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11/13/2009 08:02 PM

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As we probably probably already know, vldPersonals and Vbulletin current have the integration module to allow a duplication of user account / password / and logged on session. Thus, any software that integrates with Vbulletin will be able to access vldPersonals user table as well.

Cometchat 1.5 beta works with Vbulletin 3.x to a limited extent. If will pull user session from the user table, getting the userID for avatar and profile linking.

I have vldPersonals as the front engine; thus, I would like to change the following function to call the VLD avatar and profiles, instead of vbulletin's profiles.

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function getLink($link) {
return "member.php?u=".$link;
}

function getAvatar($image) {
return "image.php?u=".$image."&type=profile";
}

function getTimeStamp() {
return time();
}

Also, I've been looking around for a way to automatically pass the session over from vld after a user has logged on so that no accessing of the forum is required for CometChat to function.

Edit vbulletin_forum/login.php:

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Header("Location: http://yourdomain.com/index.php?m=account_logout");

Edit includes/lib/lib.account_login.php, edit:

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redirect( VIR_PATH . ($PREFS->conf['fancy_urls'] ? "forums_path/" : "/forum_path/index.php") );

below:

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$_SESSION['REQUEST_URI'] = '';
if ( isset($_POST['islogin']) && $_POST['islogin'] && (strcmp($request_uri, VIR_PATH) == 0 || strcmp($request_uri.'/', VIR_PATH) == 0 || strpos($request_uri, 'account_login') !== false || strpos($request_uri, 'account/login') !== false) ) {

There must be a better way from our real coders here in the community. I would be appreciative if someone steps up and make this work seamlessly.

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