Coppermine 1.2.1 / vBulletin 3.0.0 Integration

Coppermine Gallery 1.21 and vBulletin 3.0.0 Integration
Version 1.0
Compiled by SpeedStreet

I'm not the hacker for this; I am merely the guy who poured through all of the threads on vBulletin.org and the Coppermine Development Forums to come up with one definitive post about integrating vBulletin with Coppermine.

WHAT IT DOES:
At the end of this how-to, you're installations of vBulletin and Coppermine will work together off of the same login. While everyone else wants to see all sorts of integration between the two, I believe this is the first step to making those things happen.

CREDITS:
A big thanks to everyone over at Coppermine for a terrific product and the users that support and mod it on a daily basis. I am merely standing on the shoulders of giants here, folks. Also, Nanobot was the guy over there that did the vB3 Gamma bridge, so the credit for that is all his.

FILES TO EDIT (2):
/bridge/vbulletin3.inc.php (Coppermine)
/include/init.inc.php (Coppermine)

HACK REQUIREMENTS:
vBulletin 3.0.0 Installed and Running
Coppermine 1.2.1 Installed and Running
5 Minutes of your time

SUPPORT THREADS:
Coppermine Gamma Thread (original thread): http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/bo...asc&highlight=
vBulletin.org Hack Thread: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=488062
Coppermine vB 3.0.0 Thread: http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/bo...ic.php?p=20674

FINAL WARNINGS:

There are seem to be some issues with people integrating this with forums located on subdomains (e.g. subaruforums.speedstreet.org). Please reference the Coppermine Gamma Thread above for more info.
Please ensure that Coppermine and vBulletin cookies are NOT named the same thing.

[Acers]

ok after reading some 16 pages i am totally lost. :P

have we got this thing working with VB? even with single usergroup uploads? If so then can anyone has got it working make a post about what to do?

[Carnage Media]

I have vb 3.07 and coppermine 1.3.3

I set the cookie prefix in CPG the same as VB and it worked, below is my line from the config file in CPG

define('VB_COOKIE_PREFIX', 'bb'); // Cookie Prefix, not supported by vBulletin 2

[tinjon]

hi. im' a total newbie. here's what i did.

my forum is installed and running properly.
now i made the changes in coppermine files as instructed (locally, still not installed in the server)
then when i try to access the gallery, it takes me to coppermine installation page.

questions:
----------
1) should i continue with installation?
2) if so, use the same database as the forum, or create a new one even though in the files i modified includes the "forum" databases?
3) or just do a fresh installation of coppermine using a new database and THEN manually modify the changes in the two files suggested?

thanks in advance.

[Aeolian]

Hello all..

if any1 still has problem goto: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=155

thanx

[mustang_lex]

Originally Posted by tinjon

hi. im' a total newbie. here's what i did.

my forum is installed and running properly.
now i made the changes in coppermine files as instructed (locally, still not installed in the server)
then when i try to access the gallery, it takes me to coppermine installation page.

questions:
----------
1) should i continue with installation?
2) if so, use the same database as the forum, or create a new one even though in the files i modified includes the "forum" databases?
3) or just do a fresh installation of coppermine using a new database and THEN manually modify the changes in the two files suggested?

thanks in advance.

Ironhead has the perfect fix and his tutorial is basically flawless. PM me or him for the steps. as far as your questions

1) Yes upload the files to your server (in a differnent folder off the root)
2) Yes same database, user , and password, plus make sure your VB is fully licensed!!! Every VB PHP page should have your license
3) No, the best way to integrate is to use the SAME database.

[Acers]

yaa and i can confirm that.. just got the full gallery integrated and working.
Btw if you have it integrated a good idea is to go to coppermine forums and add on to the gallery features. There are some very nice hacks and addons there.

[ATLien]

define('VB_VALIDATING_GROUP', 3);
define('VB_GUEST_GROUP', 1);
define('VB_MEMBERS_GROUP', 2);
define('VB_ADMIN_GROUP', 6);
define('VB_MOD_GROUP', 7);

How would I edit this to accept 2 groups as admins?

[Chris@TSE]

Alright, i integrated the new version of coppermine into out 3.0.8 forums using the methods mentioned above. The original 30 file modified as instructed, sharing the same database with vbulletin. When people log in, it works. It sees them as the vbulletin user they are supopsed to be...

One problem:

If someone tries to logout, they go to the following url and receive a page not displayed error.

"http://topshelfexotic.com/photogallery/logout.php?referer=%2Fphotogallery%2F"

Anyone have a fix for this. I tried a few things mentioned above and nothing seemed to work. Since then i've installed fresh and simply got the initial integration working. Nothing more...

Forums are here: http://topshelfexotic.com/vbulletin/
and the gallery is here: http://topshelfexotic.com/photogallery/

DO NOT USE THE LINK FOR THE IMAGE GALLLERY ON THE FORUMS, it points to an OLD installation of coppermine which is still active until we are able to complete the new installation properly. Thanks for any help in advance!

[NWN]

Got coppermine into out 3.0.8 working with version 134 133 is the old version. only problem is when i log out there a error but it just clears the cookies then relog in & it's still working just a error when logging out & makes you clear your cookies

[Aeolian]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=155
the above trick wroks...
i applied to my vb 3.5