Autologin via URL

[Shirley]

Is it possible with VBulletin to construct a URL to pass username and password to autologin to one designated account? For the purpose of answering my question, please disregard security issues.

Also, is it possible to construct a URL to autocomplete the To, Subject and Message fields of a PM?

Thanks in anticipation.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

My first response to the first question would be No.

The 2nd should be possible.

Maybe if you tell a bit more of what you are trying to achieve.

if you deactivate the password securities, it is possible... but you need a valid license to start over..

btw, i see that on vb.com you asked about the url being on a different site... that is impossible... the url would have to detect each user's presence, that means it is connected to the vbulletin database... would mean nothing to code something similar.

[Shirley]

Site 2 is Joomla. www.helenashtonappeal.com

Main site is Joomla and VBulletin with dual login through VBulletin. http://loyaltyshopper.co.uk

We want a link on site 2 that takes a person to the main site where they find themselves logged in to a dedicated account.

Thanks.

this is different... you will have to share cookies and share the user authentication on both sites... no need of a specific link for that...

[Shirley]

Sorry I am not explaining myself very well.

Person arrives on site 2 which is an an appeal (charity) site. Here they learn that if they click on a certain link they can visit site 1 where they will do their online shopping and commission will be donated to the appeal.

So they never log in to site 2, and I just want them to have to click on a link on site 2 that takes them to site 1 and autologs them into the dedicated account for the appeal.

So, can this be achieved?

[Adrian Schneider]

You would just need a script to handle logging them in with credentials in the URL.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

So person doesn't register or login on both Side 1 & 2, but is still automatically "logged in" to an account?

[mhamdi]

Instead of sending the login/password from the login form and post them with $_POST, you can get them with $_GET from an url like /login.php?username=patata&password=patati

It's possible.