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I also managed to get this plug-in installed and find it works fairly well. These preliminary docs written by user "echo" should help installers understand where and how to install the integration and know how it works.

For the record, I've used IndexU for 4 years and recommend it to my hosting clients. Their new deluxe product makes a very nice monetizable add-on to a vBulletin site AND it comes complete with six customizable skins (templates).

Thanks for the docs, Echo!

Watch this thread or visit www.nicecoder.com for future developments ...

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Vbulletin plugin works fine on vb 3.8.1. and below

The only thing that does not work yet is autologin

/**
*
* INDEXU PLUGIN
* idx2vb
* Version 1
* Copyright(C), Nicecoder, 2008, All Rights Reserved.
*
*/

Table of Contents
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I. Introduction
II. Installation
III. Configuration

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I. Introduction
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(Indexu - Vbulletin intergation) The Idx2vb plugin (Ver 1) enables the indexu deluxe script to use vbulletin's user database,
disabling the indexu userdatabase (So this plugin is ideal for fresh installations).
Indexus Member area for front end users works exactley the same for link editing but using a registered vbulletin username.
The Idx2vb plugin will also automatically redirect the following urls to vbulletin (register.php, send_pwd.php, change_pwd.php, profile.php)

The plugin does not intergate indexu template headers and footers, this would have to done manually

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II. Installation
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1. Unzip or copy the package plugin in your plugin folder.

2. Login as admin, browse all admi menu, then find plugin menu :

Plugin > View all

3. Find idx2vb plugin and click install.

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III. Configuration
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- After you install this plugin and set it active, scroll down to your plugin area at the bottom of the indexu admin backend.

You will then find the Idx2vb plugin configuration settings page which contains two paths to be configured to get indexu to see vbulletin correctly.

First is "vbulletin URL" which basically points indexu to vbulletin's "Absolute path"
Absolute path's include the domain name so and example would be

http://www.yourdomain.com/community/

Also when configuring this path please make sure you put the trailing slash on the end

Second is the "vbulletin Root path" which is your Relative Path to vbulletin installation.
Here is an example:

/home/yoursite/public_html/community/

Also when configuring this path please make sure you put the trailing slash on the end also

Then click submit

Once the plugin is correctly configured you will be logged out and taken back to the indexu login screen.

You can now login to the Indexu backend with your vBulletin "admin" credentials.

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As Echo notes, this integration isn't perfect yet. However, except for the dual login, it does work as described.

So, if you'd like to include a comprehensive links directory AND search engine as part of your vB site PLUS be able to monetize those links, then Indexu Deluxe is definitely worth a close look.