandaids<br/><b>Destination Node:</b> evant<br/><b>Node service URL:</b> http://evan.bandaiders.com/forums/network/service.php<br/><b>Package file:</b> (./network/packets/outgoing/bandaids.evant.xml)<br/><b>Package size:</b> 3183 bytes<br/><b>Response:</b><br/><textarea cols=80 rows=15><response>
<action>accept_package</action>
<result type="error">invalid $networkinfo for nework (bandaids)</result>
</response>
</textarea></center><hr/>

Below is a screencast going over all of our settings and layout (so you can see we've set everything up correctly!). Note we did set the forums to the "bandaids" network in their options and their ids both to 999.

http://screencast.com/t/5npDXWgj03w

[lostgirl815]

Posting to follow the progress - I really want to use this, but I'm going to need the dumbed-down version of the instructions.

(And, I guess I'll need to figure out what the hell CHmod is.)

[ComputerModding]

After some playing about we got all the settings right and have tested this mod and so far so good.

If you run snooker, pool or billiards related site and want to join our network then please let me know, drop me a email via the contact us form on TheSnookerForum.com

Good mod hope to see this mod supported via other forum software soon.

[staticrebelle]

Finally got the MySQL issue sorted out.

Now we have a standard issue with the scheduled task. This is the output:

<b>Network:</b> bandaids<br/><b>Destination Node:</b> evant<br/><b>Node service URL:</b> http://evan.bandaiders.com/forums/network/service.php<br/><b>Package file:</b> (./network/packets/outgoing/bandaids.evant.xml)<br/><b>Package size:</b> 3183 bytes<br/><b>Response:</b><br/><textarea cols=80 rows=15><response>
<action>accept_package</action>
<result type="error">invalid $networkinfo for nework (bandaids)</result>
</response>
</textarea></center><hr/>

Below is a screencast going over all of our settings and layout (so you can see we've set everything up correctly!). Note we did set the forums to the "bandaids" network in their options and their ids both to 999.

http://screencast.com/t/5npDXWgj03w




As a follow-up to what my partner wrote, we don't have a huge budget but we would be willing to pay someone for their time if they can help us get this set up and working for us!

Is anyone willing/able?


Cheers,

Sharifa

[staticrebelle]

Is anyone at all interested in setting this up for me? I am willing to pay if you can get it to work.

Sharifa

[RedeemedWarrior]

have you setup the cronjob? the updates you was clicking in early part of video wasn't to send posts :)

look under scheduled tasks VBNetwork delivery

[Notorious Jay]

In version 0.9.5 it says the ability to sync network users via email was added, can anybody tell me how to run this feature as it is not in the Network Management section in the admin control panel.

vBulletin Options -> vbNetwork Options

[ComputerModding]

First network is working fine second network is not, we are getting this error when running the cron job;
<response>
<action>accept_package</action>
<result type="error">invalid $networkinfo for nework (bandsnet)</result>
</response>

I have checked all of the settings on both forums and can not see what it is doing this, any suggestions?

[leeman]

Zethon, this mod looks marvelous.

So I can network with you if I want to ...?
Is there perhaps anyone else interested in networking?
I have a kinda small site with no general "agenda", so lots of small talk and sports ....
http://www.insanetrain.com

Mostly American members.

[Delita]

Tagged.

[|Jordan|]

How does this modification fair with word censoring and images? Do posts that are displayed from another site on your network become censored? What happens if a user on another site abuses by posting disgusting images. Can you ban that 1 person's posts from being visible?

[djlotus]

After creating a new network via adminCP, the message "could not find phrase vbn_created_network_successfully" appears, but it seems to create the network. Any ideas?

[cobaku]

i have edited my external.php to show all of a new post
and a link to my forum at the end

basically this may be just like vbnetwork

example is here
http://www.forumuz.biz/external.php?type=rss2

i just had to edit one line to add my link to the description.

[Amenadiel]

I can't get it to work. My main board does generate the xml, but when I try to send it to the affiliate one I get:

<response>
<action>accept_package</action>
<result type="error">3</result>
</response>

[ComputerModding]

If you are getting error three then you need to look at the actual board settings for instance, if your make a post on your main forum and have 10 images in the post (including smilies) but the node board is only setup to have 3 images in a post (including smilies) then you will get this error.

That is only one example there can be many configuration factors that can cause error 3

[Amenadiel]

Considering that the post made by vbnetwork is a guest post, do you think it's necessary to give permisions to unregistered users to post?

Edit to the former: it changes nothing. By the way, I succeded in posting from a satellite board to the main one, but I still need for the main one to distribute its post to the satellite(s) which still displays error 3.

Edit Again:

Checking at the server's log, I see this message:

[08/Oct/2009:13:20:40 -0400] "POST /network/service.php HTTP/1.0" 200 89 "-" "-"

See? The post message is there, but it's empty.

[|Jordan|]

I have ZointsSEO installed on both my forums. Will this prevent this mod from working properly?

My main forum creates the xml properly, but my other forum doesnt receive it (even though i have it configured to), what am i doing wrong?

[Dunhamzzz]

I'm now about to open my 5th vbulletin board, all on very similiar topics, how scalable is this mod? my largest forum is about 34k members and has about 50 different forums, of about 15 I'd like to share with at least 2 other sites.

[Mum]

Any update on getting it to work with phpbb?

[yaku]

Does this go into the root directory?

2. Create the following directories with the following permissions

./network/packets/incoming - chmod 777
./network/packets/outgoing - chmod 777

I'm having problems with it. Every time I try to import the product (Step 3), the import locks up and my diskspace gets filled up, knocking my site off. At least I think this is what's causing the problems.

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.3:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM quote ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 1;

MySQL Error : Got error 122 from storage engine
Error Number : 1030

Anyone else having this same difficulty?

[bposner]

Hi all
I want to set this up as our own network with similar interests. Those of you that have set up their own network, any gotchas? Also, what about this required libcurl package, what exactly is that doing?
Thanks

[thedvs]

anyone give me a real heads up on how to make this work?

[ComputerModding]

What are you having problems with exactly?

[Outbackmark]

My apologies for having been absent for so long, I did hear from the author and have revamped the instructions to what I hope will be a little easier to follow, I will post and attach them -

vbNetwork Version 0.9.5
Requirements/Notes
________________________________________
This plugin is being developed on 3.8.X of vBulletin and has been tested on 3.6.X and 3.7.X
PHP's libcurl package needs to be installed on your server.
The usergroup "Unregistered / Not Logged" must be given permission to view network forums and in Usergroup Manager to post and reply, you can disable guest posting in the forum permissions but must be enabled in the usergroup settings.
It is recommended that your User Registration Options allow usernames up to 25 characters in length.
Installation
________________________________________
1. Upload all files in the UPLOAD directory, preserving the directory structure.
2. Create the following directories with the following permissions

./network/packets/incoming - chmod 777
./network/packets/outgoing - chmod 777
3. Go to your AdminCP and install the product's XML file (product-network.xml or product-network-3.5.X.xml if you're using vBulletin 3.5)
Instructions for Those Running a Network or acting as the central site
Steps for Creating a Network
1. Go into your Control Panel and under Network Management select "Add New Network"
2. Fill out the information accordingly. Make sure that the "Network Admin" and "SelfID" match.
3. Under "Network Manager" select the newly created network (click on network name).
4. Under "Add a New Messageboard" enter in the information for your messageboard/site (The primary Board/site).
The "Node Code" should match what you entered under "Add New Network" under Self ID
Click Save.
Steps for Creating a Network Forum (Share Forum)
1. Under "Network Forum Manger" select "Add Network Forum".
2. Enter in a unique numeric Network Forum ID (This can be anything I just use three digits say 199).
3. Your board will automatically be subscribed to forums set as network forums with this number, see next step.
4. Use the Forum Manager to assign this network forum to a forum on your board, open the forum (edit) and scroll to the bottom, you will see a dropdown with 2 choices – Local or Networked. Select networked then enter the Network Forum ID below such as 199 as is the case above.
You can do this for more than one forum and the satellite boards will use the same setting in the forum they wish to share.
Steps for Adding a Mesasgeboard/Site to Your Network
1. Go into your Control Panel and under Network Manager select the desired network, as per set up in step 1, click on the name to open/edit.
2. Under "Add a New Messageboard" enter the information (as per below) for the new messageboard and click "Save Board".
Node Code – for this I usually use an abbreviation of the board/site that is going to be joining, normally 3 letters.(eg abc)
Board URL is the URL of the other board/site.
Service URL is the location of service.php EG http://www.anothermessageboard.com/network/service.php or http://www.anothermessageboard.com/forum/network/service.php
depending on the site setup.
3. Use the "Network Forum Manager" to add the new board to the desired network forums.
Open Network Forum Manager, click “Add Board to Forum” under the corresponding Forum ID (eg The 199 we assigned earlier)
Enter the node code you assigned earlier for the new site/board (eg abc)
4. Once again select the desired network in the Network Manager.
5. Under "XML Update" copy the XML from "Network Nodes" and "Network Forums" and send it to the admin of the new site/messageboard. The admin will use this XML to update the network info on their board.
6. Using the Network Manager again, under "Network Updates" select the boards on your network to send an update. Every board on your network will need an update with the new messageboard's info, so you should probably select every board.
7. Click "Send Updates".
Instructions for Those Joining a Network
Steps for Joining a Network
1. Go into your Control Panel and under Network Management select "Add New Network"
2. The network admin should have supplied you with the information on this screen.
Network Name – set by central site
Network Admin – set by central site
Self ID – set by central site that would be the abc example above.
Network password – set by central site
Click Save
3. Get back to "Network Manager" under "Network Management" and open/edit the network you just added.
4. The network admin should have supplied you with XML for "Network Nodes" and "Network Forums". Paste the XML into the appropiate field and click "Save".
Your board is now configured to receive packets from the network, but you will have to assign a forum to receive and send posts see next step.
Steps for Adding/assigning a Network Forum
1. Notify your network admin that you wish to subscribe to a certain network forum, he will give you the Network Forum ID (The 199 example above) and add you to the share forum as well.
2. Once your network admin has confirmed that you have been subscribed to the network forum, use the "Forum Manager" to assign a local forum to the network forum (this can be any forum on your site, some people set up a specific forum for this purpose). These options are near the bottom of the forum configuration under "Network Options".
Select Networked Forum from the drop down and enter the Network Forum ID (eg 199) below, then save it.
Posts from both sites will now appear in that forum.
Final Notes
When adding boards, removing board, adding network forums, removing network forums, adding messageboards to and removing messageboards from network forums, all the boards on your network will need to be updated with this new information.
Open the Network Manager, open/edit the affected network.
Check the boxes in the list of subscribed sites to select those that will receive updates.
Click “Send Updates”
Go to 'Scheduled Task Manager' and set your network delivery to run (you may have to enable it) as often as you need it to. (find the network and open/edit, if everything is set to * it will send/receive every minute)
To run a test, make a post in the shared forum, then go to 'Scheduled Task Manager' and click “Run Now” under the edit button.

Cron Configuration
________________________________________
Your board will periodically send out updates (mostly new posts/threads). This is done through a cron, either a vBulletin "Scheduled Task" or a standard Unix cron.
In 'Scheduled Task Manager' the installer will create a task that is by default disabled.
You must enable to the scheduled task and set it to run as often as you like.
Alternatively, you can run a system cron. The cron must be run from the directory of the deliver.php script and passed the 'console' parameter. An example is below:

cd /directory/of/your/forum/network; php -f deliver.php console
Contributors
________________________________________
1. ChairmanTroll at www.theranter.com
2. Hambil at www.theranter.com
Thank you!
Other
________________________________________
Currently support for this plugin is minimal. I can be contacted at zethon@gmail.com.
I hope to one day add network voting support and pm support.
This plugin was originally developed in Summer 2006 and has undergone a lot of revision and bug fixing since. Please send me any bugs you find in the network software and I will do my best. Feel free to contribute code as well.
If you are interested in joining your board to our existing network, send me an email and we'll be happy to have you. But please realize that the content of our network is based on trolling and may not be suitable for some message boards.
If you need some help starting up your own network, let me know and I'll do my best to help out.

[championcycle]

anything on working with 4.0?

[James T Brock]

Is this mod dead? Had so much potential.

[ZomgStuff]

Is this mod dead? Had so much potential.

Agreed.

[zethon]

Not dead. Just stagnant. I've put this project up on Google Code to help manage bugs and feature requests. If you encounter a bug please enter an issues in the Google Code Issue tracker: http://code.google.com/p/vbnetwork/

I have a messageboard interested in networking with my board which will help in the development of the plugin. I hope to make updates to it soon and take it out of beta and have vb 4.0 support.

[BirdOPrey5]

How does this modification fair with word censoring and images? Do posts that are displayed from another site on your network become censored? What happens if a user on another site abuses by posting disgusting images. Can you ban that 1 person's posts from being visible?

If you use a word censor the posts on your forum will get censored and posts sent to other forums will also be censored... Uncensored forums will see uncensored words in their own posts but still see the **** in posts from censored forums- basically the way it should work.

You can ban users from another site in the network options.

[marocnl]

When i run the task i get this msg: unable to create incoming packet file

When i do a local test in the dir network i succeed in creating a file with fopen.

Any idea?

Network: NET
Destination Node: otb
Node service URL: http://forums.otherboard.net/network/service.php
Package file: (./network/packets/outgoing/thb.otb.xml)
Package size: 422063 bytes
Response:

<br /><strong>Warning</strong>: fopen(./network/packets/incoming/thb.OTB.1277668410.xml) [<a href='function.fopen'>function.fopen</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <strong>[path]/network/service.php</strong> on line <strong>152</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:3283) in <strong>[path]/network/service.php</strong> on line <strong>26</strong><br /><response>
<action>accept_package</action>
<result type="error">unable to create incoming packet file</result>
</response>

[zethon]

When i run the task i get this msg: unable to create incoming packet file

When i do a local test in the dir network i succeed in creating a file with fopen.

Any idea?

Network: NET
Destination Node: otb
Node service URL: http://forums.otherboard.net/network/service.php
Package file: (./network/packets/outgoing/thb.otb.xml)
Package size: 422063 bytes
Response:

<br /><strong>Warning</strong>: fopen(./network/packets/incoming/thb.OTB.1277668410.xml) [<a href='function.fopen'>function.fopen</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <strong>[path]/network/service.php</strong> on line <strong>152</strong><br /><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:3283) in <strong>[path]/network/service.php</strong> on line <strong>26</strong><br /><response>
<action>accept_package</action>
<result type="error">unable to create incoming packet file</result>
</response>

Sounds like the plugin cannot write to the packets directories. Make sure that /network/packets/outgoing and /network/packets/incoming both have write access. Do chmod 777 on both, as instructed in the docs.

[marocnl]

Hi, i read on the 4.0 version of this plugin that you found a way to show avartars with the usernames.

Is this fix also availbale for the 3.8 version?

[epsol]

you should be able to get the avatars working by going to Plugins & Products -> Plugin Manager and enable the the "vbNetwork: Add network avs and stuff if it's a network user and forum." I am not sure why it is disabled by default

[djvj]

I run a 3.8.x forum and I have a friend who runs a 4.0.x forum. I am moving my database on his server. We want to share one section of the forum across both sites. Is this possible?

If it is, I'm guessing he would have to install the 4.x version of this mod and I install this one?

[Jerlene]

I'm having trouble viewing newly added forums on the actual site. I can add them and view them in the ACP with no problems but I can't see them on the actual index page.

[Artes_Marciales]

Nice Mod, Thanks!!

[Alfa1]

Can i use this mod to show share certain forums between a vb4 and a vb3.8 board?

[BirdOPrey5]

Can i use this mod to show share certain forums between a vb4 and a vb3.8 board?

I know of the 3 forums in the example (mine is 1) one of them is a 4.0.x forum.

[Alfa1]

Awesome. Now if only I could show the same members online on both forums.

Does this addon affect performance?

[BirdOPrey5]

I run it as a cron job and have noticed no hit to performance. The data it's reading and sending is no more then displaying a thread every few minutes anyway so I can't see it ever being an issue.

[djvj]

Installed this mod, and when I click on Network Forum Manager, I get this:
(I removed my ip and username)


Database error in vBulletin 3.8.5:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT DISTINCT subid FROM vb3_network_sub
WHERE (network_sub.networkid = 1)
ORDER BY subid;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'network_sub.networkid' in 'where clause'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Saturday, September 11th 2010 @ 09:59:07 PM
Error Date : Saturday, September 11th 2010 @ 09:59:07 PM
Script : http://www.divinusguild.org/forums/admincp/networkforum.php
Referrer : http://www.divinusguild.org/forums/admincp/index.php?do=nav
IP Address : X.X.X.X
Username : XXXX
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.91-log



Is this because I use a table prefix? I saw this post (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2065043&postcount=10) on the 4.0 version

[djvj]

NM, if you use a table prefix, make the diff changes you find here, it will fix it:

http://code.google.com/p/vbnetwork/source/diff?spec=svn7&r=7&format=side&path=/trunk/admincp/networkforum.php

[mavherzog]

I've been wanting this FOREVER. What I'd like to see is this available for multiple forum software packages. phpbb would be a great one to start with. I envision something like that become some sort of standard and eventually working its way into core forum software functionality.

This sort of thing was common place with the old BBS's (ala FIDOnet, WWIVnet, etc).

[Alfa1]

moving threads into network forums sends posts into random threads on remote boards

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. move thread in non-network forum to a network forum
2. post in the thread
3. execute cron job

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

If there is no network thread id for the thread, the remote board should
either reject the post or create the thread. Currently, the post seems to
be assigned to a random thread?
Has this been resolved?

[I.M.O.G.]

I'm receiving a lot of XML parser errors (error code 3 when running the scheduled task) when using this mod.

For example, a post with regular quotes is fine:

I'm Matt, AKA "I.M.O.G."

But a post with these quotes is not:

I’m Matt, AKA “I.M.O.G.”

I'm running a network with 8 nodes, so I'm working at improving the parsing code to be a bit more liberal. I've also noticed you have to be careful about the settings on each board - depending on the image settings and such, you may receive errors if one board in the network has more liberal settings configured than another.

[BirdOPrey5]

yeah, you need to make the max images and max number of characters per post equal on all the boards to prevent the risk of some messages not being accepted and throwing off the whole system. Learned that the hard way.

[OldSchoolDSL]

Working on adding IPB support :)

[I.M.O.G.]

For anyone using this plugin, you may want to make the following changes to improve the way vbnetwork handles special characters:

Line 320 of "/forums/network/function_network.php" should read:
$xmlstr = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>'."\n";

The line just below that should change "=" to ".=".

With that small change, you will eliminate a lot of "error code 3"/XML parsing errors, where the XML feeds are corrupted due to the use of special characters in posts.

[mavherzog]

I have installed and created a new network. For those wanting to join and network with geekhack.org, please drop me an email at: me [at] imav [dot] org

[hpidriver]

This is something I have been curious about, tagged... thanks.

[mavherzog]

I have installed and created a new network. For those wanting to join and network with geekhack.org, please drop me an email at: me [at] imav [dot] org
No takers??

[OldSchoolDSL]

I've given up on this one.

Tried to upgrade it for vBulletin 4, but failed

[Dr.CustUmz]

i know this is quite old, but I dont see why it isnt working... I am using vb 3.8.11 and PHP 5.6.4 when I try to add new network, upon clicking save the page goes blank and nothing is added in the database.

I have tried going through the files and replacing =& with just a = but still no luck. anyone got his working?