CMS + vBulletin Integration Question
 

Hello,

I am currently using a custom CMS developed in-house. We are looking into integration vBulletin with our CMS.

I was wondering if the following would be possible. This integration is mostly for using vBulletin as a commenting system for a blog.

1. Show the comments of a single thread on a non-forum page. This is to see the comments on a blog article where each post has it's own thread.
2. Add a "Quick-Reply" form on a non-forum page. This is to leave comments on a blog article.
3. Authenticate users automatically in vBulletin from our CMS. Basically, is there an API that can be used to pass the login information to vB?
4. Create a new thread from our CMS whenever a new blog article is posted. Once again, is there an API for this?

I have been able to do 1 & 2 with SMF and I am fairly certain I can achieve 3 and 4 also, but we would rather use vBulletin for our forum because of the extra features vB offers, such as Reputation and Post Moderation/Approval.

Thanks

1/ Yes, either using the External Data Provider or using SQL.
2/ Yes, I believe there's an tutorial in the Articles section.
3/ Yes, there isn't an API, but it is possible.
4/ Yes, we call it a "Datamanager".

thanksssss