Integration with vBulletin - vbulletin-xml-rpc-server for instant Desktop Notification

Let's take a look at following screen-shots first.









Yeah.. these look like Gmail Notifer application which is actually vbulletin-desktop-notifier application. As a forum admin, you might want to offer such application to your members.



== Video tutorials ==
Editing
Uploading
Installation

You can use vBulletin Desktop Notifier as dekstop client or free to build your own following API-DOC .



== Demo watch video ==
I'm offering demo in my forum. Here're the steps.

Download vbulletin-desktop-notifier and install in your machine.

Run vbulletin-desktop-notifier and login using
username: priti
password: 123456

Create a new thread at Demo vbulletin-xml-rpc-server threads or reply to existing thread.

You'll see notification in your desktop within few seconds.

Request: Please do not change password for user Priti. If somehow the login does not work you can try by creating a temporary user.



== Coming up next ?.. ==
Based on feedback I'm listing few of the enhancements that will be part of upcoming releases.

• [S]Server Compatibility check script[/S]
• [S]Options to select forum ids in User CP[/S]
• Display avatar of the person who made post in the notification window
• [S]Unread private message notification[/S]
• [S]Support for PHP4[/S]

Alfa1 came up with these ideas which hopefully will be integrated sooner or later in future releases:

- friends coming online

Which of the following events does this notifier alert to:
Member notifications:
- profile messages awaiting approval
- requests to join your social groups
- invitations to join social groups
- unread picture comments
- picture comments awaiting approval
- group messages awaiting approval

Moderator notifications:
- post awaiting approval
- threads awaiting approval
- events awaiting approval
- attachments awaiting approval
- members awaiting approval
- blogs awaiting approval
- blog comments awaiting approval
- profile comments awaiting approval
- group comments awaiting approval
- pictures awaiting approval
- picture comments awaiting approval

== Ongoing Discussions ?.. ==
discussions on release-02 starts here

== HOT FIX [release 2.0]?.. ==
Rename all files in system/application/models directory into lowercases. i.e:
Forum.php => forum.php
Settings.php => settings.php
Token.php => token.php
User.php => user.php

[ray-]

Originally Posted by todin

Hi,
I get a popup box with the message:
Server returned error message:
"Failed to parse servers response: Expected methodRespones element, got html"
Try again?

How can I fix that?
Regards,
todin

I've got the same error.
@todin: did you just remove the vb_ in

FROM vb_thread t, vb_forum f, vb_post p, vb_user u

in upload\vbulletin-xml-rpc-server\system\application\models\Forum.php ?
Cause this don't seem to work for me. I don't have a tableprefix btw.

[ercollins]

@ray

I was having the same problem and I removed the vb_ in forum.php as well and it repaired mine and I dont have prefixes.

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Is there any way i can just select everyone to have all forums selected?

It is annoying when you log into the program and it pops up telling you, you have no forums selected.

Would be nice forum admin to be able to select which forums different Groups gets notifications on, based on their user group.

[todin]

Originally Posted by ray-

I've got the same error.
@todin: did you just remove the vb_ in

FROM vb_thread t, vb_forum f, vb_post p, vb_user u

in upload\vbulletin-xml-rpc-server\system\application\models\Forum.php ?
Cause this don't seem to work for me. I don't have a tableprefix btw.

Hi,
yes just this 4 times.
Regards.
todin

[ray-]

Thanks for the replies. Guess I got something else wrong then, I'm still getting the error
Test on the server went a-ok...
*runs through the install again*

[todin]

Originally Posted by ercollins

Is there any way i can just select everyone to have all forums selected?

It is annoying when you log into the program and it pops up telling you, you have no forums selected.

Would be nice forum admin to be able to select which forums different Groups gets notifications on, based on their user group.

hi,
you can do it via triggers in the DB, can't you?
Regards,
todin

[todin]

Originally Posted by ray-

Thanks for the replies. Guess I got something else wrong then, I'm still getting the error
Test on the server went a-ok...
*runs through the install again*

Hi,
are you able to sniff the traffic? Beacuse then you can see the html page, in may cause it showed where the problem was.
Regards,
todin

[ercollins]

Originally Posted by todin

hi,
you can do it via triggers in the DB, can't you?
Regards,
todin

Yeah I could but if I did it for 200+ members that would be a bugger.

[ray-]

Yay, got it working.
After I re-upped the files, I forgot to rename all files in /models/ to lowercase. Silly meh.
Thanks for the help guys.

[ercollins]

Just curious, I installed it today at work on my xp pro machine, and it works great.

Only small problem, it does not work on Vista Business, so i am guessing it does not work on vista home or premium either.

(I am talking about the pre-packaged client script)

Any ideas?

[todin]

Originally Posted by ercollins

Only small problem, it does not work on Vista Business, so i am guessing it does not work on vista home or premium either.

Hi,
I have the same problem, the client works on XP but not on Vista Home, it does not rembember the Settings, you can't even edit the config with an editor.
Regards,
todin