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vBulletin® integration plug-in provide you full vBulletin integration, including User system and Comment system.
This is an easy solution to integrating vBulletin forum software with your Vivvo system. If activated, vBulletin will take over full management of users and comments. A single registration works for the site as well as for the forums. It means that users are registered on the both systems at the same time, and when they log-in, they're logged to both systems at the same time.
vBulletin is a professional forum solution and this plug-in has capability of smoothly integration vBulletin into Vivvo CMS software.
vB Integration is created and tested with versions 3.6.x and 3.7.x (up to 3.7.3) of vBulletin forum. Make sure you have a proper plug-in package for your version of vBulletin forum.
The following pre-installation step is valid for v3.7.x of vBulletin forum only. In case you are using bridge for previous versions (v3.6.x) you may proceed with installation.
Prior to installing the plug-in itself, you should make one modification to vB original code if you want to be redirected to your website after you log-out. Open the file VBULLETIN_ROOT/includes/functions_login.php and find this code (around line 409):
($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('logout_process')) ? eval($hook) : false;
then below just paste this code:
if (isset($_REQUEST['logout_url']) && $_REQUEST['logout_url'] != ''){
header('Location: ' . $_REQUEST['logout_url']);
}
After you have completed this pre-installation step, you can install the plug-in.
You need to access the Plug-ins section. Click on Plug-ins link which is located in Main menu at the top of your administration panel.
A list of all plug-ins currently registered to the system is displayed on the right hand side of the screen.
To install vBulletin® integration plug-in you need to click on the install icon on the right side of the plug-ins name.
This will take you to the page with the following fields. Just fill-in the values of corresponding parameters:
You should enter the full URL address of your website, www.example.com/forum ('http://' prefix and slash are mandatory)
In this box you should placed a local path on your server where vBulletin® is installed
Do not go any further in the installation until you have both url and root added. After you enter these required fields, press the Next button to proceed with the installation.
In the next step, all you need to do is add some parameters in the form shown bellow:
The option is used for ArticleBot to generate comments thread for respective articles
This indicates where to store auto-generated threads
Use this field to select an appropriate vBulletin® group to suit a Vivvo admin group
Use this field to select an appropriate vBulletin® group to suit a Vivvo editor group
Use this field to select an appropriate vBulletin® group to suit a Vivvo trusted writer group
Use this field to select an appropriate vBulletin® group to suit a Vivvo writer group
Use this field to select an appropriate vBulletin® group to suit a Vivvo premium member group
Use this field to select appropriate a vBulletin® group to suit a Vivvo member group
Next, you will be informed that the plug-in was successfully installed and configured. Also the important notice will appear:
“From this point on, vBulletin® will manage User Management and Comment Management of the system. After this step you will be logged out and you must login into Vivvo using your vBulletin® administrator credentials.”
Choosing the finish task will print a message saying you should login into Vivvo.
Now you should include vBulletin template for comments in your article template instead of current Vivvo comments template. Open /xhtml/article/default.tpl file and instead of this code line (around line 47):
<vte:include file="{VIVVO_TEMPLATE_DIR}box/comments.tpl" />
place the following:
<vte:include file="{VIVVO_TEMPLATE_DIR}box/vb_comments.tpl" />
After the vBulletin bridge installation, it is necessary to set 'Vivvo comments' option in Vivvo administration - Layout & modules - Modules to 'No'
To uninstall vBulletin® integration plug-in you need to click on the uninstall icon on the right side of the plug-in name.
This will take you to the page with the link for uninstall: Click here to Uninstall the plug-in
You will be informed that the plug-in was successfully uninstalled. After clicking on a logout link Click here to logout, you will be taken back to the main login screen. From this point on you can login into Vivvo only by using your Vivvo credentials.
After the vbulletin bridge de-installation, it is necessary to set 'Vivvo comments' option in Vivvo administration - Layout & modules - Modules to 'Yes'
After the deinstallation return the Vivvo comment template (comments.tpl instead of vb_comments.tpl)
The path to the vBulletin® integration plug-in:
Click on the Plug-ins link (which is located in Main menu at the top of your administration panel).
Choose vBulletin® integration plug-in from the list of all installed plug-ins (on the left side of the screen).
This plug-in can be accessed only by users with administrator-level privileges.
You need to log in via Log in form with your username and password. If the user credentials are right, you will pass the validation and after this you’ll be logged to both systems.
To log out from the system, use the Log out form. This will take effect on the site as well as on the forums.
Learn how to pull the latest comments from your vB forum to your Vivvo site via RSS feed. You'll find instructions for creating Latest comments box on this page: http://www.vivvo.net/resources/how-to/vbulletin-latest-post.html