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
========
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.

[wintz]

Thanks for your reply, i did change it from

<?php
chdir("forums/");
require('./global.php');
?>

to

<?php
chdir("forum/");
require('./global.php');
?>

as my url to the board is www.case-sensitive.co.uk/forum/

[Darren Lewis]

wintz wrote
Thanks for your reply, i did change it......

Hmm....
Perhaps try changing it to the absolute server path, ie /home/blake/public_html/forum/ Some servers seem to need absolute paths.

[wintz]

ok thanks, so i`ve got this right it would need to be changed to

<?php
chdir("/home/blake/public_html/forum/");
require('./global.php');
?>

or is that wrong

[Darren Lewis]

Yes that's right. Try that and see if it works.

[DynamoSupremo]

Originally posted by Darren Lewis
There must be a problem with your cookie settings (or the browser cache/privacy settings).
In my admin settings the cookie domain is left blank, and the path to save cookies is left as the default /
My forums are at www.thebookforum.com/forums not on a subdomain.

My aren't on a subdomain either, and I've tried it with with the cookie settings left at default. I dunno, I'll piddle with it. Thanks!

[wintz]

Originally posted by Darren Lewis
Yes that's right. Try that and see if it works.

No it didn`t work m8, still getting the same error

[scsa20]

make sure, in the Admin CP area of the main options that you have set the domain to set the cookies to .yourdomain.com

[kineda]

I installed this hack and it works perfect! But is there anyway to let people who login return to the original non-VB page they logged in from instead of going to the forums?

[DynamoSupremo]

This is from the readme for the hack

Login/Logout takes user back to page they logged in or logged out from rather than the vBulletin forums page.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=30642

[kineda]

Awesome.. yup and went back and found that and it works perfect!