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

[moon_spell]

wow nice i need it ! but for me it does not work! would you please upload the ready and finished php file to download ?

regards

[CommanderFluffy]

hi i keep getting error such as headers already sent. i have my globals on my own php files. but when ever i put your files in it tells me header already sent

[RDx321]

Is there a way that I can track what page the user is currently viewing from the vbulletin who's online page?

[sflmkv]

can anyone give me some quick assistance... I tried my test.php and it works fine.
when I place in wordpress sidebar I get this error:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/content/?/?/?/?????/html/login_inc.php on line 299

any ideas what could be going on I'm using 3.6.8?

[Kitmitsu]

Is there anyway to display a default avatar instead of a blank space when a logged in user has no avatar?

Great mod by the way.

[Billspaintball]

Originally Posted by thmst30

AWESOME, after a couple hours of messing around I FINALLY got this working in vb 3.6.8. Also now using it in the widget sidebar on a wordpress blog. PERFECT and SEEMLESS integration. However I had to alter the code a bit so it could communicate with the newer version of vb.

You would make a few people very happy if you listed the steps on how to do this with wordpress.

Originally Posted by superthang

anyone have instruction for 3.7 ? does it safe to overwrite the login_inc ?

thanks for help!

There is a 3.7 version of this released in the 3.7 mods section.

Originally Posted by thegabriel

Hi,

I had implemented this code and it was working fine. My password had presently expired and my homepage looks scrambled. It is not redirecting to the forum page where it shows password expiry message.

If I go to the forums page, by typing http://www.example.com/forums then the message shows up.

Can you please guide me on how I could rectify this error?

Thanks,
G

Have you looked at section 5 in the troubleshooting guide?

Originally Posted by moon_spell

wow nice i need it ! but for me it does not work! would you please upload the ready and finished php file to download ?

regards

Huh???

Originally Posted by CommanderFluffy

hi i keep getting error such as headers already sent. i have my globals on my own php files. but when ever i put your files in it tells me header already sent

See section 1 of the troubleshooting guide.
Even a single blank character above the code will cause this error.

[Billspaintball]

Originally Posted by RDx321

Is there a way that I can track what page the user is currently viewing from the vbulletin who's online page?

Not easily.
This is not designed to do this.

Originally Posted by Kitmitsu

Is there anyway to display a default avatar instead of a blank space when a logged in user has no avatar?

Great mod by the way.

Should be easy enough to do with a conditional in the code.
I might add it to the next update.

[echo@]

Hi I have installed and successfully got the script running, this works fine in a stand alone php file, great.

Now i am trying to integrate with a directory script (called indexu ) that use's smarty as a template engine.

With smarty the php call changes from <?php to <%php%> so this is the code I have at the very beginning of my header file

PHP Code:

<%php%>
$curdir = getcwd ();
chdir('/home/essext/public_html/forums');
require_once('/home/essext/public_html/forums/global.php');
chdir ($curdir)
<%/php%> 


and my index file calls the mod as follows

PHP Code:

<%php%>
require_once('/home/essext/public_html/forums/login_inc.php');
<%/php%> 


all paths are correct but when i browse the page with the mod enabled i am presented with the following error.

Fatal error: Call to a member function query_first_slave() on a non-object in /home/essext/public_html/forums/includes/functions.php on line 1303

this points to my vbulletin functions.php file

PHP Code:

$user = $vbulletin->db->query_first_slave(" 


As you can imagine I have spoke to the indexu support forums, as it seems the mod works fine , just doesnt work when combined with indexu script, which I cant understand why.
But have been told to post over here. The original thread is here http://www.nicecoder.com/community/s...ead.php?t=7159 .


I hope some one can shed some light on this one. Thank you

[jellybaby]

Does anyone have this working on Joomla?

[tamborinegal]

Perfect, works great.

Thanks!