Deluxe vB User login and access control on non vB pages

Hack Description

This is the deluxe version of the user authentication and access control system I use on the non vB pages on my website.
For the simple no frills version look here.

This uses the vB 3.5 login system to log you in and out. It allows you to move between your forums and other pages on your site while remaining logged in.

It allows you to do things such as restrict pages by usergroup, display different content depending on a user being logged in or not.
For example, you can have banner Adds displying to non members only, and/or let members access to specific content.

It also displays the logged in users Avatar, number of unread PM's, New posts since last visit, total posts and total threads.
It also allows you to specify a maximum Avatar size, and resize any avatars larger than that, while keeping their height/width ratios in proportion!
Its very handy if you allow large avatars, but want a small format display on your non forum pages.

If the user is not logged in, a login box is displayed, along with total posts and total threads in the forums.

I will try and offer support, but work and family commitments mean I dont have much free time.

This code is a mix of my own, and pieces I have used from other hacks that are floating around.

This is a work in progress and currently a beta version. It was a little rushed as a few people were pushing for it Its missing a couple of planned things like newest member etc, but they will be added in a later version.

This script has been confirmed as working on

• vB 3.5.x - All Versions
• vB 3.6.x - All Versions

Known Bugs
Will not display Avatars correctly if they are kept in the file system (database avatars are fine)

Changelog

Version 2.20 (24th April 2007)

• Fixed - // in paths bug
• Fixed - Javascript warning in some browsers
• Fixed - Tidied up some code
• Fixed - Avatar display code bug

Version 2.10 (4th June 2006)

• Fixed - "MySQL Error : Invalid SQL " when using Database thread/forum marking.
• Fixed - Javascrip error in some versions of IE.

Version 2.00 (16th April 2006)

• Fixed - "MySQL Error : Unknown column 'newposts' in 'field list' "
• Fixed - Number of PM's not displaying in all installs.
• Added - Displays date and time of last login.
• Added - Total number of saved PM's.

To upgrade just overwrite the existing login_inc.php file with the new one.
You will need to re-edit the path on line 3 and also redo any formatting changes you may have done for the last version.

Version 1.0 (15th Feb 2006)

• Initial Release

Click on Install
If you have this script installed then please click on the install link because;

• You will get notified if any security issues are reported.
• You will get notified when there are any upgrades to this script
• It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling and motivates me to develop more

Donations
First of all, to be clear. This script is 100% free.

However if you feel an urge to donate I'm not going to say no.
Donations can be made at http://www.billspaintball.com/vb3/bd_donate.php

[Billspaintball]

Originally Posted by nicedreams

There is no newposts field in the session table.

Jim

Just realised I based part of this on a modified table structure.
Will fix in the next day or two.

[Billspaintball]

Ok, I think I have a fix for the problem.
Unfortunantly, I dont have access to an unmodified vB database to test it on.

If anyone who has had the problem wants to try the fix, its available here.
http://www.cwp.id.au/login_inc.zip
Please let me know if it fixes the problem, so I can modify the file here appropriatly.

[dkleehammer]

I'm getting this error wether I'm logged into the forums already or not:
Fatal error: Call to a member function query_read() on a non-object in /var/www/html/forums/includes/login_inc.php on line 139

This is all running on localhost. Am I missing something?

[Billspaintball]

did you use the revised test one in this post
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....6&postcount=12
or the one on the 1st post?

[dkleehammer]

I used the revised version. For some reason the db is not being set as an object. Is there something that I need to do besides editing one line and including this file in the main page?

[erinys]

Is this mod functioning good at the moment? would love to implement this at my site

[ROTPAR]

Works good but I have a problem with the avatar resize option.

Warning: getimagesize(http://www.xxxmypage.com/upload/image.php?u=1) [function.getimagesize]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required in /home/xxx/public_html/login_inc.php on line 27

Thanks for help

[erinys]

Ive tried installing.. but the moment i put this code in the template of my site

<?php
chdir('/home/6304/bunnybunch.nl/HTML/community');
require_once('/home/6304/bunnybunch.nl/HTML/community/global.php');
?>

im getting errors

[erinys]

this is the error

Warning: main(administrator/components/com_smf/config.smf.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/6304/bunnybunch.nl/HTML/templates/247portal-b-grey/index.php on line 33

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'administrator/components/com_smf/config.smf.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/6304/bunnybunch.nl/HTML/templates/247portal-b-grey/index.php on line 33

[erinys]

Ok little update

I have now been able to succesfully get this working... but.. only on the complete bottom of my site lmao

is there somethign i can change on this code to work with my site template?

<?php
chdir('/home/6304/bunnybunch.nl/HTML/community');
require_once('/home/6304/bunnybunch.nl/HTML/community/global.php');
?>
<?php
require_once('/home/6304/bunnybunch.nl/HTML/community/login_inc.php');
?>

if i post the above code "anywhere" in my template where it is followed by a include_once (and my site has many of those) for some reason, nothing is included/found

anyway, thanks for the help!