Integration with vBulletin - Openfire Integration - Instant Messaging Server for your vBulletin Users

A very easy and simple add-on.

This add-on registrate vBulletin registrations automatically to the Openfire Server. So you can own a Instant Messaging Server (based on Jabber) for your vBulletin Users. The solution here is realized with the User Service Plugin for Openfire . But there are many other Integrate solutions with Openfire. Openfire supports the LDAP authentication, too.

The only problem of this integration solution: Existing vBulletin users must manually registering to the Openfire server, but a import script is included

Requirements:
vBulletin 3.7 (3.6 and 3.5 are not tested)
Openfire
User Service plugin for Openfire

Recommend Products: Enhanced Jabber-Integration

Examples and Screenshots: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....36&postcount=4

Version History:

1.0.0 Beta 3
* fopen is no longer required
* Import script included
* A install instruction included

1.0.0 Beta 2
* Fix a important Bug with Password registration

1.0.0 Beta 1
* First Version

IMPORTANT FOR IMPORT EXISTING USERS TO OPENFIRE, IF YOUR USING THE IMPORT SCRIPT: It is recommended to make a backup of Openfire database and vBulletin database. This Import script has tested only with a low number of users. If anybody will improve the import script, you can make this . If you want to test in "local" area, please comment out the line with "vbmail".

Use the import script with your own risk

If you get timouts of the import process, make sure safe_mode is temporary disabled and set max_execution_time temporary to 50000.

After import, reset the php settings.

If you need my help for the import process, donate 30 EUR / $45 and send me a email with
your FTP and MySQL Account-Details. Create a vBulletin Adminaccount for me.
I will make then the import process.

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by ZeroHour

BTW one thing to note, this will expose your members email addresses to all who connect to your jabber server by default in its current form. Certain clients can pull this information.

That is a very unwanted problem. Sebijk; do you have any idea how to fix this?

[edermix]

Forum example??

[Neo_obs]

Originally Posted by ZeroHour

BTW one thing to note, this will expose your members email addresses to all who connect to your jabber server by default in its current form. Certain clients can pull this information.

It doesn't for me. I have made it so you can't search people by email. I did this by going under server settings -> Search Service Properties -> and unchecked email as a searchable field

[ZeroHour]

Originally Posted by Neo_obs

It doesn't for me. I have made it so you can't search people by email. I did this by going under server settings -> Search Service Properties -> and unchecked email as a searchable field

Our tester was using Kopete and they could search for a username and the email address would be returned along with the results. Changing the server setting did not prevent the email being returned for a username search.

[Sebijk]

Originally Posted by ZeroHour

Our tester was using Kopete and they could search for a username and the email address would be returned along with the results. Changing the server setting did not prevent the email being returned for a username search.

This is a problem with the Search Service Plugin from Openfire. It searchs only Name, JID and E-Mail Address, that cannot changed by User. And it can show all members by searching with *. I recommend to disable or delete this. Im looking for a Alternative.

If you want use the search service Plugin and you will not visible Member E-Mail Address, change in Plugin the line:

$sendjabber_register = file_get_contents("https://".$vbulletin->options['openfire_host'].":9091/plugins/userService/userservice?type=add&secret=".$vbulletin->options['openfire_secretkey']."&username=".utf8_encode(rawurlencode($userinfo['username']))."&password=".utf8_encode(rawurlencode($openfire_password))."&email=".utf8_encode(rawurlencode($userinfo['email'])));

to:

$sendjabber_register = file_get_contents("https://".$vbulletin->options['openfire_host'].":9091/plugins/userService/userservice?type=add&secret=".$vbulletin->options['openfire_secretkey']."&username=".utf8_encode(rawurlencode($userinfo['username']))."&password=".utf8_encode(rawurlencode($openfire_password)));

But you cannot after use some Plugins, that a E-Mail Address is required, example the Pass Service Plugin, that recover the password, if a Jabber User forget the password.

Originally Posted by edermix

Forum example??

http://www.simsforum.de/vbulletin/

[ZeroHour]

Interesting, that may cure the part that imports the email address but users should note that notifications stating account details for the chat server wont work (just a fyi for them)
The search plugin I think is not the only possible way. I believe that if you view the profile of a user you may be able to see it too.

[Sebijk]

Or use this Plugin: http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/docs/DOC-1170. That update the Openfire User List for the Search Plugin, if the User has changed the Jabber Profile (vCard).

[luxmail]

Great hack, installed, any ideea how to check if the user is allready in Openfire DB, because i have a openfire db who works also with an email service

[Sebijk]

Originally Posted by luxmail

Great hack, installed, any ideea how to check if the user is allready in Openfire DB, because i have a openfire db who works also with an email service

If a User is already in Openfire DB, the imported user (or the new forum member) will be skipped. But the problem is, the not imported User receive a email with invalid Openfire Account Details. The user can ignore this mail.

[mmoore5553]

so anyone actually using this mod ? can they tlel us now it is working and the email actually displayed ?