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.

[lunitius]

This is my first stab at creating the modification I was asking for in my previous post. Basically I want the "select" box that is visible on the "write" page for wordpress to offer some more usability:

1. I wanted it to be larger (easy enough)
2. I wanted it to show the relationships between my top-level forums (Categories), my second level forums (Forums) and my third level forums (Sub-Forums) so that I could make intelligent decisions about which "forum" i wanted my post to be in.

Here is the modification. It is pretty raw right now but functional. I am working to factor it out to something a little more friendly to anyone by using the various api calls and variables presented from VB. Once I get the next cut done which should include these "upgrades" I will post it as well.

I attached a picture of what this looks like as well so you can get an idea of what I am talking about in case I am not explaining it clearly. See the attachments.

If you have any thoughts on how to do this better or more efficiently please let me know. I am decent coder but struggle with arrays:

This is a context diff of vbbridge.php

[root@abbadon plugins]# diff -b -B -c vbbridge.php.orig vbbridge.php
*** vbbridge.php.orig   Sun May 20 23:15:23 2007
--- vbbridge.php        Mon May 21 22:47:32 2007
***************
*** 421,440 ****
  function VB_Post_Form () {
  if (get_option('vbb_VBPOST')) {
  ?>
! <CENTER> Select Forum To Post To: <BR><select id="forumid" name="forumid" class="inputbox" size="5" >
! 
  <?php
  $wpdb =& $GLOBALS['wpdb'];
- $sql = "SELECT forumid, title FROM " . get_option('vbb_VBPRX') . "forum order by displayorder";
- $results = $wpdb->get_results($sql);
  
  
! foreach ($results as $forum) {
! if ($forum->forumid == get_option('vbb_VBFID')) { $selector = ' selected'; } else { $selector = ''; }
! echo "<option value=$forum->forumid$selector>$forum->title</option>\n";
  }
- 
  ?>
  </select>
  <BR>
  Or
--- 421,491 ----
  function VB_Post_Form () {
  if (get_option('vbb_VBPOST')) {
  ?>
! <!-- BEGIN EDIT BY ISI -->
! <CENTER> Select Forum To Post To: <BR><select id="forumid" name="forumid" class="inputbox" size="20" >
  <?php
  $wpdb =& $GLOBALS['wpdb'];
  
+ // connect to db (i couldn't figure out how to get this to work with the vbulletin api)
+ $conn = mysql_connect("localhost","dden","Oicu812");
+ mysql_select_db("dden_blog", $conn);
+ 
+ // create an array to keep track of what has been printed so we don't do it more than once
+ $printed = array();
+ 
+ // Get all top level (no parent) forums
+ $results = mysql_query("SELECT forumid, title, childlist FROM " . get_option('vbb_VBPRX') . "forum where parentid = '-1'");
+ while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($results, MYSQL_ASSOC))
+ {
+     // Check to see if the forumid has already been printed.
+     // If not print it and add it to the array of printed forumid to prevent duplicates
+     if (!array_search($row['forumid'], $printed))
+     {
+         echo "<option value=$row[forumid]>$row[title]</option>\n";
+         array_push($printed, $row['forumid']);
+     }
+ 
+     // Get the forumid and title of the children of the top level
+     $childlist = explode(",", $row['childlist']);
+     foreach ($childlist as $child1)
+     {
+         if ($child1 != $row['forumid'])
+         {
+             $child1_results = mysql_query("SELECT forumid, title, childlist FROM " . get_option('vbb_VBPRX') . "forum where forumid = '$child1'", $conn);
+             while ($child1_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($child1_results))
+             {
+                  // Check to see if the forumid has already been printed.
+                  // If not print it and add it to the array of printed forumid to prevent duplicates
+                 if (!array_search($child1_row['forumid'], $printed))
+                 {
+                     print "<option value=$child1_row[forumid]>--> $child1_row[title]</option>\n";
+                     array_push($printed, $child1_row['forumid']);
+                 }
+ 
+                // Get the forumid and title of the children of the first level for forum
+                $childlist2 = explode(",", $child1_row['childlist']);
+                foreach ($childlist2 as $child2)
+                {
+                    if ($child2 != $child1_row['forumid'])
+                    {
+                        $child2_results = mysql_query("SELECT forumid, title, childlist FROM " . get_option('vbb_VBPRX') . "forum where forumid = '$child2'", $conn);
+                        while ($child2_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($child2_results))
+                        {
+                            if (!array_search($child2_row['forumid'], $printed))
+                            {
+                                print "<option value=$child2_row[forumid]>&nbsp; &nbsp;----> $child2_row[title]</option>\n";
+                                array_push($printed, $child2_row['forumid']);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+             }
+         }
  
!     }
  }
  ?>
+ <!-- END EDIT BY ISI -->
  </select>
  <BR>
  Or

Suggestions and comments welcome.

-- Isi

[Ramsesx]

Anybody can help me please, I mapped a special usergroup to authors, but they can't post because the error "you don't have enough permissions to acces this site".
In the wp acp the users are marked as authors. As Administrator I can write a post.
Thanks

Ok, I get it, it is necessary to assign the user rights again on /wp-admin/users.php manually.

[dpatel304]

Fatal error: Undefined class name 'vbulletinhook' in /home/dpatel/public_html/forums/includes/class_bbcode.php on line 2347

For some reason, randomly, I am getting this error. It is only showing on my wordpress page, and makes it currently unusable. Forums are working just fine.

I made no changes to the site. The mod was working fine, as were both my blog and forums. It seems to have just occured randomly. I'm thinking it may have something to do with insufficient bandwidth.

[Parm]

Hi all,

I seem to be running into a lot of trouble when installing this plugin. I am new to vBulletin however and this is the first mod that I've tried to install.

I followed the readme exactly and it looked as though everything was working. I made the test post and it worked great. However, soon after that I was unable to access my WP admin page and kept getting a "You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page" message. Deleting the plugin has allowed me back into WP but I can't seem to get it working, each time I reinstall I get the same.

I'm not particularly interested in the mapping of users feature. I just want the option for a thread to be made automatically on the forums when a WP article is posted, the comments link to redirect to it and that's about it. If somebody could talk me through the installation it'd be greatly appreciated. I'm available on MSN if anybody has a moment?

Thanks,
Parm

[Jafo232]

Mapping is required, which is why you cannot login.

[Parm]

Thanks for the update Jafo. When I first installed the plugin, on the mapping options page I chose not to map any of the users and I think that's what is now causing me problems.

How do I go about undoing what I've already done? I've tried removing and reinstalling the plugin but I can no longer get to the options page without being locked out of wordpress.

[cleck673]

A got a couple questions:

a. Is it possible to hard code the blog commenting forum choice into every post without having to select it. When we post using windows live writer, it doesn't create the comment thread.

b. I do not want to use user bridge, just commenting. Any suggestions?

I Installed this one and I made post to see if this one works till here everything Ok.. when I go to: Turn Auto-Integrate On: YES I can't log into the wordpress any more i am redirected at my index page.. I want to tell sth. my forum is on root so www.mysite.com and wordpress www.mysite.com/wordpress

at Forum Relative Path: I don't write anything because i don't know what to writw after all I try to replace the:

chdir($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . get_option('vbb_VBRPATH'));

with:

chdir('/myabsolute path');

but the same thing.. So any idea because need this one

[Jafo232]

Please read the directions. From now on, I am not answering these "I cannot login to wordpress, I am redirected to the forum login". If you read the directions, you would understand why you are being redirected.

Originally Posted by Jafo232

Please read the directions. From now on, I am not answering these "I cannot login to wordpress, I am redirected to the forum login". If you read the directions, you would understand why you are being redirected.

So can you tell me why.. I tried o lot of times..