welcome/login panel on non-vB page

I've seen a lot of requests for this around here, but no solutions.

Latest version is 1.30
Works with V2.2.9 Should work with earlier version of 2.2.x too.


OVERVIEW
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This hack/modification is designed to create a welcome panel on your non-vB homepage, so that users are either welcomed back if they are registered, or invited to login/register if they are not.

There are config options to show avatar and/or PM information and/or who's online (with or without usernames) in your welcome panel.

If you want to see a working example, then go to http://www.thebookforum.com The hack installed there does not show all of its features, but gives a general idea. The templates allow complete control over the look of the login/welcome panel.

There is one PHP file (webwelcome.php) to upload, and ten custom VB templates to create.

The templates can be modified to suit the design of your site. The ones that I have included in the zip file are those that I created for my site.

There are options to include the following additional info
- Avatar for guests or user's own avatar if logged in. If no avatar selected, a default one will be shown. Example guest and default avatars included in this release package.
- PM info to logged in users (will not show if user cannot use PMs or has chosen not to)
- Who's online (number of members of guests). Additional option to choose whether to show usernames.


CREDITS
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This hack also uses some code originally written by several members of vbulletin.org in particular Firefly and MrLister.

Full credit is given in the php file for the relevent bits of code used. I have modified their code slightly to work with this hack.

I have not formally asked their permission due to the open source nature of the hacks at vbulletin.org
If they object I will remove their code from this hack release.


HISTORY
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V1.30 13 September 2002
Hack creation now very simple. No more copy & paste. I've changed a lot of the original vb code so copy & paste would be nearly impossible.
Added option to include PM info and who's online (with or without usernames) in the welcome panel.
Default templates included in the hack release altered to include these new options.
New templates for the additional info to be shown.

V1.20 11 September 2002
Added option to include user's avatar in the welcome panel.
Default templates included in the hack release altered to include these new options.
Default templates altered to be more generic.

V1.10 13 May 2002
Fixes the bug where the "most users online...." on the forum page keeps reseting to zero.
Removes a lot of the unecessary bloat from the script.
Creation of script simplified. Now just cut and paste.
NB template name change in this version - webwelcome_home is now called webwelcome.

V1.00 07 April 2002
Original release.

[TYorke]

Originally posted by Darren Lewis
TYorke
Make sure the call to the vbulletin global.php file is at the very top of your non-vb page not at the top of the webwelcome.php file, as you mention in your earlier post. Make sure there is nothing before that line apart from the <?php opening tag. Make sure no white space before this tag too.

I set this up doing it the way someone else did it earlier. Created a separate 'login.php' with the call to global.php and everything and included THAT file on my non-VB page. I guess this was not a safe practice?

[Darren Lewis]

That's probably why you're getting the header info already sent message. Should disappear if you move the call to the vbulletin global.php file so it's at the top of your non-vb page. You can still include you login.php file, but make sure not to call global.php twice.

[TYorke]

well everytime I include that information at the top, it renders the entire page blank.

[Drowned]

I get this error

Warning: open_basedir restriction in effect. File is in wrong directory in /home/httpd/vhosts/mydomain/httpdocs/index.php on line 178

Warning: open_basedir restriction in effect. File is in wrong directory in /home/httpd/vhosts/mydomain/httpdocs/index.php on line 178

Yet I still get all the correct info dislplayed after the error?!

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Oh yeah... avatars don't show up either I get a red x

[Jawilliams]

Heh - This looks just what I want, but cannot seem to get it to work.

I followed the instructions all the way through, however if you take a look at

http://www.time4parties.co.uk/pages/test.php where I was hoping there would be a login box in the big empty space, there is very little - any ideas?

[Jawilliams]

ok - I had a little play, and am not getting the error:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/virtual/site47/fst/var/www/html/webwelcome.php on line 24

any ideas?

[Jawilliams]

I have tried changing the chdir, and this gives me no help - however I noticed that if I do get it wrong, I get the a different error stating that the global.php cannot be found

I presume that this means its not a problem in chdir then, and something to do with it not connecting to global.php

[Megabyt3]

Hi, i use a PHP Portal on my page ( phpkit ) and i have a index.php and a include.php from the Portal. I need to install this hack in a block on my Portal but i cant get it to work.

...server/page/index.php << is the Portal

...server/board/index.php << is the vB Board

So what i have exactly to do to get it to work on my Portal page in a block? The including in a block is not hard but first i have to know how to get the hack to work and where upload all files.

[Zachery]

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[Megabyt3]

Faranth thx for ur awnsome reply! ;(