Integration with vBulletin - Complete Wordpress/Vbulletin Bridge - Share Users And Postings

Identical to this Mod here, but now for the Vbulletin 3.8 line.

DOES NOT WORK FOR Vbulletin 4.x

This version probably no longer works for Wordpress 3.x. I have started developing this product over and have released the NEW version here:

http://www.lampwrights.com/showthread.php?t=41

This mod bridges your Vbulletin users over to Wordpress. You can also use Vbulletin as your comment engine instead of the spammy one built into Wordpress. You can display the comments inline in your post. You need not use the comment feature, if your only interested in sharing users.

You can map your Vbulletin Usergroups to Wordpress Usergroups and those users will then be recognized as registered Wordpress users.

For example, user "Joe" registers at your forum and logs in. Joe then clicks on your Wordpress page. Joe is instantly added to the Wordpress user base with the permissions you set for his usergroup. In otherwords, if a user comes over belonging to the "Registered User" group, you can select that he is placed in the Wordpress "Subscriber" usergroup.

If you change a users group from vbulletin, it will automatically change in Wordpress.

Requirements:

• DOES NOT and WILL NEVER support Wordpress MU.
• Wordpress and Vbulletin scripts must reside on the same physical server.
• Wordpress and Vbulletin must use the same domain name.
• Stable Wordpress Version greater than or equal to 2.7.
• DOES work for Vbulletin 3.7.
• Does work for vBulletin 3.8.

Limitations:

• Does not work for 4.x. Why? Because VB 4.x does not work for me. If they ever make that product worth a shit, I might support it.
• Please don't ask if it works for any BETA versions of Vbulletin. I do not know and will not convert this to the latest version of VB (whatever it is at the time you are reading this) until the version is released as non-beta.
• Does not work with XMLRPC.
• Chances are, this will not work when VB and Wordpress are located in different sub domains. I.E. forum.yoursite.com - blog.yoursite.com. Cookie issue.
• I did the best I could in determining your forums file path with the script. There may be certain script setups that cannot find the file path properly, in which case you may get errors that the script cannot find or open /config.php. If this is the case, please HARDCODE your ABSOLUTE path to the forum in vbridge.php.
  
  To do this find:
  
  

   ## If you are having path problems, uncomment this next variable and define the path
  ## NO TRAILING SLASH!
  # $vwd = '/some/path/to/your/forum';

  And uncomment the last line, and change the path to your forums path:
  
  

   ## If you are having path problems, uncomment this next variable and define the path
  ## NO TRAILING SLASH!
  $vwd = '/some/path/to/your/forum';

Common Mistakes When Installing:

• Using two different host names causes problems. If your forum URL contains www.yourdomain.com, then your wordpress blog URL MUST contain the www. part of www.yourdomain.com also. This goes for any other host name. Browsers are finnecky when it comes to cookies (as they should be).
• Editors generally EDIT, not write. In Wordpress, editors don't show up in the post author drop down. This has nothing to do with this plugin, that is Wordpress code.
• Make sure you DO NOT create a subdirectory for this plugin in the wp-content/plugins directory. Just upload it directly there..
• If you do not map users before you turn auto-integrate on, the plugin has no idea whether your allowed into the dashboard.
• If you all of a sudden can't login to the dashboard, see the above two common mistakes.
• FOLLOW the directions and make a test post first. Being in a rush and not testing will most likely turn out bad for you.

UPDATES:

Changelog is included in download, here is the most recent changes:

3/09/2009

• Added code to process scheduled posts
• Addressed code where links and images would not show up properly in VB
• Added new table called vb_forumid for scheduled posts
• Reduced redundant calls when dealing with forum excerpts

Sites Using This Plug-In:

• http://www.jeffsrecipes.com
• http://www.xboxcircle.com
• http://www.detailuniversity.com
• http://www.zeropaid.com
• http://www.daggersden.net/
• http://www.talkbronx.com/
• http://www.czeta.it
• http://www.boonvilleforum.com

(PM me if you want to add your site here)

Special Thanks:

axisoverdrive - Debugging Help, Kyraal - Paypal Donation, Kalina - Paypal Donation, Wildcard27 - Paypal Donation, Shri - Paypal Donation, pspcrazy - Paypal Donation, Tomahoochi - Paypal Donation.

If you use this plug-in, and find it useful, please support us by nominating us for Mod Of The Month (MOTM) in the top right corner of this thread, or feel free to donate.

If you do install:

Please Click Install

Brought To You By: Lampwrights.com.

[slinkyman]

Is there still any fix for the flash uploader? I need it to assign a thumbnail to my post, but it won't work... I've read through the entire thread and lots of people have this issue, but none of them posted if it was resolved or not. Any help?

This is significantly important because of the rotating ticker that requires each post to have a thumbnail, but you cannot set a thumbnail with this mod as you get the "Are you sure you want to do this?"

[socceronly]

Originally Posted by neoacro

Yes, I also need to find out if this plugin will work with vb 4.0 too. Thanks alot!

I came here on the suggestion of someone who says they are using it with 4. That is how I found it.

However, it doesn't say anything in the info area.

Anyone confirm this works with 4? Or is recommended at all?

Thanks,
JM

[smoniz]

With the user data base now using the VB userdata base, is there a way to change select users to not use the visual editor?

I'm assuming I'd have to do it in phpAdmin, but not sure what field and value it should be. Any help is appreciated.

[MediaHound]

Anyone using this with tubepress (tubepress.net) and getting those imports to create threads also?

[1up_dave]

Originally Posted by vrinteractive

Will this work with vbulltin 4.0? What happens when WP integrates Multi-user into the standard protocol?

At that point, I would think new code may need to be made for the plug-in, but I'm no developer.

[ImagenSkins]

I have vb 4.0.2 installed on my forum and I tried installing this mod but its sort of not working..
here's whats happening:

I uploaded the plugin files into wp-content folder.
I activated the plugins in wordpress.
I changed the options and didn't enable auto integrate.
I changed the user mapping settings and tested the posts.
The posting worked, so I enabled auto-integration but now it won't let me log into wordpress.
I reinstalled wordpress several times and tried again, and still no luck, help please....

Thanks in Advance.

[jacobomoya]

You get a blank screen or it doesn't recognize your user?

You know you must use VBulletin's user and not Wordpress', right?

[hollosch]

Originally Posted by amjadz4

The bridge works on vBulletin 4 and WordPress 3.0 Beta without any issues. It should also work on later versions as long as the schema doesn't change and nothing else conflicts.

Is it possible to use the bridge with the buddypress plugin (WP 3 + vB4)? Tested by someone?

[THETMZ]

Fresh install on vb 3.8.5 and WP 2.9.2. Post appears on vb forum, but when you turn auto integration on - wp is on blank screen. Who does have this plugin running on 3.8.5?

[amjadz4]

Originally Posted by THETMZ

Fresh install on vb 3.8.5 and WP 2.9.2. Post appears on vb forum, but when you turn auto integration on - wp is on blank screen. Who does have this plugin running on 3.8.5?

Works great on latest version of both WP and vB. Also works on vB 3.8.5. Install it step by step again.