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.

[WarLion]

noooooo michel morris you hack was one of he most wanted hack made please dont leave us my site was expectin your hack seens the first wordd of you

[VivaLaPinkowitz]

I've been working with this mod and I have to say, excellent, excellent job! This is absolutely perfect for what I've needed to do, and I would like to say, please keep up the excellent work!

I've found a way to also incorporate the custom images from an individual vBulletin style. In the installation instructions for the mod I have enabled, it says to place its custom images folder in the main directory; so I did so for the vJoomla directory and it works as well.

If you're curious on how my site looks, its http://pinkowitz.org

Thank you for making this stellar mod Mike!

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by Michael Morris

Everyone has a magic button - the one thing that will pisses them off thoroughly. Mine is being called a thief. Jelsoft has chosen to call me a thief. I have chosen to remove my hacks from this site, and my support for them. Good day.

Like many others I have been following this thread with excitement and anticipation. It would be a shame if your hard work and this amazing mod would go down the drain. I sincerely hope that this will be solved.

[Michael Morris]

I have a bad, bad temper. I'm sorry. I've had some time to cool off, and it isn't fair to anyone watching the dev of this mod for it to be cancelled over this. So I'm going to go home, get some rest, in the morning I'll reupload the files. This news couldn't have come at a worst time for me - my father is very ill so I'm not in a good mood as is.

Again, my apologies.

[WarLion]

that goood news i really hope your father get better
pace out

[Alfa1]

Pfew! I'm glad you reconsidered.

[VivaLaPinkowitz]

My sincerest condolences to your father Michael.

[paul_c]

Sorry to hear about your father and your situation with Jelsoft.

As I mentioned in the early part of this thread I think this product has the potential to do a lot of good, so I hope you see a way to continue development. If you feel up to elaborating on the Jelsoft issue maybe some of us can offer suggestions.

[VivaLaPinkowitz]

To help you out a bit, I'd like to make a post to describe the errors I am getting with the add-on as of today.

For reference, xxx = Directory in file path that I manually edited out, and was not included in the actual error message.

Key Problems

• Nav Bar on Header and Footer link to a nonexistant page on the vJoomla index (but are functioning correctly on the forum page). Fix would be to allow custom URL settings for the Nav Bar and utalized Forum Modules. Temporary fix is to manually change the URL in the address bar to match the module that is of the Forums location.
• The "Who's Online" Module, when clicking upon a username, does not provide the correct URL, a problem similar to that of the Nav Bar on the vJoomla index. The "Who's Online" also displays an inaccurate number of the "Most Users Online" and continually resets its number.

Minor Problems

• Error text displayed on the News Module page (as shown in bold)
  1. "Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /homepages/13/xxx/htdocs/xxx/components/com_content/vbcontent.html.php on line 35" - The News; This category is currently empty
  2. "Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /homepages/13/xxx/htdocs/xxx/components/com_content/vbcontent.html.php on line 113" - Latest News; items
• Error text displayed on the FAQ Module page (as shown in bold)
  1. "Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /homepages/13/xxx/htdocs/xxx/components/com_content/vbcontent.html.php on line 35" - Example FAQ's; this category is currently empty
  2. "Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /homepages/13/xxx/htdocs/xxx/components/com_content/vbcontent.html.php on line 113" - [Back]

I will continue to edit my post if I observe any more, but these seem to be the major ones at the moment.

[imported_hbs]

This is great news to reopen the hack.
I don't understand why jellsoft calling you a thief unless they afraid that the option of using joomla & vbulletin will effect thier sales when they start selling CMS (I hope this is not the case).

hope your father will get better.