Simple vB User login and access control on non vB pages

Hack Description

This is a cutdown version of the user authentication and access control system I use on the non vB pages on my website.

This uses the vB 3.5 login system to log you in and out. It allows you to move between your forums and other pages on your site while remaining logged in.

It allows you to do things such as restrict pages by usergroup, display different content depending on a user being logged in or not.
For example, you can have banner Adds displying to non members only, and/or let members access to specific content.

Ive cut it down to the bare minimum that it needs to work, no fancy stuff such as avatars, PM's, or even formating.

I will try and offer support, but work and family commitments mean I dont have much free time.

This code is a mix of my own, and pieces I have used from other hacks that are floating around.

This script has been confirmed as working on

• vB 3.5.x - All Versions

Changelog

Version 1.30 (24th April 2007)

• Fixed - // in paths bug
• Fixed - Javascript warning in some browsers
• Fixed - Tidied up some code

Version 1.20 (2nd December 2006)

• Fixed Logout incorrect path bug
• Made change to reduce compatibility problems with foreign scripts

Version 1.10 (4th Feb 2006)

• Changed login_inc.php so you only need to edit path in one place now.
• Added more commenting to login_inc.php
• Added usage instructions to instructions file
• Added troubleshooting guide with all common problems and fixes to instructions file.

Note: It is NOT necessary to update from 1.0 to 1.10.
There is no functionality changes or bug fixes between these 2 releases.

Version 1.0 (17th November 2005)

• Initial Release

Deluxe Version of this hack is now available
Has Avatars, PM's, Number of Posts etc.

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Click on Install
If you have this script installed then please click on the install link because;

• You will get notified if any security issues are reported.
• You will get notified when there are any upgrades to this script
• It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling and motivates me to develop more

Donations
First of all, to be clear. This script is 100% free.

However if you feel an urge to donate I'm not going to say no.
Donations can be made at http://www.billspaintball.com/vb3/bd_donate.php

[Billspaintball]

Originally Posted by Barteken

doesn't seems to work either :S

It does, Ive PM'ed a reply to what you sent.

[opteek]

I don't understand what could be wrong with my paths. I've checked them again and again. If they were wrong, wouldn't the whole thing not work at all? It works fine if the test.php file is in the forum directory, otherwise, no go, even subdirectories of the forum directory don't work.

When it works, I get the vBulletin logo linking to main forum page in the topleft corner of the login box screen. When it doesn't work because it is in another directory, instead of the vBulletin logo, I simply get a text link to my main forum page.

This is running on a fedora system. Is there anything that can be wrong besides the path? I have the https://www.myforum.site/forum in my login_inc.php, which is included in my httpsroot directory. That paths in the test.php file are completely accurate as well. This is killing me. I was just gonna install the software I needed into the forum directory but that would be chaos and there are some overlapping files. :disappointed:

[Virtuosofriend]

Do you think that it will work with another php script,for instance lets say pafiledb?

[Billspaintball]

Originally Posted by Virtuosofriend

Do you think that it will work with another php script,for instance lets say pafiledb?

Short answer is No idea.

You may be able to modify it to work with pafiledb, but since I havent seen how pafiledb authenticates I cant say for sure.

[Virtuosofriend]

You can get it and play around with it from www.phparena.net

[Billspaintball]

Originally Posted by Virtuosofriend

You can get it and play around with it from www.phparena.net

Just had a quick look.
Its something the pafiledb developers would need to do.

[Virtuosofriend]

hmm i thought so.Thanks mate.

[medw1974]

Originally Posted by boske

I am getting the error

Line: 469
Char: 1
Error: Expected '('
Code: 0

And I think I narrowed it down to this line:

	<input name=vb_login_username type=text id=navbar_username onfocus=if (this.value == '$vbphrase[username]') this.value = ''; size=10 />

It has to be this though
onfocus=if (this.value == '$vbphrase[username]') this.value = '';

Does anyone know what that does?

I had exactly the same situation removing the onfocus section gets rid of the javascript error on IE and doesn't seem to affect the operation of the script. Can anyone confirm what that code section actually does?

[UtilityGeek]

Does anyone know if there's a way to check if they forums are currently down/closed and then display some text or whatever if they are. The way it currently works is if they are down then the user is thrown to the vB forum page showing that the forum is down and is unable to access the site. It would be great if it could just say "User information not available." or whatever.

Is this possible? I would still like for the site to be available when the forums themselves are down.

[Billspaintball]

Good idea.
Not sure if its possible but I will look into it.