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.

[MissKalunji]

anyone fixed the comment issue?

[MissKalunji]

Is it possible to use both wordpress and vbulletin comments?

For example showing the replies off vb and the amount of replies FROm vb

and let others comment in wordpress (using the quick comment)

[jacobomoya]

Originally Posted by Jeel89

I have a question about the data requested

(VB User Id), I suppose this is my customer number
(VB Forum ID), number of the license I own
(VB User Name), what of this, is this my username on vbulletin.com?

No no no, read the attached txt, those are your own's forum data. The user you want to post in the forum as when you export the WP posts and which forum you want to.

[mamulea]

My Wordpress site doesn't accept user registration. There are only users created by admin for posting articles. Is there a way to use this mod for commenting only? I would like only registered users in VB to be able to comment on the website, but without having a wordpress account.
I am using VB 4.0.6 and Wordpress 3.0.1 with a Multisite install.

[Iguana Goddess]

Originally Posted by Jeel89

I have a question about the data requested

(VB User Id), I suppose this is my customer number
(VB Forum ID), number of the license I own
(VB User Name), what of this, is this my username on vbulletin.com?

No it wants your info from the site you are installing the mod on.

[habebe]

i change the path several times and still have the same problem

Warning: require_once(DIR/includes/functions_newpost.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/habebe/public_html/vb/includes/class_dm_threadpost.php on line 18

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'DIR/includes/functions_newpost.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/habebe/public_html/vb/includes/class_dm_threadpost.php on line 18

[habebe]

i change the path several times and still have the same problem

Warning: require_once(./includes/class_dm.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/habebe/public_html/portal/wp-content/plugins/vbbridge.php on line 103

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './includes/class_dm.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/habebe/public_html/portal/wp-content/plugins/vbbridge.php on line 103

[GunShad0w]

I'm gonna snap a neck soon...

I'm using the latest version of wordpress (Which is Version 3.0.1 I believe), and the latest build of vbulletin 3.8. I followed the instructions exactly 3 times now, and every time it locks me out of the wordpress dashboard. I made sure the plugin has no sub directory, ive tested the posting feature before auto integrating, and ive made sure to map the users so the admins remain admins on wordpress...

Any help with this?

[Dr Longhorn]

Hi folks

Can this plugin post from a specific wordpress category to a specific vb forum? So I can have content posted from the relevant wordpress category to the relevant vb forum. I.e. posts from the cars wordpress category posted to the cars vb forum, posts from the dogs wordpress category posted to the dogs vb forum and so on. If so how do I do this?

Many thanks

[jacobomoya]

Originally Posted by GunShad0w

I'm gonna snap a neck soon...

I'm using the latest version of wordpress (Which is Version 3.0.1 I believe), and the latest build of vbulletin 3.8. I followed the instructions exactly 3 times now, and every time it locks me out of the wordpress dashboard. I made sure the plugin has no sub directory, ive tested the posting feature before auto integrating, and ive made sure to map the users so the admins remain admins on wordpress...

Any help with this?

Do you get a blank page or does the dashboard just reject your login? Are you sure you're using the forum username/password? Remember the WP users no longer matter once integrated. Have you tried different forum accounts from different usergroups?

Originally Posted by Dr Longhorn

Hi folks

Can this plugin post from a specific wordpress category to a specific vb forum? So I can have content posted from the relevant wordpress category to the relevant vb forum. I.e. posts from the cars wordpress category posted to the cars vb forum, posts from the dogs wordpress category posted to the dogs vb forum and so on. If so how do I do this?

Many thanks

You have to manually choose the forum you want each post published just like you choose the category.