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This article discusses user integration options available for Pligg. This includes integration with third party sites, services and hosted scripts.
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The following options are available for integrating Pligg with existing user databases:

 

• 1Forum (Bulletin Board) Software
  • 1.1phpBB Integration Module
  • 1.2Invision Power Board (IPB) Integration Module
  • 1.3vBulletin Integration Module
• 2Other Content Management Systems
  • 2.1Joomla Integration Plugin

Forum (Bulletin Board) Software

Since web bulletin boards (bb) are a great starting point for online communities it was only natural for Pligg to first offer integration options for forum web scripts. Below is a list of bulletin board scripts that Pligg is able to integrate user information with.

phpBB Integration Module

phpBB offers a popular open source solution for creating forums, which made it a great candidate for the first user integration module for Pligg. We offer a free integration module that will add Pligg users to a phpBB database. This module is available for free, but we are only able to support it for commercial projects at this time.

Official phpBB Integration Module Thread

Invision Power Board (IPB) Integration Module

The Invision Power Board module is a premium addon that offers the most advanced integration option available.

Features:

• Users automatically log in to the Pligg site if they have logged into IPB and set a browser cookie
• Users can log in to Pligg using their IPB credentials
• User avatars are imported from IPB into Pligg

Requirements:

• Invision Power Board License
• Invision Power Converge (IP.Converge) plugin for IPB.
• Pligg and Invision Power Board must sit on the same domain name. Different subdomains are okay.
• New users should register through IPB

Please contact Yankidank for more details and pricing information.

vBulletin Integration Module

Similar to the Invision Power Board module, the vBulletin module integrates users by automatically adding them to the Pligg database when a user who is currently logged in to vBulletin lands on the Pligg page. Alternatively they can log in to the Pligg site using vBulletin credentials and that will add their account to the Pligg site if it is their first time registering on the site.

Features:

• Users automatically log in to the Pligg site if they have logged into vBullletin and set a browser cookie
• Users can log in to Pligg using their vBulletin credentials

Requirements:

• vBulletin License
• Pligg and vBulletin must sit on the same domain name. Different subdomains are okay.
• New users should register through vBulletin

The vBulletin User Integration module can be purchased from Pligg Pro.

Other Content Management Systems

If you are looking to pair Pligg with an existing CMS or migrate to Pligg from another CMS you may be interested in these user integration solutions.

Joomla Integration Plugin

JPligger is a Joomla plugin that will sync Pligg 9.9 and Joomla 1.5 users. This plugin will allow you to run Pligg inside Joomla using Wrapper. It will sync user registration, login and forgot password between Joomla, Community Builder and Pligg.

Tested on: Joomla 1.5.2; Pligg 9.9.0
Note : Community Builder is not required for this plugin to work


Ideal Installation:

• Use at your own risk! Backup first or use in test environment first.
• Install Joomla in root folder
• Install Pligg in /
• Note DB settings of Pligg
• Install JPligger Plugin in Joomla
• Visit its settings
• Provide details for Pligg DB
• Publish and Save
• Hide Pligg Registration Links

Optional Information: Pligg inside Joomla wrapper instructions here.