That works, but now if i go to my forums homepage it doesn't show anything (vBAdvanced). When i disable the product it shows everything again.

That's odd.

Anyway, I'll be purchasing my own vbulletin license and launching vjoomla.com this weekend to both demo this addon and give more comprehensive support than can be done in a single thread. (I can post code here since I'm listed as technical advisor for 4 different licensed vb sites - but they aren't mine own ).

Just to let you know that this will be a very good package, keep up the good work. Can't believe no one did that before. Thanks Michael for the time invest in this project :)

BTW, any plan to make it compatible with the Joomla CB ?

I have rechristened this project "Joomla for vBulletin" which is more descriptive and added the logo, however the shorter "vJoomla" nickname will continue to be used. This product has moved beyond being a mere bridge and though it is largely compatible with Joomla it needs to be regarded, for the most part as it's own branch.

The goal however is as Joomla 1.5 allows for more powerful manipulation of the core functionality without hacking the code (and therefore the diversion) from standard Joomla can be reduced. The goal of this project will remain staying as close to Joomla as possible without compromising vBulletin code at all and only compromising Joomla code when absolutely necessary.

Over the weekend I will be launching the vJoomla website. In addition to providing support for vJoomla I will be providing some crossover help for coders interested in coding modules and components for Joomla in general and vJoomla in particular. This includes a detailed mapping out of exactly what I did to Joomla's standard code and why.

This project will be managed and licensed subject to the same terms of it's parent - the Gnu Public License.

This is really good news.

It seems that bbPixel has dissapeared.

Their page is down now, which is entirely dissapointing considering we've just paid the $20 for the product about a month ago...

I'm very interested in this, even more so now...

If I had the ability to install a test board for our page (I'm not the admin with the say-so powers) I'd help test this...perhaps I can work on getting that done...

Tonight's project goals --

1. Get the vJoomla site up and running. I'll continue to watch this site, but the forum will provide a working example of the module. For now the site will be my online dev example.
2. If I have enough time after that I'll be releasing version .1.3. It will include the login module among other fixes.

would the joomla user database and the vbulletin user database be cross used as you logg into the site you can use it and the mods and admin will have extra privileges in the joombla article / news post

Sort of. vJoomla doesn't use the Joomla table for authentication at all - it authenticates off the vbulletin object. This means only one list of users with one set of log ins are all that are needed for both sides of a site.

Now I'm still cleaning things up, but for those of you that have been holding out for a demo of this product, here we go ;)

http://www.joomla.com

Version 0.1.3 is out. The debug code has been removed (it was generating more mail than I can hope to sort through - luckily I linked it to a throwaway email account). Those worried about security though can rest easier. A minor bug in the product_jos.xml has also been removed.

Re: bbpixel.

Michael has clearly stated that bbpixel and vJoomla are different solutions with different goals. Some vB users might want to use bbpixel.

vJoomla.com looks good. So very cool to see the native Joomla! install with vB templates.

:)