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.

[Demo16]

OK now it works tnx but I got one problem.

For example if I have a post which has a vb author and I click on the authors name the page can't find all the post of this author, only says:

Nothing Found
There are currently no posts in this section, please check back again later.

the problem is that my permalink use also the author name so category/post/author for this reason I got all blank pages.

Any clue why? mapping problem?

[pujabrang]

does it support 3.8.4???

[CriStaS]

Hello, thank you for your plugin!

Found a bug (at least for me)...

VB with restricted access (all forums are closed, authorised access only) + public WP:

Logged user have no problems.
Unauthorised user can see only "white screen" on WP page.

Short research and I found solution (hack) inside vb/global.php :

We have (~ 1000 line):

PHP Code:

...
if (!($vbulletin->userinfo['permissions']['forumpermissions'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']))
{
        $allowed_scripts = array(
                'register',
                'login',
                'image',
                'sendmessage',
                'subscription',
                'ajax'
        );
        if (!in_array(THIS_SCRIPT, $allowed_scripts))
        {
                if (defined('DIE_QUIETLY'))
                {
                        exit;
                }
                else
                {
                        print_no_permission();
                }
        }
        else
        {
... 


We need:

PHP Code:

...
if (!($vbulletin->userinfo['permissions']['forumpermissions'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']))
{
        $allowed_scripts = array(
                'register',
                'login',
                'image',
                'sendmessage',
                'subscription',
                'ajax'
        );
        if(THIS_SCRIPT == 'vbridge')
        {
                #vbridge unauth hack...
        }
        elseif (!in_array(THIS_SCRIPT, $allowed_scripts))
        {
                if (defined('DIE_QUIETLY'))
                {
                        exit;
                }
                else
                {
                        print_no_permission();
                }
        }
        else
        {
... 


The hack :

PHP Code:

        if(THIS_SCRIPT == 'vbridge')
        {
                #vbridge unauth hack...
        }
        else 


checks if current caller is vbridge and passes global without auth tests.

I know that it isn't good way, but I don't have much time to fix this in a right way...

P.S. vB v3.8.4, WP 2.9.2, vbridge 4.01.13

By the way. It works on domain (WP) and sub.domain (VB) for me with small hack too...

[caracena]

Originally Posted by Demo16

OK now it works tnx but I got one problem.

For example if I have a post which has a vb author and I click on the authors name the page can't find all the post of this author, only says:


Nothing Found
There are currently no posts in this section, please check back again later.

the problem is that my permalink use also the author name so category/post/author for this reason I got all blank pages.

Any clue why? mapping problem?

Althou in my case everything is working, I have the same problem but that is becouse "Find all posts from this user" searchs for WP posts. You would need to change the code in WP so it points to the user's posts in vB (like when you see at users statistics in vB)

Originally Posted by pujabrang

does it support 3.8.4???

Yes.

Originally Posted by CriStaS

Hello, thank you for your plugin!

Found a bug (at least for me)...

VB with restricted access (all forums are closed, authorised access only) + public WP:

Logged user have no problems.
Unauthorised user can see only "white screen" on WP page.

Short research and I found solution (hack) inside vb/global.php :

We have (~ 1000 line):

PHP Code:

...
if (!($vbulletin->userinfo['permissions']['forumpermissions'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']))
{
        $allowed_scripts = array(
                'register',
                'login',
                'image',
                'sendmessage',
                'subscription',
                'ajax'
        );
        if (!in_array(THIS_SCRIPT, $allowed_scripts))
        {
                if (defined('DIE_QUIETLY'))
                {
                        exit;
                }
                else
                {
                        print_no_permission();
                }
        }
        else
        {
... 


We need:

PHP Code:

...
if (!($vbulletin->userinfo['permissions']['forumpermissions'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']))
{
        $allowed_scripts = array(
                'register',
                'login',
                'image',
                'sendmessage',
                'subscription',
                'ajax'
        );
        if(THIS_SCRIPT == 'vbridge')
        {
                #vbridge unauth hack...
        }
        elseif (!in_array(THIS_SCRIPT, $allowed_scripts))
        {
                if (defined('DIE_QUIETLY'))
                {
                        exit;
                }
                else
                {
                        print_no_permission();
                }
        }
        else
        {
... 


The hack :

PHP Code:

        if(THIS_SCRIPT == 'vbridge')
        {
                #vbridge unauth hack...
        }
        else 


checks if current caller is vbridge and passes global without auth tests.

I know that it isn't good way, but I don't have much time to fix this in a right way...

P.S. vB v3.8.4, WP 2.9.2, vbridge 4.01.13

By the way. It works on domain (WP) and sub.domain (VB) for me with small hack too...

All you need to do (I think) is map the users right from vB to WP. Make the group "Registered Users" from vB as Subscribers in WP but before that, install a plugin in WP that will let you set permissions based on WP user groups. WP doesn't really cares for your vB privacy settings so if you get blank pages, I'm sure you have something wrong with the bridge installation.

[spwolf]

Originally Posted by Stephan Whelan

Thanks for your help previously but we've only just got round to restesting this. Even though we disabled all other plugins we still get the same error:

[Wed Feb 17 20:09:23 2010] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_userdatabylogin() in /home/xxxxx/xxxxx/blogs/wp-content/plugins/functions_vbbridge.php on line 3, referer: http://blogs.xxxxx.com/wp-admin/plug...us=all&paged=1

Any more ideas?

same here, disabled everything and still same error...

[caracena]

Hi all,

After playing with WP and this plugin for like two months or so, I finally opend it to the public... The forum was already running and only changed the skin (first try to make one lol).

If you care to look at it, please send me a comment with your thoughts.

http://www.pescaydevolucion.com (fly fishing site in spanish)

PS: Didn't use vB for comments... just users and avatars customly and proportionally sized . Sorry it's in Spanish :P

[caracena]

Hi all,

WP doesn't have a tracking system by itself so I decided to use a plugin called WassUp. It tracks visitors on your site and offers statistics as a widget. I can confirm that displays vBulletin users navigating the WP site with their usernames and all

Ima so hapy!

[Quantnet]

Originally Posted by caracena

Hi all,

After playing with WP and this plugin for like two months or so, I finally opend it to the public... The forum was already running and only changed the skin (first try to make one lol).

If you care to look at it, please send me a comment with your thoughts.

http://www.pescaydevolucion.com (fly fishing site in spanish)

PS: Didn't use vB for comments... just users and avatars customly and proportionally sized . Sorry it's in Spanish :P

i looked at your site and since it's in Spanish, i can't understand much.

I like to know how you get the avatar to display in WP from the user's VB avatar.

Do you store avatar in database or in file?

[PlayersBay]

I have an urgent problem with my site using wp-vb integration.

Suddenly the integration stopped working, have no clue why.

My site goes blank on wp part if I keep plugin installed, shows again when I put wordpress bridge functions off (but than my users can't access wordpress part).

I would appreciate help ASAP. $25/hour.

[naoneo]

To everyone who wants to access the CURRENT users avatar.
Instead of

PHP Code:

/image.php?u=<?php echo $reply['userid'] ?>

Use

PHP Code:

/image.php?u=<?php echo $userid = get_option('vbb_VBUSERID'); ?>