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.

[awgrfx_nick]

So here is the next issue I'm having. I'm sure it's a relative path problem but for some reason I just can't figure it out

cannot include /mnt/target03/357127/357132/www.domain.com/web/content/home/wp-admin/global.php. You should check your path! Turning Plugin Off

Obviously it's looking for the vb global.php file in the wrong place, but I entered the same path in this time as I did the last time when I was able to 'see' the forums in the add post page.

I fixed the above issue, but again when I try to post I am taken to a blank page.

[awgrfx_nick]

It turns out that it was a memory issue. For all of those that are having issues with white pages and think you have set it up right, please check your php error logs!

[ghealy44]

OK i was finally able to get it working. I had to switch servers to get it working.

my question now is how to get my wordpress header to show up on top of my vbulletin header.

Basically I am trying to make the forums a page in my wordpress template, or at least have it look like it is.

[ericdesmontagne]

Originally Posted by ericdesmontagne

Hi there... This mod is fine for those who have already a big blog/cms with wordpress... and do not want to copy everything in the integrated CMS of vBulletin ^^

By the way, i have a big problem with the mod... it was fully ok during many days, and suddenly id do not work anymore... It is impossible to log in with the name used in the vb forum ?!?
The rest is OK, for example if i post an article with admin user, it is well shown in the appropriate topic...

Subsidiary questions :
About the accent... In french many accent are not well displayed in the vb forum... when this mod is activated... Do you have any idea ?

Thank you for your help on this mod

Hello, after i remove the plugging, use reset, and reinstall it, i have the same problem...
When i post a message in word press with admin user, it is shown in the vb forum... so it is OK...
But i cannot login wordpress with any vbulletin user account even if plugin is turned on, and enable ?!?
Is there a way to completely remove the mod, and to reinstall is properly ?
Wordpress : http://www.baldursgateworld.fr/dao/
vBulletin : http://www.baldursgateworld.fr/lacouronne/

Thank you for you help

[SABRSox]

BTW, people looking for the fix for the wrong authors problem, the fixes outlined in this post fixed everything for me:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=180

[ghealy44]

can someone tell me how to add my WP header to my V Bulletin header?

[RileyFreeman]

I hope no one kills me for asking this but theres 60 pages here. I simply have one question. The creator of this says it likely wont work if your site is forums.sitename.com

Has anyone tried it and had it work successfully?

[amjadz4]

Originally Posted by ghealy44

OK i was finally able to get it working. I had to switch servers to get it working.

my question now is how to get my wordpress header to show up on top of my vbulletin header.

Basically I am trying to make the forums a page in my wordpress template, or at least have it look like it is.

Its all CSS and templates. Just copy the header code from wordpress and paste it into vbulletin. How hard can that be? But its not simple as it sounds, you need to do a lot of tweaking. However be aware not all templates can be integerated this way. There will be CSS conflicts. I provide this service however for a fee. But you can try yourself. If you dont have luck, feel free to PM/MSN me.

Originally Posted by ericdesmontagne

Hello, after i remove the plugging, use reset, and reinstall it, i have the same problem...
When i post a message in word press with admin user, it is shown in the vb forum... so it is OK...
But i cannot login wordpress with any vbulletin user account even if plugin is turned on, and enable ?!?
Is there a way to completely remove the mod, and to reinstall is properly ?
Wordpress : http://www.baldursgateworld.fr/dao/
vBulletin : http://www.baldursgateworld.fr/lacouronne/

Thank you for you help

Yes there is. Delete all files first then go to phpmyadmin and search for tables starting with vbb_ in the WP database. delete them all. Then re install it! I just posted this few posts up...

[amjadz4]

Originally Posted by RileyFreeman

I hope no one kills me for asking this but theres 60 pages here. I simply have one question. The creator of this says it likely wont work if your site is forums.sitename.com

Has anyone tried it and had it work successfully?

Isn't the subdomain pointing a folder relative to the root?

for example: forum.domain.com => domain.com/forum/

just try pointing it as though it was not on subdomain.

Or use subdomain redirects.

[ghealy44]

Originally Posted by amjadz4

Its all CSS and templates. Just copy the header code from wordpress and paste it into vbulletin. How hard can that be? But its not simple as it sounds, you need to do a lot of tweaking. However be aware not all templates can be integerated this way. There will be CSS conflicts. I provide this service however for a fee. But you can try yourself. If you dont have luck, feel free to PM/MSN me.



Yes there is. Delete all files first then go to phpmyadmin and search for tables starting with vbb_ in the WP database. delete them all. Then re install it! I just posted this few posts up...

OK, i will try it tonight!. By copy the code you mean from within the actual header.php right? I have been trying to just include it.

thanks for the reply man!