Hey all,

Just checking in to see what the deal is with the auth_vBulletin plugin for LinksSQL... I'm looking at buying vBulletin 2.3.0, importing all my users from IkonBoard 3.1.2a, and then using the auth_vBulletin plugin so that they won't have to register to use LinksSQL (add reviews, rate review helpfulness, add products, and sign up to receive newsletters).

Should this work ok? How much modification will I need to do to get it working at a very basic level. I read many different things on the board while searching.

Also, how does it work with editors and administrators? If I understand properly, the vBulletin user database is used for everything.

Thank you for your help!

Stephen

Hi,

If you are starting with an empty Links SQL install, it's very straightforward. If you are trying to merge two installations that already have data, it's quite difficult. =)

You install the plugin and then Links SQL will authenticate a user off of their vbulletin session, and auto create them in Links SQL if they don't exist.

Hope that helps,

Alex
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Gossamer Threads Inc.

Hi Alex, thanks for your reply...

All I have now are two admin users, and some test users I created. I'll delete the test users.

So, to setup an admin or editor user in linkssql, I'd have them register on my vBulletin forum, and then come over to linkssql, where they'd be authenticated and their user auto created in linksql, and then I'd go in and edit that auto created user to be an admin or editor... right?

For the 2 current admins, we will have the same names in both vBulletin and linkssql, so I assume it should just work from the get-go.

Then I just change my templates to have login and registration point to vBulletin?

If that's it, it sounds pretty good to me! :-)

Thanks for your time,

Stephen

That's about it!

Cheers,

Alex
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Gossamer Threads Inc.

Great, thanks a lot!