Integration with vBulletin - C&D Comm - Social Networking

Here is a social networking script modeled after Myspace. This is a separate script that runs by itself. I have integrated the user login's from vb so that browsing is seamless.

Please click Mark as Installed if you are using this integration.

Basic highlights of the script:
3 levels of users: Administrator, Moderator, User
Multi Language Support
VBulletin Integration
FlashChat Integration (same DB)
Customizable home page
Background Image/Sound without needing Javascript
Search by area, user particulars, etc
Private Messaging
Public/Private Profile Notices (like bulletins)
Customizable default color scheme easily
Enable/Disable ability to have local background music
Easily turn on/off modules
Simple User Administration
Several sign up verifications available
Single point of registration/login

Requirements
PHP 4.4.7+
Compiled with GD2
MySQL 4.1.x+

Installation is fairly easy. There is an installation instruction file in the zip.

You should turn off registration on the forum and remove the logout/login links. All registration through the script will create forum accounts for new users.

For profile links to work, you need to edit your .htaccess file and add the following lines

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^p_(.*) view_profile.php?urlname=$1

The script does zero modification to your vb tables and files, so if you don't like it you can just delete the cnd_* tables and files and your back to how you were before.

Live Demo
Some admin functionality was disable for the demo site. Cannot delete/ban accounts, cannot change configuration of the script.

Administrator Account
email: admin@cnd-systems.com
pass: password

Moderator Account
email: mod@cnd-systems.com
pass: password

User Account
email: user@cnd-systems.com
pass: password

Version History

1.2.3a - [Thur 10th July 2008]

Fixed typo in sync users and sync pics

v1.2.3 - [Wed 9th July 2008]

Added ability to resend authorization email
Fixed Last post first bug
Added browse all link to header
Added ability for admin to enable/disable browse all link
Fixed problem with images being hidden from friend when the hide images from all but friends privacy setting is set.
Added mood indicator (Modify Profile->Personal Info)
Added photo albums (All users have a My Photos album to start)
Added Admin ability to disable/enable mood indicator
Added Admin ability to set whether users can edit their own comments on peoples notices
Added Admin ability to set whether users can delete their own comments on peoples notices, events, etc
Added Admin ability to set whether notice owner can delete other user comments for their notices
Fixed problem with not stripping slashes from display name on some pages
Sync Users and Sync Pics option in admin area will now move images stored in the database or filesystem

v1.2.2 - [Wed 4th June 2008]

Added ability to add user as administrator (Only primary admin can add/remove administrators)
Added ability to make user/mod/admin primary admin (irreversable besides through database)
Block ability to delete user if they are moderator or admin (Must remove mod/admin permissions first)
Changed forum sync to pull in profile picture from forum if available
Added ability for admin to update users pictures with profile picture from forum
Added ability for admin to set forum/events/calender to open in new window or current
Added ability to login to forum and have session pass login to script

v1.2.1 - [Sat 10th May 2008]

Fixed band images upload when max is set to 0
Fixed user images upload when max is set to 0
Fixed group message edit error
Fixed band upload image error
All music uploads now check post_max_size and use that as limit
Added config item for image size limit
Show post_max_size limit in the admin area
Added selection of admin from forum for linking with C&D Admin account
Added ability for user to set table and body background colors
Added ability for admin to set all but profile page colors
Added ability to operate from seperate database than flashchat
Changed profile layout to try to use external, then custom then default layout
Removed auto deletion of accounts that haven't activated in 2 weeks

v1.2.0 - [Wed 9th Apr 2008]

Modified install script to use an existing forum admin
Rearranged upgrade script
Added external javascript field for profile customizing
Added admin ability to disable external javascript field
Fixed messaging scheme to use less database records

v1.1.2 - [Mon 7th Apr 2008]

Fixed approving band issue
Fixed issue with adding contacts
Fixed some issues with syncing users with forum
Added error checking for reading vbulletin database connection

v1.1.1 - [Fri 4th Apr 2008]

Fixed some issues with syncing users with forum

v1.1.0 - [Thur 3rd Apr 2008]

Added Image Verification to Signup
Added ability to post youtube videos
Added ability to operate from seperate database than vbulletin
Added dubugging mode
Added better error handling
Added ability to have new users be assigned to specific forum group
Added ability to have disabled users be moved to specific forum group
Added ability for admin to delete accounts on C&D or Forum or Both
Added ability for admin to use forum calendar instead of C&D for events
Added basic Install Instructions

v.1.0.3 - [Thur 27st Mar 2008]
Added ability to show profile links without htaccess modification (not user friendly links)
Fixed creation of record in New Members list

v.1.0.2 - [Thur 27st Mar 2008]
Fix sync users for special characters in vbulletin
Added ability to sync users by vbulletin group
Modified placement of Sync Users popup

v1.0.1 - [Mon 24st Mar 2008]
Fixed country value in the search qualification
Fixed chat display name error on account edit if chat is not installed
Fixed wrong email subject on account activation page
Fixed case sensitivity for vbulletin queries

No database changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 so you only need to swap files.

v1.0.0 - [Fri 21st Mar 2008]
Initial release

[generati]

Hi I am trying to install the software but having difficulties, I know this is probably the dumbest question but I keep getting this message on install:

Connection script is in the wrong location.

Where is the connection script supposed to be?

[Dylanblitz]

Originally Posted by generati

Hi I am trying to install the software but having difficulties, I know this is probably the dumbest question but I keep getting this message on install:

Connection script is in the wrong location.

Where is the connection script supposed to be?

The install instructions are in the zip. There is a file in the incfiles/ directory called connection_dist.php. Edit it and change the database, username and password variables. Copy it to new and name it connection.php. You should be able to install after that.

[Dylanblitz]

Originally Posted by Deidre

Sorry, I only saw the reply now. Thanks so much. Let me know when you're done!

I uploaded the new version, it has the changes so you can put a link in your forum to it. I put the instructions on what to modify in the install_readme.txt

[macc]

hello!

have installed you hack but when i will save some changes .... it is not possible ... (mean like admin)

www.belaplay.com/vb/note

reg

macc

[Dylanblitz]

Originally Posted by macc

hello!

have installed you hack but when i will save some changes .... it is not possible ... (mean like admin)

www.belaplay.com/vb/note

reg

macc

What doesn't save? Is there an error that you get when you try and save something. Let me know what screen your on when you get the problem.

[macc]

when i try to change something in "ADMIN" exp time zone or put path for flashchat ...and after click to save cahnges ..not hapened ..no error mesages comes up .. can PM to you admin accounts ..and you can try


reg


macc

[Dylanblitz]

Originally Posted by macc

when i try to change something in "ADMIN" exp time zone or put path for flashchat ...and after click to save cahnges ..not hapened ..no error mesages comes up .. can PM to you admin accounts ..and you can try


reg


macc

My fault, I uploaded the demo version, which had all the admin stuff locked down. Can you redownload the file and overwrite the current files? No script will need to be run, just overwrite the files and it should be ok.

[macc]

Thanks ..now works everything fine !

regards

macc

[trackpads]

very nice! Good work!

[hotwheels]

I think this would be an awesome addition to a website. I tried all different types of configurations to get this to work on my site and it just wouldn't work right.

The hardest thing i found was trying to figure out exactly where to upload all the files to on my server. I renamed the file, uploaded in my root, uploaded on my main server page and i could never get it to work right.

It wouldn't upload mp3's, even though it showed it uploaded, it wouldn't take forums/ nor chat/..........

I will keep my eye on this one, and if you get it working right, i will try it again........

thanks, hotwheels