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.

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Originally Posted by amjadz4

That error should not appear if you have followed all steps in the readme.

As for your second question, you can create more usergroups in vB and then go to map users in WP and set them as editors.

Hi mate i followed the steps it saves the usergrps fine but i get that error

I cant make new groups that why i asked the question i have a level system using Usergroups and have only a few bloggers so i cant make a new grp just for them if you understand me

Mike

[amjadz4]

Originally Posted by Animemike

Hi mate i followed the steps it saves the usergrps fine but i get that error

I cant make new groups that why i asked the question i have a level system using Usergroups and have only a few bloggers so i cant make a new grp just for them if you understand me

Mike

You cannot make Usergroups in vbulletin or you don't know how to make? I am not sure I got you right...

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Originally Posted by amjadz4

You cannot make Usergroups in vbulletin or you don't know how to make? I am not sure I got you right...

You i know how and yes i can
But if i did that it would screw up the way my Usergroups work thats why i asked about Additional groups

[amjadz4]

That cannot be done. Another way would be: You can make those additional groups with permissions based off any default group and add the members to them. Then you can assign them as editors.

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Originally Posted by amjadz4

That cannot be done. Another way would be: You can make those additional groups with permissions based off any default group and add the members to them. Then you can assign them as editors.

Yea i tryed this dont work for me mate

[amjadz4]

Originally Posted by Animemike

Yea i tryed this dont work for me mate

and why didn't that work?

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Originally Posted by amjadz4

and why didn't that work?

No idea they just couldnt post in wordpress :erm:

[SABRSox]

Still looking for a response to this issue. You can find screenshots at this post: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=714

This mod still has a userid issue. Allow me to explain it as clearly as possible, as there has been no good explanation of how to fix this issue.

I installed a vBulletin installation first, and users joined. I then added a wordpress install, and after installing everything correctly, mapped users and turned on auto-integrate.

Some time after that, there were userid issues.

I, "SABRSox" (with ID #1 on vB, and ID #2 on Wordpress [as "admin" is ID #1 on wordpress]) write a story on the blog and publish it.

When I go on to my blog, the post shows up as having been written by the guy who has ID #2 ("Zoso") on vB. Now, that's the only place there's a problem. On vB, it shows up as "SABRSox" having written the article. And when I go to edit the post in wordpress, the correct author ("SABRSox") shows up.

I'm including screen grabs so we can finally have a real discussion about this issue. It seems like there's probably a simple fix, I'm just at a loss to where it's at.

[amjadz4]

Originally Posted by SABRSox

Still looking for a response to this issue. You can find screenshots at this post: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=714

This mod still has a userid issue. Allow me to explain it as clearly as possible, as there has been no good explanation of how to fix this issue.

I installed a vBulletin installation first, and users joined. I then added a wordpress install, and after installing everything correctly, mapped users and turned on auto-integrate.

Some time after that, there were userid issues.

I, "SABRSox" (with ID #1 on vB, and ID #2 on Wordpress [as "admin" is ID #1 on wordpress]) write a story on the blog and publish it.

When I go on to my blog, the post shows up as having been written by the guy who has ID #2 ("Zoso") on vB. Now, that's the only place there's a problem. On vB, it shows up as "SABRSox" having written the article. And when I go to edit the post in wordpress, the correct author ("SABRSox") shows up.

I'm including screen grabs so we can finally have a real discussion about this issue. It seems like there's probably a simple fix, I'm just at a loss to where it's at.

Since you are the admin, why not change SABRSox as user id #1 in WP and make admin 2 ..or remove it?

should solve the issue temporarily.

[Trana]

I just installed the latest version of WP and the bridge on my 3.8.4 forum.

I did not yet enable the integration feature. When I try and create a post in WP I am directed to a completely blank white page when I click submit.

When I disable the plugin I am able to post successfully.

Any idea what I should check first?