Integration with vBulletin - Complete Wordpress/Vbulletin Bridge - Share Users And Postings

Identical to this Mod here, but now for the Vbulletin 3.8 line.

DOES NOT WORK FOR Vbulletin 4.x

This version probably no longer works for Wordpress 3.x. I have started developing this product over and have released the NEW version here:

http://www.lampwrights.com/showthread.php?t=41

This mod bridges your Vbulletin users over to Wordpress. You can also use Vbulletin as your comment engine instead of the spammy one built into Wordpress. You can display the comments inline in your post. You need not use the comment feature, if your only interested in sharing users.

You can map your Vbulletin Usergroups to Wordpress Usergroups and those users will then be recognized as registered Wordpress users.

For example, user "Joe" registers at your forum and logs in. Joe then clicks on your Wordpress page. Joe is instantly added to the Wordpress user base with the permissions you set for his usergroup. In otherwords, if a user comes over belonging to the "Registered User" group, you can select that he is placed in the Wordpress "Subscriber" usergroup.

If you change a users group from vbulletin, it will automatically change in Wordpress.

Requirements:

• DOES NOT and WILL NEVER support Wordpress MU.
• Wordpress and Vbulletin scripts must reside on the same physical server.
• Wordpress and Vbulletin must use the same domain name.
• Stable Wordpress Version greater than or equal to 2.7.
• DOES work for Vbulletin 3.7.
• Does work for vBulletin 3.8.

Limitations:

• Does not work for 4.x. Why? Because VB 4.x does not work for me. If they ever make that product worth a shit, I might support it.
• Please don't ask if it works for any BETA versions of Vbulletin. I do not know and will not convert this to the latest version of VB (whatever it is at the time you are reading this) until the version is released as non-beta.
• Does not work with XMLRPC.
• Chances are, this will not work when VB and Wordpress are located in different sub domains. I.E. forum.yoursite.com - blog.yoursite.com. Cookie issue.
• I did the best I could in determining your forums file path with the script. There may be certain script setups that cannot find the file path properly, in which case you may get errors that the script cannot find or open /config.php. If this is the case, please HARDCODE your ABSOLUTE path to the forum in vbridge.php.
  
  To do this find:
  
  

   ## If you are having path problems, uncomment this next variable and define the path
  ## NO TRAILING SLASH!
  # $vwd = '/some/path/to/your/forum';

  And uncomment the last line, and change the path to your forums path:
  
  

   ## If you are having path problems, uncomment this next variable and define the path
  ## NO TRAILING SLASH!
  $vwd = '/some/path/to/your/forum';

Common Mistakes When Installing:

• Using two different host names causes problems. If your forum URL contains www.yourdomain.com, then your wordpress blog URL MUST contain the www. part of www.yourdomain.com also. This goes for any other host name. Browsers are finnecky when it comes to cookies (as they should be).
• Editors generally EDIT, not write. In Wordpress, editors don't show up in the post author drop down. This has nothing to do with this plugin, that is Wordpress code.
• Make sure you DO NOT create a subdirectory for this plugin in the wp-content/plugins directory. Just upload it directly there..
• If you do not map users before you turn auto-integrate on, the plugin has no idea whether your allowed into the dashboard.
• If you all of a sudden can't login to the dashboard, see the above two common mistakes.
• FOLLOW the directions and make a test post first. Being in a rush and not testing will most likely turn out bad for you.

UPDATES:

Changelog is included in download, here is the most recent changes:

3/09/2009

• Added code to process scheduled posts
• Addressed code where links and images would not show up properly in VB
• Added new table called vb_forumid for scheduled posts
• Reduced redundant calls when dealing with forum excerpts

Sites Using This Plug-In:

• http://www.jeffsrecipes.com
• http://www.xboxcircle.com
• http://www.detailuniversity.com
• http://www.zeropaid.com
• http://www.daggersden.net/
• http://www.talkbronx.com/
• http://www.czeta.it
• http://www.boonvilleforum.com

(PM me if you want to add your site here)

Special Thanks:

axisoverdrive - Debugging Help, Kyraal - Paypal Donation, Kalina - Paypal Donation, Wildcard27 - Paypal Donation, Shri - Paypal Donation, pspcrazy - Paypal Donation, Tomahoochi - Paypal Donation.

If you use this plug-in, and find it useful, please support us by nominating us for Mod Of The Month (MOTM) in the top right corner of this thread, or feel free to donate.

If you do install:

Please Click Install

Brought To You By: Lampwrights.com.

[DetroitYES]

Originally Posted by cs_angel

I also have a Problem with the bridge since yesterday.

First it Works finde. I didn't have a problem since yesterday. I did nothig before, I only want to edit a article. But when I want to edit, wordpress show me a white page. Only Quick Edit works. When I turn the plugin off, then I can edit normal.

All other section (like links, to create a article) works fine. Only the edit function und the options-permalink.php doesn't work. Has anyone an idea how I can fix this?

greetz cs_angel

I just installed this plugin and I'm having the same issue. My posts won't go to the forum, I've triple checked the settings and played with various configurations in the vbridge settings menu to no avail...

Just to clarify, I should have vB and WP on separate databases within the domain correct?
vB is on DB_01 and WP is on DB_02

[Raug]

This is how I make correct authors show up, however I only have 2 or so people posting anything that displays so it might not be ideal.

PHP Code:

<?php 
if ($vbridge[id] > 0) {
?>
<a href="<?php echo get_option('vbb_VBURL') ?>/members.php?u=<?php echo $vbridge['thread_starter'] ?>/"><?php echo strval($vbridge['postusername']) ?></a>
<?php
    }
?>

and it should make the correct name show up with a link to their profile. I don't recall if I changed anything in the bridge files themselves, but I copied portions of the comment code and applied it elsewhere. Just paste this code whever you want the author's (thread starter's) name to show up.

Is there a way to just replace the whole comment section with the forum? For instance instead of showing the comment section underneath it, it just shows a mini version of your forum (just the posts parts) with all the forum buttons (post reply, quick reply, etc.)...

I just completely skipped the comment page altogether and make any links pointing towards comments to direct to

http://mysite.com/showthread.php?t=######&goto=newpost

which I've also modified to show the number of replies to the thread as if they were comments.

[cs_angel]

Originally Posted by DetroitYES

Just to clarify, I should have vB and WP on separate databases within the domain correct?
vB is on DB_01 and WP is on DB_02

I don't know... I use both on the same database. And this works. Perhaps you test it on the same database. When you check the settings it should work. So test it when both (vb and wp) are on the same database.

greetz cs_angel

[giu]

sorry is my fault, but what are
vb user id
vb user name
vb forum id?
sorry I'm italian, I don't understand what they are.
Please

my forum is
forum.giocattolissimi.it
blog
giocattolissimi.it

please if you see these numbers...

maybe I don't see anything because I have enabled zoint seo? is it possible?

sorry I understand now, I feel very stupid myself, but at the end I understand.
Thanks a lot

[int20]

Hello. I use WP → VB Bridge at casavladi.ru. (Excuse me, only russian language).

Wordpress and vBulletin versions is latest: WP 2.8.4 & VB 3.8.4. Complete vBridge Plugin has version 4.01.13.

I have a problem: I have a guestbook at my site. It looks like WP Page with hundreds of comments, sorted alfabetically. I use "Paged Coments" plugin for paging guestbook pages. (homepage of plugin here).

When I try to activate this paging plugin, I see this error:

Fatal error: [] operator not supported for strings in **skipped***/html/wp-includes/general-template.php on line 32

Warning: array_slice() [function.array-slice]: The first argument should be an array in ***skipped***/html/wp-includes/plugin.php on line 339

How I can use pages in my guestbook wordpress comments?

Thank you for great plugin.

[mmalaney]

When making my test post I get the following error.

Warning: require_once(DIR/includes/functions_newpost.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/mmalaney/data/www/wisconsinsportsnation.com/forums/includes/class_dm_threadpost.php on line 18

yet this is my exact location, any ideas?

[ArnyVee]

I'm just starting to research this mod as I'm about done with a WP install as my 'home' page. Any tips for a newbie trying to tackle 52 pages of info?

[int20]

Originally Posted by ArnyVee

I'm just starting to research this mod as I'm about done with a WP install as my 'home' page. Any tips for a newbie trying to tackle 52 pages of info?

Use README file included. By default, reading that file is right way to install this mod. If you have any questions - welcome.

[Bounce]

no update on the problems users are having with white pages/ plugin no working then ?

[Bounce]

Interestingly the old hack works with wp2.84 and vb 3.8.4 (well does for me)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...50#post1142950