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

[Dylanblitz]

Originally Posted by hotwheels

I think this would be an awesome addition to a website. I tried all different types of configurations to get this to work on my site and it just wouldn't work right.

The hardest thing i found was trying to figure out exactly where to upload all the files to on my server. I renamed the file, uploaded in my root, uploaded on my main server page and i could never get it to work right.

It wouldn't upload mp3's, even though it showed it uploaded, it wouldn't take forums/ nor chat/..........

I will keep my eye on this one, and if you get it working right, i will try it again........

thanks, hotwheels

I don't know of any issues with the script right now. It was probably a configuration issue. If you want to upload it to your server and pm me a link I'll try and get it configured for you.
If you have www.xxx.com and your forums are at www.xxx.com/forums the best place to put it if you didn't want it to be your main page would be www.xxx.com/social

[hotwheels]

so how do i upload all the files you have? Do i just rename the main folder and upload it in my www.xxx.com and then run the install, or are the specific areas to upload the files to make this function correcty.? I tried several different installs, and none of them would work correctly. I could get the site working, but it wouldn't upload mp3's, forum link nor chat link......I will retry it though...

[Dylanblitz]

Since you are having problems I wouldn't put it into the main folder until it is running right.
For now I would create a folder in your root directory called social, so you'd have www.xxx.com/social. Upload all the files there, keeping them in their current directories.

During installation select the Vbulletin forum option and the path should be ../forums/ When you click continue then you should see a list of the admin's of the forum to select from. If you see this then the forum should work. If you don't then the path is wrong or your forum config is somewhere else.

If you are having problems uploading an mp3 or image then make sure the permissions are set to 755 on the /mp3 and all the image subdirectories.

Again, if you want you can upload the files and pm me the location, I'll do the install and see if I come across any gotcha's.

[hotwheels]

Okay, right now i have the system set up in my root: /forums/social

and the set up itself works: http://www.insanemustangs.com/forums/social/index.php

When i select vbulletin and then type ../forums the link comes up as www.insanemustangs.com/forums/forums/

When i do mp3's, i get http://www.insanemustangs.com/forums...al/music/5.mp3

Right now i am also having problems logging into my server. Once i am able to log back on i will see if you can fix the social set up......but for now, if you can, look at the link http://www.insanemustangs.com/forums/social/index.php and see if there is anything that sticks out that may be wrong........

thanks, hotwheels

[hotwheels]

okay, i have part of it figured out.

To get to the forums, i had to do ../

and chat was ../chat/

Now if i can get back to my cpanel, i will see if the same types of changes to the config file will help with the mp3's and images. I did a sync from the forum to the social, but none of the images went to mem_pic which i have set at 777.......

[Dylanblitz]

Originally Posted by hotwheels

okay, i have part of it figured out.

To get to the forums, i had to do ../

and chat was ../chat/

Now if i can get back to my cpanel, i will see if the same types of changes to the config file will help with the mp3's and images. I did a sync from the forum to the social, but none of the images went to mem_pic which i have set at 777.......

Yeah, by root I mean in your www.xxx.com directory, not the forums, what you have now is the right path to the forums.
It does not pull the images from the forums, only the basic user information. I guess I could set it up to pull the profile pic if there is one. Just try adding a picture to your profile, if you can add one and it shows then it's working right. The same with the mp3's, add one to your profile style and you should be able to hear it.

[Dylanblitz]

Originally Posted by hotwheels

okay, i have part of it figured out.

To get to the forums, i had to do ../

and chat was ../chat/

Now if i can get back to my cpanel, i will see if the same types of changes to the config file will help with the mp3's and images. I did a sync from the forum to the social, but none of the images went to mem_pic which i have set at 777.......

One thing i noticed wrong when signing up. Login, click on the Admin link on the right side, click on Setup Variables. Change Server Path to
www.insanemustangs.com/forums/social/
and change Forum Path to
../

Right now when someone signs up they get this in the authorization email

http://../activate.php

It needs to have your script path for the signup to work right.

[hotwheels]

okay, i made those changes.......

[hotwheels]

dylan, is there a way i can make you admin on that page?

[Dylanblitz]

You can if you have phpmyadmin or something. I need to code it so an admin can make others an admin.