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.

[rcadden]

Is anyone using this plugin and WP-Super Cache at the same time? Any conflicts?

[scry3d]

Don't know if it is just me but after I updated the new wordpress, my wp admin cp got really buggy. I can't expand or collapse any of the categories on the side (like posts, media, links, etc), quick edit doesn't update, screen options don't stay (though I think it was the same before too), can't drag widgets. So basically v2.8, which is mostly new improvements to the wp admin cp, doesn't work at all with this =P Anyone know why this mod messes up cp so much and if there's a way to fix it?

[markavatar]

Originally Posted by rcadden

Is anyone using this plugin and WP-Super Cache at the same time? Any conflicts?

I've had both installed and in use for about 2 weeks (wp 2.7). I haven't noticed any problems.

[presyce]

PLEASE HELP ME!! Before I seriously kill myself!

Will this work if my wp is
/blog
and my forum is
/forum
???

I'm trying to log into wp-admin and it sends me to the forum usercp. How am I supposed to access the wp-admin???

Thanks a lot!

[N-0p3rz]

May need to get a physic evaluation if you're contemplating taking your life over a plugin.

Answer to your first question, yes. So long as they're on the same server & you're directing the plugin to the correct directory, then yes it will work.

Your second question.. It sounds like your plugin is working. If you're getting re-directed that means you're trying to access the User Options on WP. It shouldn't redirect you if you're only trying to get to /wp-admin (At least to my knowledge)

Is your account an admin account? If not, that may be why you're getting redirected.

[amjadz4]

Upgraded and Tested on vB 3.8.3 and WP 2.8 Works perfectly. No bug spotted so far. Its safe to upgrade, however remember to deactivate the plugin before upgrading just as a precaution.

Make sure you have your original wordpress admin login.

[lucalucius]

I have a problem with this plugin
When it's active, I can't use the media-upload function

What is the problem??

Best Regards

[N-0p3rz]

^Having the same problem & would like to know how to resolve this issue as well.

However it's only the quick popup add media when you're posting a new post.

Uploading works fine if you go directly to the Add Media page.

[lucalucius]

Originally Posted by N-0p3rz

^Having the same problem & would like to know how to resolve this issue as well.

However it's only the quick popup add media when you're posting a new post.

Uploading works fine if you go directly to the Add Media page.

Ok, but if I use the Media page, I can't associate the image at the article.

[zeropaid]

Worked fine for me out of the box with the latest of both versions.