MCCodes/VBulletin registration integration help

[Spudinski]

MOST forum software, even the free one's has an SSI. This is a simple script you include into yours that holds a set of functions to do vBulletin specific tasks.

I'm sure we can help you here on the MCCodes part of the script, but vBulletin has allot of good people that will tell you exactly what to do in your script to make this happen.

Good luck.

[Jordan Palmer]

Then why would you even bother making any comment if you don't plan to REALLY help?

Too give you a kickstart? AB has the time and the patience for help everyone, I don't any longer, I have a life too live

[KDawg08]

I'm thinking AB is finding it a bit trickier than planned/expected.

[AlabamaHit]

I jsut got the file. I don't live on the site.

[KDawg08]

Weird, it showed you on the site all night as online.

[AlabamaHit]

Must be a bug..I don't log out...And rarely close my browser..So cache isn't cleared..maybe that is why.

[KDawg08]

good point.

[AlabamaHit]

The register.php don't have the information there...There is no INSERT in the whole page..

Look through the files and find the page where it inserts the users into the databse.

[Jordan Palmer]

Must be a bug..I don't log out...And rarely close my browser..So cache isn't cleared..maybe that is why.

No, thats due to MDShare setting the session lengths to 24hours, So everyone's session stays alive basically

*From what I was told anyway*

[Zeggy]

The register.php don't have the information there...There is no INSERT in the whole page..

This shouldn't be surprising, especially with a script like vbulletin. Most professional scripts would not have a simple flow like mccodes...

Spudinski is right, there should be some kind of api you can use without having to modify any vbulletin files, otherwise you'll make your forum incompatible with any forum updates/upgrades.

[AlabamaHit]

You shouldn't have to modify the VB Files.

All you ahve to do is change mccodes encryption to match the VB. So when they register. they are same, insert into both.

Now on login, they already match, just login both databases...

I never said once I would be modifying VB Files.

[KDawg08]

The register.php don't have the information there...There is no INSERT in the whole page..

This shouldn't be surprising, especially with a script like vbulletin. Most professional scripts would not have a simple flow like mccodes...

Spudinski is right, there should be some kind of api you can use without having to modify any vbulletin files, otherwise you'll make your forum incompatible with any forum updates/upgrades.

So in idiot terms(for me lol...) I'm kind of screwed

[Zeggy]

You shouldn't have to modify the VB Files.

All you ahve to do is change mccodes encryption to match the VB. So when they register. they are same, insert into both.

Now on login, they already match, just login both databases...

I never said once I would be modifying VB Files.

Ah, okay, my bad.

Still, there are many ways of integrating a website with a forum, you don't necessarily need to use the same encryption for the passwords if you keep the game and forum tables separate.

I think best solution here is for somebody to write a vbulletin plugin that hooks into the registration, which will insert a copy of the user into the game database. Then edit the mccodes register page to insert a copy of the user into the forum database.

This is not 'full' integration but I think it's better to not mix the game with the forum too much, otherwise you'll have a huge mess of a database.

[KDawg08]

You shouldn't have to modify the VB Files.

All you ahve to do is change mccodes encryption to match the VB. So when they register. they are same, insert into both.

Now on login, they already match, just login both databases...

I never said once I would be modifying VB Files.

Ah, okay, my bad.

Still, there are many ways of integrating a website with a forum, you don't necessarily need to use the same encryption for the passwords if you keep the game and forum tables separate.

I think best solution here is for somebody to write a vbulletin plugin that hooks into the registration, which will insert a copy of the user into the game database. Then edit the mccodes register page to insert a copy of the user into the forum database.

This is not 'full' integration but I think it's better to not mix the game with the forum too much, otherwise you'll have a huge mess of a database.

well basically that's what i want it to do... Seperate databases. Game database just added into the vbulletin registration system and it will add the user(s) to both, then i can redirect the game register to the vbulletin one so there is only 1 Register page for EVERYTHING.

[Zeggy]

In that case you only really need somebody to write a vbulletin plugin. The problem is that not many people have vbulletin as it requires a license.

[KDawg08]

In that case you only really need somebody to write a vbulletin plugin. The problem is that not many people have vbulletin as it requires a license.

Sucks lol... I've offered to put up a TEMP VBulletin on one of my domains so someone could figure it out but i've yet to receive a response. haha.

[Joshua]

I'm going to end up contacting woltlab via customer service to determine how to set this type of forum up inside a game.

Think it would be neat to have a mini mwg inside a mc game >,p

[KDawg08]

I'm going to end up contacting woltlab via customer service to determine how to set this type of forum up inside a game.

Think it would be neat to have a mini mwg inside a mc game >,p

That's cool but i'm trying to just run MULTIPLE GAMES and have the forums seperate, but make it so that when registering to the forums, they automatically get signed up to the games via database entries being in the vb register system

[KDawg08]

I tried to get an answer from SOMEONE at vbulletin site on the .org site in the forums but no response in a couple days so... I'm thinking i'm pretty much screwed.

[AlabamaHit]

I guess you didn't read my other post. That register DON'T have the information necesary to do it.

You will have to FIND the information. And send that page. I said this a few post back.

[KDawg08]

I guess you didn't read my other post. That register DON'T have the information necesary to do it.

You will have to FIND the information. And send that page. I said this a few post back.

VBulletin has more pages than i'm use to staring at lol... it has everything in the main directory, install directory, includes directory, etc... so it has more than i know where to look heh

[KDawg08]

I found the required file and i have sent it along to AlabamaHit

[Danny696]

Send too me, i wanna see it :)

[Faz`]

He did help tho :) You just have to understand we ain't going to watch your every step to do it and tell you what you doing wrong :) We got lives man, and so do you apparently :P

Sorry I couldn't resist. Bladewolf, I have seen more posts of you asking for mods than any other post in this forum. How you can tell KDawg to go learn himself I don't know. If you are so keen on telling other people to go learn themselves, how about you look on some PHP Tuts and decide to make those mods you request for free? How does that sound? </rant>

[KDawg08]

He did help tho :) You just have to understand we ain't going to watch your every step to do it and tell you what you doing wrong :) We got lives man, and so do you apparently :P

Sorry I couldn't resist. Bladewolf, I have seen more posts of you asking for mods than any other post in this forum. How you can tell KDawg to go learn himself I don't know. If you are so keen on telling other people to go learn themselves, how about you look on some PHP Tuts and decide to make those mods you request for free? How does that sound?

LOL... What i find funny is everyone says "It's gotta be JUST LIKE phpbb or smf integration... Yet I have a feeling it's trickier than that because the database info isn't even in the register.php file for one... it's in includes/function_user.php i believe, but i'm not totally positive. The coding in vb is way different than what i'm use to seeing through mccodes v1...

I want to setup a few games but the issue is, if people register to vbulletin and i get 1 game implemented into it, i know i can implement the others, BUT it won't auto add the users to those games if they're pre-registered (for future example)