Miscellaneous Hacks - CES Cookie Cutter - Share Cookies Across Domains

CES Cookie Cutter
vBulletin 3.6.x, 3.7.x, & 3.8.x supported
Version: 1.2.3

*** NEWS ***
4/13/2009 - create 3.8.x thread

Known Issues:
- none

What It Does:
Shares cookies among domains for seamless vBulletin login/logout functionality across multiple domains.

Basically if you have more than one domain name, or you have private forums scattered among domains, and all vBulletin instances use the same vBulletin database, this hack allows for integrated, synchronized login/logout on all domains at once.

Products to Install: 1
Plugins Included: 3
Files to Upload: 1
Templates to Edit: 0
Files to Edit: 0

Mod Features:
- Adds a field in vBulletin Options to enter multiple forum URLs
- Integrates login/logout functionality at all forum locations
- safety cookie settings available for users who left their cookie domain blank in vBulletin cookie options

Changelog:
Version 1.2.3:
- bug fix: only logouts integrate

* This mod is offered for free here. Please donate if you like this mod *

[RTMdotORG]

so does this mean that http:sitename.com will be the same as http://www.sitename.com with this mod?

[RTMdotORG]

when i login from being logged out, it says cooke cutter complete with a nasty white box and then the redirecting text is not there and it doesnt automatically redirect you, but the logging in and out problem is fixed...

any suggestions?

[RWerksman]

This is now working for me on the 4 different sites that I have.

You have to be sure to put in the exact path of the forum - not just the site name. If your forums, like mine, are in http://www.yoursite.com/forum and http://www.yoursite2.com/forum, you need to enter the following into the box:

www.yoursite.com/forum
www.yoursite2.com/forum

Omitting the /forum part or including the http:// breaks this.


Basically what's going on here is opening hidden windows and posting the form information into them. As long as user names and passwords are the same, your good to go.

[thincom2000]

If you see a nasty white box and no redirect, it means you enabled cookie debug mode. This is a development option that we left in, and it should not be used on live forums. Turn that particular option off.

[RWerksman]

This doesn't seem to be working correctly for me for Admin login or when the forum prompts on login to delete a thread or something. I just get caught in a continual loop.

Works great for regular login, but for now I've had to disable.



(no, I'm not in debug mode, and I'm not seeing any white boxes)

[thincom2000]

We haven't have any problems with this for admin login and inlinemod auth logins. Could you provide a little more information like:

Does this occur in all browsers or just a particular one?
Do all domains share the same file system?
Are the config.php cookie settings the same for all 4 domains?
What about your settings for the "Cookies and HTTP Header Options" group?
-- Does the cookie path exist for all domains?
-- Is your cookie domain blank?

[RWerksman]

Originally Posted by thincom2000

We haven't have any problems with this for admin login and inlinemod auth logins. Could you provide a little more information like:

Does this occur in all browsers or just a particular one?
Do all domains share the same file system?
Are the config.php cookie settings the same for all 4 domains?
What about your settings for the "Cookies and HTTP Header Options" group?
-- Does the cookie path exist for all domains?
-- Is your cookie domain blank?

It occurs in both Firefox Mac & PC, and IE 6 & 7.
Yes.
Yes - it's the same config.php.
Settings for Cookies and HTTP Headers are all default.
-- Yes, it's set to /
-- Yes.

[ach-ja]

Sorry for my bad English!

I use the vBulletin for my forum combined with "vBCMS" (from www.vbdesigns.de) for my portal, but both should go under another URL - with synchonized Logins.
Today I tried the Cookie Cutter, but without luck.

The vBCMS-Installation is in the same directory as the vBulletin. This is linked to URL "1".
The vBCMS-Startcomponents "vbcms.php" and "vbcms_location.php" (only these two!) are in another directory what is linked to URL "2".

Is there a possibility to use the Cookie Cutter for synchronize Login of this "combi-system"?

Kind regards
Ach-ja

[thincom2000]

@RWerksman, was this problem on your /testvb or your live site? I have been able to reproduce this on a /testvb, but I suspect it may be a cookie conflict with the non-test. If this is the case for you, it would save me a lot of time to know for sure.

[thincom2000]

@RWerksman, I just had this problem on my site. It occurs if you have a testvb installed at the domain you are trying to log into a deep folder like admincp or modcp. When the testvb uses the same cookie prefix, or used to and you haven't completely emptied your browser's session cookies, a conflict will arise where you are unable to log into either cp. I believe this might only be an issue if "Remember Me" was checked when you logged into the test board.

To fix, make sure the test board has a unique cookie prefix, but make sure all boards you want to integrate share a prefix. Clear your browser cookies, and you should be good.