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

[xKillswitchx]

Thanks Bill, got it working, and I use 3.6.4 Didn't need to modify any code for it to work, so I think its safe to assume it will work with 3.6.4 out of the box. I did, however, modify it to fit my site better and fixed some validation issues! :P

[Hornstar]

Originally Posted by Billspaintball

Sorry, with family life at the moment I really just dont have any spare time.

I have another project sitting stalled from lack of time as it is

Thats fair enough, family should always come first. however if you ever do get a chance, please let me know, because anyone else wants to charge me an arm and a leg to get something that shouldnt cost that much IMO but I guess I will keep trying and hopefully get it myself eventually.

Thanks.

[ocmca]

Originally Posted by delive

What is the code that evaluates the users additional usergroups. Is it possible to check and see if they are part of an additional usergroup?

What should i change
$vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'] == '5'
to?

another bump as I am a install-ee who could really use that little bit of info to simplify my life <3 thanks out for anyone that knows.

[unit3029]

Hi, thanks for this great hack

I have one small problem i am using vb 3.6.4 everything works fine except for dispay avatar.

If i add my own avatar through usercp it will diplay, but if i choose a forum avatar it wont any workaround for this ?

[Billspaintball]

Originally Posted by unit3029

If i add my own avatar through usercp it will diplay, but if i choose a forum avatar it wont any workaround for this ?

Sorry, It only seems to work with database held avatars.
Ive tried a few different things but havent been able to get around it.

[Billspaintball]

Originally Posted by ocmca

another bump as I am a install-ee who could really use that little bit of info to simplify my life <3 thanks out for anyone that knows.

Try something like

PHP Code:

<?php 
if ($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'] is_member_of(n,n,n)) 
    { 
    echo "This is only visible to people in usergroups n,n,n";} 
    ?>

where n = the groups you want to check.

I havent tried this yet, it may or may not work.
Look here for more info https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=132024

[erinys]

You should release this as a 3.6 pluging so it shows up in the 3.6 listing its working perfectly fine with it anyway

[jedipro88]

i've a big problem....my website has a template php (template.inc.php) that is included into index.php

include("template.inc.php");
top();
include("config.inc.php");
$mod = @$_GET['mod'];
$iniz = @$_GET['iniz'];

if ($iniz != "")
{.....

my template.inc.php has a function top that begin the html page

 function top() {
chdir('/home/albertac/public_html/a-cube/forum');
require_once('/home/albertac/public_html/a-cube/forum/global.php');
include("config.inc.php");
  ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Against All Authority Multigaming Clan - www.a-cube.it -</title>
<link href="css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

then....if i put

<?php
$curdir = getcwd ();
chdir('/path/to/your/forums');
require_once('/path/to/your/forums/global.php');
chdir ($curdir);
?>

into index.php and i put the login script into template.php it give me line 150 error, if i put global.php into template.inc.php it give a function.php error....

i don't know what to do.....i know that it go because if i create a normal page login script go well!!!!

[Aur-Phala.Com]

hey any idea how i could make it show on whosonline page
so people who are using my page www.aur-phala.com/hotmail
will show up on whos online so i can see whos checking that page out

for version 3.6.x

[Yukino_AE]

ok, i have the cms postnuke, i want the login to appear in a postnuke block. i understand that the:

<?php
require_once('/path/to/your/login_inc.php');
?>

should be in the block, but it won't appear cuz i don't know how to tweak the rest of it. can anyone help me get this to work in a postnuke block?