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.

[getfitatl]

I don't think they share databases; at least that's what I experienced when I performed my installs:
1. I installed Wordpress first into it's own database.
2. Installed vBulletin into it's own database.
3. Uploaded the integration files and configured them per the instructions.

gl:up:

[karlm]

Originally Posted by getfitatl

I don't think they share databases; at least that's what I experienced when I performed my installs:
1. I installed Wordpress first into it's own database.
2. Installed vBulletin into it's own database.
3. Uploaded the integration files and configured them per the instructions.

gl:up:

Thank you kindly... I shall now, move on & try this out

[AzzX]

Originally Posted by getfitatl

Ok so where do I go from there? It's like going in through the back door but not being able to see through the house. How do I get access to WordPress? All I see is the board which isn't integrated into WordPress yet. From reading through the previous post the script doesn't integrate so as of right now a user doesn't see the pages or the rest of the site. Do I remove the Register option from the front page and have users register through vBulletin? If so how do they access the rest of the site? I wasn't able to log in with my existing WordPress accounts is that because they didn't exist in vBulletin? Is this "common knowledge? If so where's the documentation covering this so that I can read through it?

So as it stands right now I should:

Perform the integration again, or rename the vbbridge file back to what it is.
Once I do this check to make sure that the vBulletin account is logged in to the board.
???

Any responses appreciated.

You log into wordpress using your vbulletin admin users. If you are an admin in vb, login to your forum and simply got to your Wordpress admin area - example: www.yourdomain/wp-admin

Your existing Wordpress users will be disabled whilst the bridge is active.

[vbplusme]

Originally Posted by karlm

A silly question, perhaps, but does WP have to be installed into the same database as vb - or can it use seperates?

Actually, I don't think its a silly question at all. I have using this bridge product for a long time and while I can't find a specific requirement that WP and vB be in the same database, that is how I have always run them. All the "integration" that I have ever worked with in other products had all the integrated products installed in the same database. So, I just naturally install them together, kind of autopilot I guess. HTH.

[robertjandreu]

No you don't I run them with different databases

[vbplusme]

I understand, but like I said, I am on autopilot about doing integrations. I just see it as an unnecessary complication to run them in separate databases though I wholeheartedly agree that you don't need to run them together.

[dieslcruisrhead]

I am very happy with it but I have one issue that is happening with it. It is the photo/database load function in wordpress.

Unfortunately this is crippling for me as I really really like the bridge and otherwise it works excellently/perfectly.

Any thoughts appreciated. I read through but didn't see if or where this was addressed other than other people reporting the same problem. Thanks! Andre

[Jafo232]

Hi all, I have been working on this when I get a spare few minutes during the week. I hope to release an update this weekend to address all the current issues..

[crazlunatic]

Hi. If you're running this plugin on your site, could you please give us a link to show what it looks like?

The demos in the OP's message show a toned down version of the comments. Seems like the ability to thread and reply comments are gone.
Thanks

[maipoman]

Originally Posted by dieslcruisrhead

I am very happy with it but I have one issue that is happening with it. It is the photo/database load function in wordpress.

Unfortunately this is crippling for me as I really really like the bridge and otherwise it works excellently/perfectly.

Any thoughts appreciated. I read through but didn't see if or where this was addressed other than other people reporting the same problem. Thanks! Andre

I have the same problem. When the bridge is active, I can't upload any images to my posts. Also, the "Feature Content Gallery"-plugin doesn't work with Firefox when the bridge is active. I guess it also clashes with the photo load function. I really hope there is a solution coming for this, because I really love the bridge otherwise!