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Getting started with vBulletin development

I was asked if I could program something for vBulletin. As I never programmed something for vBulletin I started to search for documentation and tutorials. Unfortunately I wasn't very lucky. The most promising thing I found was this, but it looks like it was autogenerated and isn't very helpful for beginners. After some more searching I ...

Strange Issue with vBulletin 3.8.0 and PHP 5.2.11

Hey all, I've a really weird issue going on here. Am trying to migrate an installation of vBulletin 3.8.0 to a new server. Config of the new server is PHP 5.2.11 with APC, Apache 2.2.3, MySQL 5.0.84 and CentOS 5. I've transferred all the files perfectly and the error I get is: Fatal error: Call to undefined function construct_forum_bit...

mysql error: Unknown column 'thread.threadid' in 'on clause'

I'm getting the following error... ERROR: mysql error: Unknown column 'thread.threadid' in 'on clause' I hear it has something to do with the MySQL version... what changes do I need to make to my PHP code to get passed this error? I read that This error arises because the comma operator was used in the SELECT query. This query was n...

Preg Replace question PHP

Im new to Preg Replace and Ive been trying to get this to work, i couldn't so StackOverflow is my last chance. I have a string with afew of these ('pm_IDHERE', 'NameHere');"> I want it to be replaced with nothing, so it would require 2 wildcards for NameHere and pm_IDHERE but ive tried it and failed myself, so could someone give me ...

Convert vBulletin to Drupal but maintain friendly urls for SEO?

I'm fed up with VB and looking to convert a big vBulletin board to Drupal. But I don't want to lose the links of the friendly urls and risk having everything re-indexed by Google. How can I maintain those urls? The site and huge has been around since 2002. I don't want to be penalised by Google. ...

Login to a vbulletin forum using Java

As part of my dissertation thesis I have constructed a "bot" that crawls the official forum of the course Programming in C and searches for frequently asked questions in order to post a reply. I am at the part that I must simulate the login in order to be able to post the appropriate reply. The login form is as follows: !-- login form -...

centering an element in a table cell so it's in the absolute center of the page?

The vBulletin v3.6 message board uses a table for the header image. What I'd like to do is have the left cell remain left aligned but have the div in the right cell to be in the absolute center of the page. If that's not possible, what is the best way to accomplish this? I attempted using a wrapper div and inline CSS properties but i...

vbulletin + chat module

i want to integrate 123flash chat module with vbulletin. i just want to know difference between licenced and free version of 123flash chat for vbulletin. ...

login to Vbulletin And View Topic Using Java

Hi i want to login to Vbulleti**n Forum and save the first Topic of one thread which is in the " " html tag using **Java. i search the web and found many libraries that could login like httpComponent-Client, but i dont know how to get the data that is in the div . i need you to guide me on whole process and how to start. i think i should...

How to integrate vBulletin features into an external site

I have a web site I'm building and the client wants to have features from vBulletin (blog, forums) integrated into the site. Its not enough to simply add the sites skin to vBulletin. Is there a way to do this? I would expect there to be documentation on how, if it is possible, to do such a thing but haven't been able to find anything....

How to insert a widget inside forum inself in vbulletin?

You know, the publishing suite offers other content than forum. for example blogs and also some custom content i know how to add articles/widgets to the page itself, but how do i add such a thing into a forum secion? for example, on the left column i would have forums and on the right column i would have some news reader widget could...

SQL query a new thread in vBulletin

Hello. How to make a query to the database(mysql) to create a thread? I need to create a thread from a non-registered user, if not, then from the present .. Simply query the database with the subject "Test", the text "test text" and any nickname Sorry for bad english, thank you! ...

vBulletin - extract usernames from user table

Hi I need to extract a list of all usernames from the user table in vBulletin of persons who were registered up to a certain date. So for example, I need all members up until 1st Oct, but after that is not required. The 'joindate' field is expressed in seconds I think. Eg. 1116022743. How can I can extract usernames on this basis? che...

vBulletin & current user database

Hello there, For my website, I thought alot about either doing a custom forum script, to integrate in my website, so users will be able to post in the forum section, but I also thought about getting vBulletin and link my current user table & the forum ones. So actually, the register page is the website's one, there is no forum registra...

vBulletin database

Whats up. I'm looking for some information about linking a vBulletin user database with my actual website's database. I do already have a users table, users have their main website profiles and all, but I would also like them to be able to use the same account on the forum (forum not up yet) So is it fairly simple to do that? I'm simpl...