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]

Files have been re-uploaded.

[RedefiningFate]

Originally Posted by RedefiningFate

Michael-

Got through the installation for the first time. It seems simple now that I got through it...but I am getting this at the bottom of the page when I first sign in and it goes to the poll on how the installation was:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/admin/domains/nefga.org/public_html/joomla/modules/mod_mainmenu.php on line 1

What does that mean?

Thanks...

Fixed. Just had to re-upload and it worked.

This is looking really good Michael..please don't give up on this...you're doing great work!

[RedefiningFate]

Michael-

Should be the last question. When I go into the vB AdminCP and go to click on "vjoomla Administrator" it comes up with a blank white page, but at the bottom it has a url that includes something about "you need to login"...It is trying to get to my joomla/administrator page. Just comes up blank.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[RedefiningFate]

Originally Posted by RedefiningFate

Michael-

Should be the last question. When I go into the vB AdminCP and go to click on "vjoomla Administrator" it comes up with a blank white page, but at the bottom it has a url that includes something about "you need to login"...It is trying to get to my joomla/administrator page. Just comes up blank.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Nevermind on that too! I got it figured out...re-uploaded the files and it worked!

[VivaLaPinkowitz]

I'm still confused on how I can change the links for the Top and Bottom Nav Bars, Top Login Panels, and the right "Who's Online" Block for vJoomla, but not for the vBulletin forum. Is there a PHP file that can be edited to do so? Another solution to consider would be removing the Nav Bars and Top Login Bar on vJoomla, being that the login block to the left works perfectly. I am fine with either one.

[Michael Morris]

Two possible approaches. 1 - give Joomla the option to use its own navbar. I could implement this as follows, create template jos_navbar. Joomla will try that navbar template during rendering first - if it is empty it will use the vbulletin navbar.

I could also include a $show['joomlaon'] variable in joomla so that templates could respond to being rendered by Joomla.

So do one, the other, or both?

[VivaLaPinkowitz]

Both sound excellent!

Also, are you aware of the error text that is displayed on the news and FAQ modules and a possible fix for them?

[RedefiningFate]

Two problems that came up so far Michael-

1. If I were to select an option on the poll that it automatically brings up upon installation, it states that I need to enable cookies. However I am able to login to every site that requires cookies so I know they are on...any suggestions?

2. If I go to the administrator for joomla through the vB admincp and try and change a newsflash or something. It loads up everything but then will not allow me to edit anything and the original text disappears. It then will not allow me to close out/cancel out of the edit and then because I don't cancel or close it, the newsflash gets locked.

Any help with greatly be appreciated!

Thanks...

[Luky]

Originally Posted by RedefiningFate

Two problems that came up so far Michael-

1. If I were to select an option on the poll that it automatically brings up upon installation, it states that I need to enable cookies. However I am able to login to every site that requires cookies so I know they are on...any suggestions?

2. If I go to the administrator for joomla through the vB admincp and try and change a newsflash or something. It loads up everything but then will not allow me to edit anything and the original text disappears. It then will not allow me to close out/cancel out of the edit and then because I don't cancel or close it, the newsflash gets locked.

Any help with greatly be appreciated!

Thanks...

I get number 1, polls dont work.

[VivaLaPinkowitz]

Originally Posted by RedefiningFate

2. If I go to the administrator for joomla through the vB admincp and try and change a newsflash or something. It loads up everything but then will not allow me to edit anything and the original text disappears. It then will not allow me to close out/cancel out of the edit and then because I don't cancel or close it, the newsflash gets locked.

A quick fix for the locking of the posts are to log out and log back in. I've noticed the same problem.