Vbulletin Application Connector
 

Version 0.2
Bugfix: now it is posible to define active/inactive connectors
ADD: Changing userdata ( email and username )

Version 0.1
init Release

that this hack do?

with this hack you can connect other applications with vbulletin
this hack provide a simple api to create own module, to connect different application with vbulletin, and create common login with it

this addon is the same like com_connector for joomla

example:

you have an CMS or own created application and you want to have common login with vbulletin
so you must creat a class ( = module ) which knows some methods like login/logout
this methods will be called by the connector if the user login into VB
if you want the connector will try to add the user to your application or vbulletin, if the user dont exists
the connect to your application can be created by soap/xmlrpc calls, database connnects, ldap or something else, its your choose

for a little demo i have included a joomla module, which connects to joomla using SOAP calls to get common login with vbulletin ( needs JMSOAP addon for joomla )

demo is on my side: www.c4u.to

if you log in into joomla, you will be automaticaly logged in vbulletin, by com_connector hack for joomla ( which is using VB_SOAP on vbulletin side )
if you login into vbulletin, you will be automaticaly logged in into joomla, by this hack ( using JMSOAP addon on joomla side )

in the next version i will include functions to update/delete users


installation
1. unzip the package, move all files von vb_connector folder to your forumroot
2. install product xml file

the you have new menu in admincp to create connectors
it is posible to use one module more then once

howto create own modules: http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/to...html#msg131894

you can use this tutorial for joomla, difference with joomla is, that you will get all parameters as array, not as object, look at the joomla.class.php file in the package

good thing, a bridge for logins...

i hope to see a lot of guys releasing addons/connectors soon, so we proove this tool is useful to all!

Ηello Leonsio.
Can this work with paFileDB 3?

i dont know what paFileDB is and how it works

but the connector should work with all applications which are using cookie based user authentification

if paFileDB use cookie to authentificate ( login ) user, it should work with this connector

( but you must write own module for paFileDB )

hello i am using xoops. see on my site www.croportal.net

can i make the login for xoops and vbulletin

yes it is posible
you must only make module for it
next week i will release an sql based module for joomla
you can take it as example for xoops ( you must chane sql statements )

looking forward to this :)

Does the SOAP work only with PHP 5?

Jinzora would be a great app to connect vb to. Not sure if I have enough knowledge to create the module to do so. Still has to be worth trying sometime. It looks very interesting.

Anyone interested in connecting this to CRE Loaded (oscommerce with multiple contributions pre installed) ?