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

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 2.5.
• If your WP login name is the same as your VB username, this user will NOT be ported! If this was the case, you could lose your WP admin rights if there was an error, or if you deactivated the plugin.
• DOES work for Vbulletin 3.7.

Limitations:

• 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.
• If you delete a user, you must do so in both Wordpress and Vbulletin.
• If you are using XMLRPC to post with applications such as Windows Live Writer, you must change the password of the author in the WORDPRESS admin cp, after the user is ported over from VB. If you are not integrating users, then you do not have to.
• 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 the admin username in Vbulletin is the same as the one in Wordpress (i.e. Admin), that user will NOT be able to login to the WP dashboard.
• 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.
• When you create a test user in VB to test mapping users, the test user MUST have an email address. If a VB users email address is blank, they will not map.

UPDATES:

01/03/2007 - Fixed the unlock_tables() issue on some setups.

01/03/2007 - Fixed a bug in the script that if you used a MySQL database prefix, integration would not work. Please see this post for more information! Special thanks to axisoverdrive for giving me access to his server and letting me troubleshoot the issue!

01/05/2007 - Fixed issue where if a user saved (not published) and published later, the post would not be added to the forum.

01/05/2007 - When a post is edited, it will also be edited in the forum.

01/08/2007 - Modified slightly so when posts are edited, so are the titles (if edited).

02/07/2007 - Major modifications to new version (now 2.05). The list follows:

• Reworked the code so it uses the $vbulletin object throughout the code especially during the bridging process.
• Users are bridged whether they checked the "Remember Me" box or not.
• Removed a couple of SQL calls that became redundant.
• Addressed a bug where if a user logged out of the dashboard, it only logged them out of VB.
• Added Inline Comments capability. Comments posted to the forum (using VB for comments) will now appear at the bottom of a WP Post when viewing the post.
• Author user names can now be linked to their VB profile page if desired.
• Added option to turn off posting to forum. All this really does is remove the "Select Forum To Post To" option when writing a post. (There you go AxisOverdrive )
• The $vbulletin object should now be available in all templates and most plugins.
• Fixed a bug where deactivating any plugin would semi deactivate this plugin.
• With the reduction in SQL calls, and the removal of now unnecessary variables, speed and memory use should be improved.
• PLEASE READ THE UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS IF UPGRADING!

07/17/2007

• Fixed problem where upload iframe was a bit mangled.
• Fixed problem where users had to refresh the dashboard once after logging in.
• Fixed problem that arose from Wordpress 2.2.1 upgrade that would not allow activation.
• Fixed logout issue where users would still be logged into Wordpress.
• When a Wordpress post is deleted, so is the thread it created.
• Added option to allow thread posted from Wordpress article to be truncated, with a linkback to the article.
• Fixed issue when user re-activates plugin, and vb_threadid column already exists. Now checks for column first.
• Removed a stray VB_Init() call.
• Forums that do not allow threads will not be selectable in the drop down menu when writing a post.
• Forums are listed out in a parent/child nested pattern.
• (Note: 367 downloads of version 2.05)

11/29/07 - 3.00

• Added TABLE_PREFIX throughout the script instead of the get_option('vbb_VBPRX') call. get_option('vbb_VBPRX') is now deprecated.
• Addressed path issues by establishing $vwd first. If for some reason there are path issues on an install, the path only needs to be manually changed once, at the beginning of the script.
• Removed call to admin_db.php which seems to no longer be necessary.
• Changed all queries to the VB database to be handled by the $vbulletin object. This should facilitate multiple database configurations.
• Added limited XMLRPC support.
• Had to include a basic copy of the functions_wysiwyg.php file (functions_wysiwyg2.php) with a minor change in the sanitize_url function (now sanitize_vburl) as it conflicts with a new WP function of the same name. Otherwise, this is identical to the VB release. This was necessary to keep formatting somewhat uniform between the two.
• Removed unnecessary globals.
• Changed the global.php call so it always loads. $vbulletin should be available throughout the code (via global in functions).
• Edited some code around wysiwyg functions of VB, and conversions to vbcode.
• Added "Turn Plugin On" option.
• Fixed an issue with the forum list on the "Write Post" page. Default forum was not being auto selected in some cases.
• Modified from BETA so that the new functions_wysiwyg2.php file is loaded using the WP ABSPATH constant. Requires the plugin to stay in the plugins directory.
• Fix an error message when a post was deleted in VB, then edited in WP.

12/10/07 - 3.01

• Fixed two <? tags that should have been <?php (pointed out by Amenadiel)

03/31/08 - 3.02

• Fixed media-upload clash for new version of Wordpress (2.5).
• Added fix that will now delete threads in VB when the post is deleted in WP and not using Ajax delete.
• Added code to insert a default email address if VB users email address is blank upon bridging.

04/20/08

• Fixed a bug in user roles for the new version 2.5.1 of Wordpress.

05/08/2008

• Fixed issue where CSS was munging scrolling text box when selecting a forum during a post
• Fixed an issue where content encoding was getting screwey between WP and VP creating a lot of unintended characters (only on PHP installs where utf8_decode() exists (most)).

05/08/2008

• Fixed issue where post count of a user did not change

Sites Using This Plug-In:

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

(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.

[pspcrazy]

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2. yes
3.yes

[marcus_brutus]

Hi,

I have downloaded the plugin and I have it working on my localserver. But I have a question. When the post is posted onto the forum of your choice, how would one then edit the copy and then include a back link, can this process be automated as per the link below?

http://www.jeffsrecipes.com/forum/sh...?p=956#post956

IF so can anyone tell me how this is done or do you have to edit the extract and add the link manually?

[Jafo232]

I understand the desire for this feature, as I am using it on a site. I have not put it into the plugin as of yet. I have been pretty busy with custom mods lately but when I get some free time, I will probably make this a feature.

[zerk]

Hi again. I had this mod installed working great, and then today I went to try to add the comments feature.

I come back to check my login and it seems vbridge is no longer activated, I try to activate and everytime it says "plugin activated" when I click to activate it but it NEVER gets activated. I tried deleting and re-uploading the file with no luck...

For now I've removed the edited files and nothing's change.

Any input?

[zerk]

Okay wow have I've done some edits.

The file *I* downloaded had the file name as vbbridge.php (2 b's). I looked IN the file and everything was called to 'vbridge.php (one b).

I also noticed the prefixes were vbb_ ... so i edited all of them in the file to vb_ and it actually stayed installed this time.

Now, the issue is that language issue you talked about with funny characters. I checked my forum and it shows the lang. as default: ISO-8859-1 . So, I tried setting wordpress to that and it seems to work but none of the posts in the forum that were made from the wpadmin are correct.

[voter]

Originally Posted by Lord Katsuhito

I am running wordpress 2.1 and vb 3.6.5. The posting on the forums works fine but if I log out of the board I loose my access to the WP admin CP.

for those having the admin CP Login issue

• Goto your phpMyAdmin. and lookin in your vB databse for wp_options and click the browse button.
• go through your options till you see vbb_VBION. check the box beside it and click Edit.
• when you get to the edit screen look for option_value and set to "0" This will cut off the intergration to the wordpress and make it where you can login as admin again.
• Once you get logged back in deactivate the plugin and remove teh file from your admin CP till its eather fixed or another one is made. this will keep the admins you give future access to via the user setting no access to enable the hack and mess up the site.

Im not saying this is a bad hack but this issue of not being able to login needs to be addressed. I have noticed the coder hasn't found this issue yet and I guess those that report it aren't installing the mod right. its not hard to set up a plugin and set up paths.
please fix this thanks

+1 Jafo I will storngly recommend you change the titel and remove word COMPLETE.

This is very bugy and UNcomplete integration of wordpress.

[Jafo232]

Originally Posted by voter

+1 Jafo I will storngly recommend you change the titel and remove word COMPLETE.

This is very bugy and UNcomplete integration of wordpress.

I am sorry you are having trouble with the plugin, but the text you quoted is not speaking about a bug. Of course when you logout of Vbulletin you lose access to the admin. You are logged out. When you log back in, you get access. This is stated in the documentation, I am sorry that my only "bug" was not making it clear enough for you.

[Jafo232]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have upgraded to a new version (2.06). I have tested it on three environments. Before you upgrade, PLEASE backup your current copy of vbbridge.php.

Upgrading is easy, just replace the vbbridge.php file with the new one. Here are some of the fixes and new features:

07/17/2007

• Fixed problem where upload iframe was a bit mangled.
• Fixed problem where users had to refresh the dashboard once after logging in.
• Fixed problem that arose from Wordpress 2.2.1 upgrade that would not allow activation.
• Fixed logout issue where users would still be logged into Wordpress.
• When a Wordpress post is deleted, so is the thread it created.
• Added option to allow thread posted from Wordpress article to be truncated, with a linkback to the article.
• Fixed issue when user re-activates plugin, and vb_threadid column already exists. Now checks for column first.
• Removed a stray VB_Init() call.
• Forums that do not allow threads will not be selectable in the drop down menu when writing a post.
• Forums are listed out in a parent/child nested pattern.
• (Note: 367 downloads of version 2.05)

I will be sending out an update notice to all that marked the plugin as installed.

[voter]

Originally Posted by Jafo232

I am sorry you are having trouble with the plugin, but the text you quoted is not speaking about a bug. Of course when you logout of Vbulletin you lose access to the admin. You are logged out. When you log back in, you get access. This is stated in the documentation, I am sorry that my only "bug" was not making it clear enough for you.

The text I quoted and many other speak about trouble with login logout as via wordpress itself, that I also have had - No way to access wp-admin panel.

[marcus_brutus]

Ok, we've spent some time trying to integrate this hack with Wordpress. I have the very latest version of vbulletin v3.6.7.

Here is a brief summary of the issues which we have encountered:

• It did not update VB in all instances when you made a change to the original entry.
  
• It was unsuccessful in getting any registered user, other than admin, login so that they could submit entries on Wordpress.
  
• Having installed the Vbulletin commenting system it did not work.

Admin was able to post to selected vbulletin forums though....

I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has resolved the above issues and specifically could you tell us how you managed to do just that...