Major Additions - Joomla for vBulletin (IMPORTANT UPDATE) - Bridge to the World's Most Popular CMS

Warning!!! An potential exploit has been found in this modification. The server that hosts vjoomla.com has been attacked several times. It is known to already be severely comprimised so at this time it is unclear whether the vulnerability lies in vJoomla, Joomla itself or the server. Until this is resolved to my satisfaction I am removing this modification. My apologies.


The modification WILL be re-released once this issue is resolved!

vJoomla is an offshoot of Joomla 1.0 that is designed to run in tandem with vbulletin. Unlike the main release it will not run without vbulletin - if you desire a CMS without a forum then use Joomla! instead. vJoomla is identical in most all regards to Joomla!

What vJoomla Does

• Provide a single session, single login interface to Joomla and vbulletin.
• Allows Joomla pages to be skinned by vbulletin's template engine.
• Maps Joomla usergroups to vbulletin usergroups.

What vJoomla Does Not Do

• It does not rewrite your templates for you - so you will need to go in currently and change relative links to images and pages to absolute links. This is most important in the style sheets and in the navbar template. This is something you need to do yourself rather than programmatically since no two sites are likely to be using the same style sheet and the same setup for these links.

Install Instructions

1. Log into your admincp
2. Close your forum
3. If your forums are at the root of your site move them elsewhere - the best location is probably /forum
4. Upload the files from the zip packages to their respective locations. There should be no overwrites.
5. Navigate to the root of your site and run the Joomla installer.
6. Go back to the admincp and install the Joomla product file
7. Now either copy the ./cpstyles, ./clientscript and ./images directory of the forum into the Joomla directory OR create symbolic links to those directories. The contents of the ./images directory of Joomla and vbulletin will need to be merged.

This is release candidate 2.

[Michael Morris]

Originally Posted by Mikhailtech

So RC1 is busted too eh? Why on earth would an installer link to /includes/config.php when it's looking for a forum path, not a file?

It determines the forums exist by looking for their config file. That the config file gets placed on the line is a mistake yes, but that's part of the reason the user is required to verify that the path is correct. If you feed it a path to a specific file then it's as much your fault for not paying attention as it is mine for letting that glitch through. I'll correct the glitch on RC2 but you need to watch the paths that come up during the install - I'm trying to help by having the computer make an educated guess but an educated guess is still that - a guess.

[Mikhailtech]

Ok that's fine, and yes the forum path is correct. But when I get rid of the /includes/config.php part of the path and hit next, I get these errors:

Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/xxx/public_html/installation/install2.php on line 60

Warning: main(./global.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxx/public_html/installation/install2.php on line 62

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxx/public_html/installation/install2.php on line 62

Any guesses? Is the syntax/path (to look for ./global.php) correct? I'm not big on php but it seems to me like it's not finding that file for some reason.


EDIT: I just looked at lines 60-62 and I see the "dirsplit" thing you were talking about that is for php5. I'm running php4. I've uploaded the updated common.php file like you said, but it's still doing the same thing. I'm wondering if the two are connected (again it appears that it just can't find the file).

[Michael Morris]

Originally Posted by Mikhailtech

Ok that's fine, and yes the forum path is correct. But when I get rid of the /includes/config.php part of the path and hit next, I get these errors:

Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/xxx/public_html/installation/install2.php on line 60

Warning: main(./global.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxx/public_html/installation/install2.php on line 62

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxx/public_html/installation/install2.php on line 62

Any guesses? Is the syntax/path (to look for ./global.php) correct? I'm not big on php but it seems to me like it's not finding that file for some reason.

Dump the cache and cookies, then start over.

[Mikhailtech]

You mean deleting temp internet files/cookies from my local machine? Did that. Still getting the errors. Have you tested the fix?

[Michael Morris]

Yes or I wouldn't have released it. Works fine on my machine, seems to be working on others, so I'm out of ideas.

[Mikhailtech]

I've contacted my host about this, but looking at the errors, am I right in assuming it's looking for this "global.php" file? And where is it "supposed" to be located? In one of the public directories? Or the php library or whatever it's looking for?

[Luky]

Originally Posted by Michael Morris

Yes or I wouldn't have released it. Works fine on my machine, seems to be working on others, so I'm out of ideas.

I also think some people are.. $#@$#@$. Well i will write a tutorial on how to get it to work for them and to thank you

[Luky]

Originally Posted by Luky

I also think some people are.. $#@$#@$. Well i will write a tutorial on how to get it to work for them and to thank you

http://www.alchemist-team.net/vjoomla.html <- Is that correct? Its how i did it.

[Mikhailtech]

Michael - it's now working.

This is probably something I missed earlier in the thread, but my host helped me figure out what was wrong. I have a custom name for my admincp directory (for security reasons) and I had to go back and update all the installx.php files to reflect this accordingly. I know a lot of people have specific names for their admin directories. It's up to you, but you may want to make a note about that - that if you have a custom admincp directory name, you'll have to manually enter it into all of the installx.php files.

Also, a question about the Joomla install. During the install, it told me to make a bunch of directories writable. According to my host, having some of these writable opens my server up to attacks. Do these directories need to remain writable once the installation is complete?

And finally, you said you need to make copies of the images, clientscript, and cpstyles folders and place them in the joomla directory (root for most websites). Does this mean that any time changes are made to any of these folders (such as during vb version upgrades) I will need to re-copy the folders again?

EDIT: would you prefer support/issue questions to be posted here or in the vJoomla forum?

[Luky]

If you have an intelligent and secure host, you will have phpsurexe or what ever it is called. Then you will only need to chmod folders that files will be saved to, like attachments. In joomlas case, its not needed to CHMOD with phpsurexe.