Integration with vBulletin - C&D Comm - Social Networking

Here is a social networking script modeled after Myspace. This is a separate script that runs by itself. I have integrated the user login's from vb so that browsing is seamless.

Please click Mark as Installed if you are using this integration.

Basic highlights of the script:
3 levels of users: Administrator, Moderator, User
Multi Language Support
VBulletin Integration
FlashChat Integration (same DB)
Customizable home page
Background Image/Sound without needing Javascript
Search by area, user particulars, etc
Private Messaging
Public/Private Profile Notices (like bulletins)
Customizable default color scheme easily
Enable/Disable ability to have local background music
Easily turn on/off modules
Simple User Administration
Several sign up verifications available
Single point of registration/login

Requirements
PHP 4.4.7+
Compiled with GD2
MySQL 4.1.x+

Installation is fairly easy. There is an installation instruction file in the zip.

You should turn off registration on the forum and remove the logout/login links. All registration through the script will create forum accounts for new users.

For profile links to work, you need to edit your .htaccess file and add the following lines

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^p_(.*) view_profile.php?urlname=$1

The script does zero modification to your vb tables and files, so if you don't like it you can just delete the cnd_* tables and files and your back to how you were before.

Live Demo
Some admin functionality was disable for the demo site. Cannot delete/ban accounts, cannot change configuration of the script.

Administrator Account
email: admin@cnd-systems.com
pass: password

Moderator Account
email: mod@cnd-systems.com
pass: password

User Account
email: user@cnd-systems.com
pass: password

Version History

1.2.3a - [Thur 10th July 2008]

Fixed typo in sync users and sync pics

v1.2.3 - [Wed 9th July 2008]

Added ability to resend authorization email
Fixed Last post first bug
Added browse all link to header
Added ability for admin to enable/disable browse all link
Fixed problem with images being hidden from friend when the hide images from all but friends privacy setting is set.
Added mood indicator (Modify Profile->Personal Info)
Added photo albums (All users have a My Photos album to start)
Added Admin ability to disable/enable mood indicator
Added Admin ability to set whether users can edit their own comments on peoples notices
Added Admin ability to set whether users can delete their own comments on peoples notices, events, etc
Added Admin ability to set whether notice owner can delete other user comments for their notices
Fixed problem with not stripping slashes from display name on some pages
Sync Users and Sync Pics option in admin area will now move images stored in the database or filesystem

v1.2.2 - [Wed 4th June 2008]

Added ability to add user as administrator (Only primary admin can add/remove administrators)
Added ability to make user/mod/admin primary admin (irreversable besides through database)
Block ability to delete user if they are moderator or admin (Must remove mod/admin permissions first)
Changed forum sync to pull in profile picture from forum if available
Added ability for admin to update users pictures with profile picture from forum
Added ability for admin to set forum/events/calender to open in new window or current
Added ability to login to forum and have session pass login to script

v1.2.1 - [Sat 10th May 2008]

Fixed band images upload when max is set to 0
Fixed user images upload when max is set to 0
Fixed group message edit error
Fixed band upload image error
All music uploads now check post_max_size and use that as limit
Added config item for image size limit
Show post_max_size limit in the admin area
Added selection of admin from forum for linking with C&D Admin account
Added ability for user to set table and body background colors
Added ability for admin to set all but profile page colors
Added ability to operate from seperate database than flashchat
Changed profile layout to try to use external, then custom then default layout
Removed auto deletion of accounts that haven't activated in 2 weeks

v1.2.0 - [Wed 9th Apr 2008]

Modified install script to use an existing forum admin
Rearranged upgrade script
Added external javascript field for profile customizing
Added admin ability to disable external javascript field
Fixed messaging scheme to use less database records

v1.1.2 - [Mon 7th Apr 2008]

Fixed approving band issue
Fixed issue with adding contacts
Fixed some issues with syncing users with forum
Added error checking for reading vbulletin database connection

v1.1.1 - [Fri 4th Apr 2008]

Fixed some issues with syncing users with forum

v1.1.0 - [Thur 3rd Apr 2008]

Added Image Verification to Signup
Added ability to post youtube videos
Added ability to operate from seperate database than vbulletin
Added dubugging mode
Added better error handling
Added ability to have new users be assigned to specific forum group
Added ability to have disabled users be moved to specific forum group
Added ability for admin to delete accounts on C&D or Forum or Both
Added ability for admin to use forum calendar instead of C&D for events
Added basic Install Instructions

v.1.0.3 - [Thur 27st Mar 2008]
Added ability to show profile links without htaccess modification (not user friendly links)
Fixed creation of record in New Members list

v.1.0.2 - [Thur 27st Mar 2008]
Fix sync users for special characters in vbulletin
Added ability to sync users by vbulletin group
Modified placement of Sync Users popup

v1.0.1 - [Mon 24st Mar 2008]
Fixed country value in the search qualification
Fixed chat display name error on account edit if chat is not installed
Fixed wrong email subject on account activation page
Fixed case sensitivity for vbulletin queries

No database changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 so you only need to swap files.

v1.0.0 - [Fri 21st Mar 2008]
Initial release

[King Fly]

i dont quiet get what you mean where is the script in relation to the forum...the cnd script is in its own folder which is "comm" on the main part of the ftp...same place "forums" is

hopefully that is what you wanted

i want to be able to have my forums as part of this script cuz i really like the way it is layed out

plus still cant approve bands....

[King Fly]

ok i put my forums directory into the comm folder and it now has a working link to the forums...however when i go to sync users i get this:

All Groups Warning:mysql_select_databse():supplied argument is not a valid MYSQL-Link resource in /home/content/k/i/n/kingfly008/html/incfiles/functions.php on line 62 Could Not open database

[Dylanblitz]

Originally Posted by King Fly

ok i put my forums directory into the comm folder and it now has a working link to the forums...however when i go to sync users i get this:

All Groups Warning:mysql_select_databse():supplied argument is not a valid MYSQL-Link resource in /home/content/k/i/n/kingfly008/html/incfiles/functions.php on line 62 Could Not open database

Can you turn on debugging, it's in the admin area under Setup Variables. When try and approve a band this time it should give you the error and you can tell that to me. Also should give you the error from the sync.

btw, if you have the forums in www.mysite.com/forums and the cnd script in www.mysite.com/comm then the forum path would be either /forums/ or ../forums/
either would work

[King Fly]

for the band approval i get:

MySQL Error: Unknown column 'band_id' in 'field list'

and whn i try to sync the users i get this error:

All Groups Warning:mysql_select_databse():supplied argument is not a valid MYSQL-Link resource in /home/content/k/i/n/kingfly008/html/incfiles/functions.php on line 62 Could Not open database

[Dylanblitz]

Originally Posted by King Fly

for the band approval i get:

MySQL Error: Unknown column 'band_id' in 'field list'

This file will fix the band approval, I'm still working on what's going wrong with the forum user sync. It's working here on my machine so it's hard to trace.
Put this file into the incfiles directory and let it overwrite the other one.

[Dylanblitz]

Originally Posted by King Fly

and whn i try to sync the users i get this error:

All Groups Warning:mysql_select_databse():supplied argument is not a valid MYSQL-Link resource in /home/content/k/i/n/kingfly008/html/incfiles/functions.php on line 62 Could Not open database

King Fly, I uploaded some bug fixes as well as some vb database verification. I think this one should fix your problem with importing users. Let me know if it doesn't.

[Dilldogs]

You know, I like the concept of this work. Great Job.

[Deidre]

Is there a way that you can set it so that when you click on someone's profile in vbulletin, it takes you to his profile on this script?

When someone register on this script, is he automatically registered on vb?

Great script BTW, it's a lot like myspace!

[King Fly]

Originally Posted by Dylanblitz

King Fly, I uploaded some bug fixes as well as some vb database verification. I think this one should fix your problem with importing users. Let me know if it doesn't.

you uploaded them where? to the original mod? i unistalled this but will try again...are the bug fiexes included in the main file now?

[Dylanblitz]

Originally Posted by King Fly

you uploaded them where? to the original mod? i unistalled this but will try again...are the bug fiexes included in the main file now?

Yes, all the fixes are rolled into the main file. The files you were having problems with should be fixed now.