vBulletin LTS

Bridge: vBulletin 3.8.x - 4images 1.7.7 Image Gallery
Mod Version: 0.6, by kai3k

Introduction

This mod allows to use both 4images and vBulletin application transparently for users as they are one application. Registration and login are handling by the vBulletin app, users are creating into 4images database “on-the-fly”, on logged in user first request any of the 4images pages.

Demo

Thanks to Nicky for hosting live demo at:
http://www.nicky.net/demo/4images/
http://www.nicky.net/demo/vBulletin/
Updated: 4images 1.7.7 + vBulletin 3.8.3

List of changed files (only 4images)

New files:

• includes/vb.php
• global_usefulstuff.php

Modified:

• config.php
• global.php
• includes/sessions.php
• includes/page_header.php
• admin/admin_global.php
• admin/index.php
• templates/default/user_loginform.html

Installation

See this thread in the 4images forum
http://www.4homepages.de/forum/index.php?topic=23892.0
... or download the attached files.

Notes

Please make sure when installing applications you have admin account on both 4images and vBulletin apps with the same user name and password.

Known issues

When switching bridge off users can’t login to 4images anymore from the native 4images form. However they still exists in 4images database and could request for new password.

Version history

• 0.1 - initial release

• 0.2 - security fix (thanks to nic_bck for reporting: http://www.4homepages.de/forum/index.php?topic=23892.msg132782#msg132782)

• 0.3 - upgraded to 4images 1.7.7; doesn't let user which is not confirmed his email login into 4images -- only his own CP panel on vBulletin.

• 0.4 - now all default templates from 4images 1.7.7 are bridge ready (modded.zip, newfiles.zip); when user changes his email in vBulletin on the next login it will be updated into 4images also (thanks to Sun); now after user registered at vBulletin his join date will be also transferred as soon as he will come to 4images (thanks again to Sun); tested with vBulletin 3.8.4

• 0.5 - fix for the changed user's email was not actually updated into 4images DB.

• 0.6 - additional condition before change email: user has to have proper vBulletin session so when user logging out of vBulletin and refreshing 4images page his email will not be changed to the empty string (thanks Sun for reporting).

Extras

Users, who already have installed 4images and have users in it, can download userexport.php (attached to post - ue.zip), place it into root directory of 4image after installing bridge and run it from the browser. Existing 4images users should appear now in vBulletin.

Download already modded 4images 1.7.7 archive (attached to post modded.zip).

Download this instruction in printer friendly pdf (attached to post - bridge-step-by-step.pdf).

Original thread

Orignal thread in the 4images forum:
http://www.4homepages.de/forum/index.php?topic=23892.0

Thanks to dennisnovikov to allow me to the mod on vbulletin.org!