How do I create a login on a different site to link to vbulletin

[off1c3r]

Hi

I am trying to make my site more secure. Its part of a boyscouts type setup and I need the information protected as best as possible (as this involves children/kids). Right now, the most I can do is block everything until you are logged in. However the top banner, and most of the links and sections still show under the top banner. The banner perfectly describes what the group is.

Either I would like to
1. Block everything (or all the nav links/sections) from people that are not logged in so only a user name and pw field is displayed...
or
2. Make a regular index.htm page for my url, that has only a user name and pw field and once entering that information, would load the 'home' content.php page (or any) inside the vbulletin.

Our site comes up on google a lot, and I need to make sure the new site is as hidden as possible to people to protect the users. (photos, videos, stories etc)

Thanks in advance.

[off1c3r]

Is #1 at least possible?

[your24hourstore]

set up like yoursite.com/forum/ or is it right off of root?

[off1c3r]

HI

Right now its mysite.com/forum

I would like to either make
www.somethingtotallyunrelated.com and that site has a simple html page with a login/pw field that once entered brings me to my forum..

OR

mysite.com/forum : everything remains within the same VB framset, just the top banner, and navbar are NOT shown and all you see is the standard VB login page. (Right now my perms are set so no one can register and no one can view any links unless your logged int, but it still shows the links, you just can't use them)


Either scenario Is fine with me for a final outcome. I am guessing I can put some kind of code for (i fogot exact termonology for the php) if member, show banner and nav , instead of just guest.

[your24hourstore]

found that it could be done except, if you remove the navbar there will be no way to navigate to the next page even after you log in.

and so the best bet is to make the forum/ where you want to gofrom root after your independent login.

so first can you make a login from php or html or flash or whatever that would once logged in allow you to be redirected to forum/ from root?

if so you should look at index.php in root, see if this is commentted out

// define(VB_RELATIVE_PATH, 'forum');

or does it look like this

    define(VB_RELATIVE_PATH, 'forum');

is there an index.php in the root firectory ? :>

[off1c3r]

Hey.. Not 100% sure on how to do the login. When you say you won't be able to navigate.. do you mean by removing the nav, it removes it once your loged in as well?

I checked out my index.php, it has

/**
 * If you want to move this file to the root of your website, change this 
 * line to your vBulletin directory and uncomment it (delete the //).
 *
 * For example, if vBulletin is installed in '/forum' the line should 
 * state:
 *
 *	define(VB_RELATIVE_PATH, 'forum');
 *
 * Note: You may need to change the cookie path of your vBulletin 
 * installation to enable your users to log in at the root of your website.
 * If you move this file to the root of your website then you should ensure 
 * the cookie path is set to '/'.
 *
 * See 'Admin Control Panel
 *	->Cookies and HTTP Header Options
 *	  ->Path to Save Cookies
 */

//define(VB_RELATIVE_PATH, 'forums');


// Do not edit.
if (defined('VB_RELATIVE_PATH'))
{
	chdir('./' . VB_RELATIVE_PATH);
}


/**

The rest is just the instructionals

[your24hourstore]

yes if you remove it it will be gone from that page until you put it back:>

so removing it will not help although you may be able to just remove the links that you are worry about below navtabs
not sure what the problem actually is here , so I'm just guessing


so do you run vbadvanced or what what page comes up when you go to the domain name without the forums/

i cant figure out why index.php would be there and its not conditioned to be there :>

[off1c3r]

Originally Posted by harleyparts

yes if you remove it it will be gone from that page until you put it back:>

so removing it will not help although you may be able to just remove the links that you are worry about below navtabs
not sure what the problem actually is here , so I'm just guessing


so do you run vbadvanced or what what page comes up when you go to the domain name without the forums/

i cant figure out why index.php would be there and its not conditioned to be there :>

The nav bar I don;t mind as much.. its more the top banner. Think of it this way, the top banner spells out what the site is about and I didn't want people to see that until they logged in. The site is very private (around 75-120 users) so everyone knows what the url is... I just don't want others finding out about it..

I know remote log ins were covered for vb 3.xx and I did see af ew things for 4.x but nothing solid. Also It seems theres no way to add a if not logged in, don't show banner template code?