REQUEST: vBulletin PerlDesk integration

[EcpHosting]

As a web hosting operations Manager, i already know that this would be a very popular hack if someone can implement it. Personally, I do not see it as a difficult task at all, because this is a simple integration and not one that requires everything to be seemless between the two.

Requirements:
- perlDesk would use the user pool from vBulletin for login security.


Now this can work one of two ways
One: it can be a true user pool combination (meaning if a vBulletin user is logged in, they are logged in to PerlDesk as well)
Two: every user that is registered on vBulletin is ALSO registered into PerlDesk (with the same user/pass) therefore making two user/pass combination pools (this is ok as well).


Final Word
I will even give $40 USD (small price) to the person who develops this as a special bonus. This will not just be $40, but a popular hack (i can almost guarantee it). Why? Because hosts would LOVE to be able to have the user/pass of a user seemless throughout a site without having to double-enter (sometimes triple enter) information throughout the site.

Any takers?

[EcpHosting]

PerlDesk Information
Also, for folks not knowledgeable in PerlDesk, it is a FREE help desk tool (VERY popular amongst hosting admins) that stores 'trouble ticket requests' etc...

This is availiable at http://www.perldesk.com

[noppid]

Something with a readme similar to this perhaps???

This code will automatically add users to a perldesk MySQL database
upon registration to a vBulletin forum. This is achived in two steps.
When the user registers an entry into a new table will be made with
that users login info for perldesk. When the user is approved and
sent an activation notice they will be added to the perldesk users
database upon activation. This is done to give some control of the
building of the users database in perldesk. If an error occurs the
techadmin in your config.php will be notified via email as to which
function failed so you can take action.

Two files need to be edited on your vBulletin installation, register.php
in the forums folder and config.php in the forums/admin folder. A table
needs to be added to your vbulletin installation's MySQL database as well.

Outlined below are the four steps necessary to make the code functional.
You must have your perldesk MySQL database access information and access to
your vBulletin installation's FTP or equivelent to patch the two files. You
also need access to your vBulletin MySQL database to run a MySQL query to
add the necessary table for the code to work. phpMyAdmin works well for this.

Sound close? It works well!

[EcpHosting]

I wish I could write that kind of code... think you could jot down this code and release it as a hack? It would be a life saver!

[noppid]

The code is done and tested, just making sure you're still interested.

I beat it up pretty good and got the desired results. The code is commented and there is an install readme.

I'll email you more details if you'd like.

[EcpHosting]

You are kidding right? You can release this as a hack! I would be most grateful to have this installed... however.. tell me this... we have a software platform called ModernBill that has a script to auto-create a forum account. Perhaps I could place that plugin into the auto-forum creation and it may work? If so, I could place a hack link in the ModernBill forums and link to your hack (so you can get install hits). If you would like, I could send you some great information regarding the MB forum-script (very simple) so you can perhaps work with that (or I could figure it out myself and release it as an addon to your hack).

Let's get this running!

[noppid]

If your MB-forum script runs from within the vB forums folder and includes forums/global.php this hack could run from within in it theoretically, but it's coded specifically to work within the registration code of vB as is.

[noppid]

EcpHosting, you still out there? We have an update for you.

[Koutaru]

If it's not a MUST to have perldesk you could try this hack out:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=48469

Still, maybe sticking with perldesk will be better