vBulletin Top Posters for Joomla!

[Jordan]

Title
vBulletin Top Posters Module for Joomla!

Version: 1.0

• Updated: 08/13/2007

Change Log
N/A

Description
For those of you who have Joomla! and vBulletin this modules allows you to display the top posters as a module.

Language: PHP

Additional Info
Forum Password is kept as clear text!
Pressing Enter in the HTML editor creates a <BR /> tag

Tested System
CentOS

Requirements (if any are known)
Joomla, PHP, MySQL, vBulletin

Source/Binary Attachment
Attached here as an attachment and in the share system

License
GNU although a link back to Programming Forum would be nice for anyone using.

Operating Systems
Any that support PHP/MySQL

Features

• Change display amount in module settings
• Format the output easily in module settings
• Exclude usergroup IDs
• Ability to truncate usernames

Todo List/Bugs
None

DEMO
CodeCall - Home - Bottom right
Price: Free!

Support
Support will only be given here. If you find any bugs please post them here.


Need Joomla! Hosting?
Receive reliable and effective hosting from ToastedPenguin.com with automated Joomla! installs!

[Alex1200GS]

Hi Jordan,

I used this promising script on portal.bmwbikers.gr but it seems that something is not quite right. It may be the fact that the vbulletin forum is located in a different sub-domain (forum.bmwbikers.gr), or the fact that the two front-ends are using two different databases.

Although I feel confident fiddling with PHP, I haven't read the code of joomla or VB and I'm afraid that doesn't help. Do you think there is something that can be done to rectify the problem or is it only working in the same sub-domain and DB?

Thanks for your attention,

Alex

[Jordan]

Hey Alex,
I have this script working with a subdomain forum (CodeCall Programming - Home and forum.codecall.net) - what error do you get if any? Does the page look half-loaded when the script is enabled?

Did you setup the script properly (added password, forum db name, etc)?

[Alex1200GS]

Hi Jordan,

thanks for your reply. I have put the script back up for you to see. When the DB fields are completed correctly the script itself works fine, although a case conversion was needed (userID -> userid) inside the user-definable html field, but the rest of the joomla interface seems to be loosing touch with its own database. It seems like joomla tries to retrieve its data from the vbulletin database and goes berserk. Joomla works fine in the parts before the script and displays a trillion errors after it.

I tried re-writing the PHP script in a number of different ways, changing the variable names in case they clash with something else, even tried to enclose the entire thing inside a function (to restrict the scope of the DB variables) but to no avail. Joomla still goes berserk when the script is enabled. Have a look: BMWbikers - Α�χική

Thanks for your attention,

Alex

PS: The comment on top of this script is a left-over from another script

[Jordan]

Hey Alex,
That is interesting and I'm not sure what the problem is but it looks like the top-posters module works and everything else gets corrupted after it loads.

Is it possible for you to setup a temporary admin username/password for your Joomla installation so I can do some tests? I'll need a way to upload so could you also install JoomlaXplorer?

[Alex1200GS]

Well, guess what? I accidentally fixed it.

Prior to creating a joomla admin account, I created a restricted mysql user account (SELECT privilege only) in the VB database and updated the joomla script with this user; then refreshed the front page to make sure it works and the problem got fixed! It seems that the script doesn't like fully privileged access rights for some reason.

Thank you very much for your prompt assistance!

Alex

[joe13]

Hello,
top poster is nice mod and I tested him from two domaines where Joomla is on one and vbulletin on second domaine, but it seems I al having error with top posters links in that module? Anywhere I just installed that mod to see is it working, but actually I try to found modul for last posts, so anybody know where to found that modul?

[Aryentain]

Hi, i have this problem:

It displays the user names, but the link to their profile doesn't work. They point to h ttp://mysite.net/forum/member.php?u=__userID__ it doen't replace the "__userID__" with the actual userid, how could i fix this? i would like to show each username and post count one bellow the other, is it possible too? since they are shown one on the right of the other. Thanks for this usefull work!!

[Sunsetdriver]

Hi and thanks for this module.
Would it be possible to have members' names linked to their Community Builder's profiles instead of their VB's ones, please?

And, what about a "Latest Threads" module?