Coppermine 1.2.1 / vBulletin 3.0.0 Integration

Coppermine Gallery 1.21 and vBulletin 3.0.0 Integration
Version 1.0
Compiled by SpeedStreet

I'm not the hacker for this; I am merely the guy who poured through all of the threads on vBulletin.org and the Coppermine Development Forums to come up with one definitive post about integrating vBulletin with Coppermine.

WHAT IT DOES:
At the end of this how-to, you're installations of vBulletin and Coppermine will work together off of the same login. While everyone else wants to see all sorts of integration between the two, I believe this is the first step to making those things happen.

CREDITS:
A big thanks to everyone over at Coppermine for a terrific product and the users that support and mod it on a daily basis. I am merely standing on the shoulders of giants here, folks. Also, Nanobot was the guy over there that did the vB3 Gamma bridge, so the credit for that is all his.

FILES TO EDIT (2):
/bridge/vbulletin3.inc.php (Coppermine)
/include/init.inc.php (Coppermine)

HACK REQUIREMENTS:
vBulletin 3.0.0 Installed and Running
Coppermine 1.2.1 Installed and Running
5 Minutes of your time

SUPPORT THREADS:
Coppermine Gamma Thread (original thread): http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/bo...asc&highlight=
vBulletin.org Hack Thread: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=488062
Coppermine vB 3.0.0 Thread: http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/bo...ic.php?p=20674

FINAL WARNINGS:

There are seem to be some issues with people integrating this with forums located on subdomains (e.g. subaruforums.speedstreet.org). Please reference the Coppermine Gamma Thread above for more info.
Please ensure that Coppermine and vBulletin cookies are NOT named the same thing.

[Vega]

Originally Posted by Mijae

Does this integration use vB's templates for the gallery?

Nope. Uses it's own Templates.

[Lee Wilde]

Originally Posted by badpacket

I just used the default of 2mb.. since i'm still working on the site I dont know if this is enough or too much.. we'll see when i go live..

btw has anyone gotten this to work with 1.3? i had to revert back to 1.2 :/

Yes, I've got vb3.0.1 and cpg 1.3 integrated.

My site is still under construction but you can check it out at http://www.cbdpeople.com.au/gallery/

Now I am trying to figure out a way of showing the vb navbar & login box on the cpg pages, to make moving between /forums/ and /gallery/ as seemless as possible.

[RetroDreams]

Cloudrunner: Any plans for your integration?

[RetroDreams]

One more time... Cloudrunner?

[Super91]

I tryed the code too, did'nt work, im also getting this error at the top of the page:

Notice: Constant VB_COOKIE_PREFIX already defined in /home/nrizk/public_html/gallery/bridge/vbulletin30.inc.php on line 49


When i click on login it goes back to the forums...no work i did the hack still no luck..

[Super91]

Ok i got rid of the error as per my previous post, but now it still just goes back to the forums....any help?!? please

[Mijae]

Anyone working on a more complete integration?

I just installed CPG and intergrated it to vB3, it works perfectly. If you could use forum templates it would rock even more.

The other thing, is to get this to show up on the who's online list. Anyone want to work on that? :P

[corvettecrew]

Originally Posted by Super91

I tryed the code too, did'nt work, im also getting this error at the top of the page:

Notice: Constant VB_COOKIE_PREFIX already defined in /home/nrizk/public_html/gallery/bridge/vbulletin30.inc.php on line 49


When i click on login it goes back to the forums...no work i did the hack still no luck..

I also did the hack, and I am also having the login problem still.

[HellRazor]

Originally Posted by Cloudrunner

I'm not sure if this will fix any other issues, but for those with VB 3.0 and the included vbulletin30.inc.php running the 1.3 beta of Coppermine, I have figgered out the issue with not having the system recognize you as being logged in from the VB side of the house.

Basically it is a simple change in the naming of the cookie information that VB uses.

Follow along with me:

in the vbulletin30.inc.php find the following:

// The web path to your vBulletin Board directory
// In this example http://yoursite_name.com/vbulletin3/
define('VB_WEB_PATH', '/vbulletin3/');

directly below that add the following:

// Enter your VB 3.0 Cookies prefix if applicable
// This was defined in your Vbulletin config.php file when you installed VB
// Double-check this to be sure you don't have one
define('VB_COOKIE_PREFIX', '');

Then find the following lines:

    if (is_array($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS)) {
        $sessionhash = isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['sessionhash']) ? $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['sessionhash'] : '';
        $bbuserid = isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['bbuserid']) ? $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['bbuserid'] : 0;
        $bbpassword = isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['bbpassword']) ? $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['bbpassword'] : '';
    }

and replace it with the following (the quick ones will notice the difference immediately):

    if (is_array($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS)) {
        $sessionhash = isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[VB_COOKIE_PREFIX . 'sessionhash']) ? $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[VB_COOKIE_PREFIX . 'sessionhash'] : '';
        $bbuserid = isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[VB_COOKIE_PREFIX . 'userid']) ? $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[VB_COOKIE_PREFIX . 'userid'] : 0;
        $bbpassword = isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[VB_COOKIE_PREFIX . 'password']) ? $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[VB_COOKIE_PREFIX . 'password'] : '';
    }

I haven't yet figgered out the logout error yet, but I will.

FYI: This is based on an installation of VB 3.0.1 and Coppermine 1.3.0 Beta 4 using the following directory structure and cookie structure:

http://yourdomain.com/forum/
http://yourdomain.com/gallery/

VB cookiedomain: www.yourdomain.com
VB cookiepath: /

Gallery cookie name: *something other than what VB is using*
Gallery cookiepath: /

Hope that this helps.

Enjoy!

)O( Cloudrunner )O(

Worked for me, thanks!!!

[allhandl]

Im running an integrated 1.2.1 Coppermine with Vb 3.0.1 flawlessly for while now. I just recently decided to make some of my albums "members only" which seems to be doing the trick for getting people to register.

The problem is when someone registers for the first time they do so thru VB obviously. When they are done registering it it brings them back into the forum as normal and they are recognized as registered on the 'forum' but not the Coppermine board. In order for Coppermine to take, they have to log out & then log back in. After they have done that everything is cool.

Any ideas on a fix? whether it be a forced logout on the Vb side or a cookie on the CM side?

thanks in advance

[MissKalunji]

I run Vb 3.3
I have the Copermine 1.2.1

Everything works fine
only dat i have no administrator pass......
I am log in.... but theres no admin area nuthing :ermm: what did i do wrong??

Just like i wasnt log in

If iw anna log in it brings me to my forum... and it stays there... it doesnt bring me back to the gallery

[MissKalunji]

Its okay i figured it out

[yinyang]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

Its okay i figured it out

how'd you figure it out? i'm having the identical problem.

[njsr]

Anyone had any luck with Coppermine 1.3.1 and vBulletin 3.0.3 yet?

[MissKalunji]

Just renamed the Cookies in the bridge file....it was " " <-- i used the same one in the vbulletin script (cookies)