[Yankidank]

I had some issues when enabling the cookie. I think I set up everything correctly, but I just couldn't get it to work. Right now the pligg demo isn't using the cookie, but is using version 1.10. Once again, thanks Simon.
I sent Simon a donation on behalf of Pligg, I hope a few of you will do the same.

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Yankidank

I had some issues when enabling the cookie. I think I set up everything correctly, but I just couldn't get it to work. Right now the pligg demo isn't using the cookie, but is using version 1.10.

Interesting. I think i know why it won't work on the iforum, but as yet i'm not sure why. When i check the cookies this forum sets, i see:

bbsessionhash
bblastactivity
bblastvisit

Now when i was making this bridge, i based it off my forum cookies, which consisted of all of the above, AND bbuserid and bbpassword. It was the userid and password cookies that i used (if they aren't present, it reverts to the non-cookie sharing version automatically). What i don't know is why they aren't present on this forum. I'll do some testing and see whether there is a particular setting needed to produce those 2 extra cookies.

EDIT: ok, i know the cause of the problem. The extra 2 cookies that i use in this bridge only appear if the user clicks on "remember me". Now the reason i never had a problem is that i was a bit sneaky and in my vB template, i forced all users to be permenantly logged in, by removing the Remember Me checkbox, and replacing it with:

<input type="hidden" name="cookieuser" value="1" />

So that is the quick way round the problem. The other will be to base the cookie sharing off the bbsessionhash file. I'm sure it can be done, but first i need to find how the bbsessionhash content is derived, and then use that to match to the correct pligg user table row.

[Simon]

Updated to v1.11 - this updates the cookie sharing for those who don't use the "Remember Me" function. To upgrade from the previous version, simply re-upload the login.php file in the pligg upload directory, and then follow step 2 of the installation guide.

As always, please report any problems in this thread.

[disneysites]

Awesome!! I've been waiting for this for quite a while now. A few requests/ideas... if I may be so bold.

• Any way to sync the avatars on both systems? It would be nice to keep the users "brand" consistent.
  
• Auto-login with cookies. When I first send my users from the forums over to the pligg, I would like it to detect the cookies and automatically log them in. Having to login is kinda lame... or is mine just not working right?
  
• One profile. Pull in homepage, location, AIM, ICQ, etc from VB database. No sense in them entering it all again.
  
• Registering sends them over to vBulletin.

That's my wishlist after an afternoon of playing. May be more later.

I will definitely give a decent donation if a few of these can be implemented.

[Simon]

Originally Posted by disneysites

Auto-login with cookies. When I first send my users from the forums over to the pligg, I would like it to detect the cookies and automatically log them in. Having to login is kinda lame... or is mine just not working right?

That should work in the latest version. As long as you have at least the sessionhash cookie in the browser, it should pick it up and log you into pligg. If it's not working, make sure you followed the instructions in step 2 to the letter (configuring libs/login.php).

Originally Posted by disneysites

Registering sends them over to vBulletin.

That's going to need a pligg template change. I removed the register input boxes, and replaced them with a link to the forum registration. Tighter integration of profiles and avatars is possible, but its not on my to-do list at the moment, although i might have a look at it at some point. Anyone else is welcome to add features to the bridge.

[AyeCapn]

Originally Posted by Yankidank

I sent Simon a donation on behalf of Pligg, I hope a few of you will do the same.

Done


<3

[disneysites]

Originally Posted by Simon

make sure you followed the instructions in step 2 to the letter (configuring libs/login.php).

I did follow every instruction in step 2 to the letter... I just forgot that pesky "saving" part. (In my defence, that wasn't in the instructions )

Works all spiffy after actually saving the file. Thanks!

[AyeCapn]

I followed the steps as completely as I could. I don;t get any error messages, but the login still gives me an error in Pligg. How can I troubleshoot?

[AyeCapn]

I was able to use debug mode to find some errors in the import process. See attached screenshot. Does this tell you anything?

[Simon]

First thing to check would be that you have the correct pligg database details in the "Pligg Integration Options" admin section of vBulletin.

You might also want to try removing the following from the pligg_populate.php file:

if (!can_administer('canadminusers')){
    print_cp_no_permission();
}

Other than that, i'm not sure what the problem could be.