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jdorsey · #1 15 Sep 2013, 11:09

Hello,
I'm trying to integrate vBulletin 5.0.x with Wordpress. Specifically, I'm trying to add the WordPress header and footer to show in vBulletin using Wordpress's functions get_header() and get_footer() that come from the file wp-blog-header.php in the WordPress installation folder. So I'm trying to figure out the following:

1) require the wp-blog-header.php file somewhere for vbulletin to use using require()
2) to figure out where to insert the php functions get_header() and get_footer()

I looked at this post: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=298770 and it gave some information on making an extension by adding a folder to the /core/packages folder and putting a class file there with a custom function that I could use in a template, but I couldn't find much information on how to create a product xml file. It seems important to do this because I can't register my extension in the Admin CP -> Products & Hooks -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product without it.

I'm don't need to create hooks or templates, and this product I'm creating doesn't need any custom html. Here's the code I wrote so far:

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I added these lines to the /core/global.php file because I couldn't figure out where to put a php require statement:

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So any help would be greatly appreciated - I couldn't find any docs on doing this after 6+ hours of searching.

marco_kellershoff · #2 15 Sep 2013, 11:33

You don't need a product xml. All you need is an extension and a product. The extension will show up without a product.xml. Once it shows up you can add a product for that extension manually in the AdminCP.

The extension is basically a .php file inside the packages/yourextensionname/api/ directory.

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Put this into packages/wpheaderfooter/api/options.php

Not tested, but should work.

jdorsey · #3 15 Sep 2013, 12:27

Thank you for such a quick reply! I got the extension successfully registered.

Is this how I run the function in a template?:

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(not sure about the varname "wp") - I put this in but nothing shows up in the header template.

Also, do I need to register this as a product in the AdminCP import/add product page for this to work, or is just registering the extension good enough?

Thanks again!

marco_kellershoff · #4 15 Sep 2013, 12:42

I'm not familiar with wordpress, so I don't really know what wpHeader() is doing.

If it is just returning the header html like so:

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then you need to alter the extension's code a bit like this:

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(now the function returns the value)

and then in your template you do something like this:

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the first line just assigns the data and the second ones echos it

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You might also want to read about this related topic here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...-a-text-string

jdorsey · #5 15 Sep 2013, 18:14

Ok, I feel like I'm so close, but missing something. Here is my new extension class file so far. I simplified it just to get it to work at all:

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And here is my new template markup (using the header template), which I inserted around line 114 (shortly after the <body> opening tag):

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Also, you mentioned I need that I need to manually add the product. I did so in the AdminCP ->Products & Hooks -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product, Add Product section. Here I just gave the Product id text field the same name as $product variable I used in my class above: 'wpheaderfooter' .

I do have the options -> Products/Hook System enabled (set to yes).

However, I get no output. Thanks so much for your patience in helping me. Hopefully I'm just missing something simple.

marco_kellershoff · #6 15 Sep 2013, 21:28

Just try to add a hook - then it should work

jdorsey · #7 16 Sep 2013, 01:29

Ok, I pulled my {vb:raw} code out of the header template and made a new template, "wp_header_footer" and put it in there:

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Then I created a new hook.

product: "WP Header and Footer"
title: "WP Header Footer Hook"
hook location: header_toolbar
execution order: 10 (Default)
template name: "wp_header_footer"
hook arguments: left blank

The html I put in the template shows up (h2 and h1), but the {vb:raw wphead} does not.

The thing I am bit worried about is that when I created a new Product ("WP Header and Footer"), I didn't have any way I could see to link it to my wpHeaderFooter_Api_Options class listed in the extensions. Am I missing a step?

marco_kellershoff · #8 16 Sep 2013, 07:00

If you can wait until tommorow, I'll write you a detailed, step by step guide, including (working) source code and screenshots.

It's just that today we have planned a relaunch of one of our mayor sites

Don't have really time for this ATM.

But please, don't get angry or sad - I know the vBulletin software is lacking good docs, which is really sad - I fiddled around about 2 full 8h workdays to understand how the new extension system in vB5 works - it's a shame.

I'll come back to you tomorrow, k?

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Originally Posted by jdorsey

Ok, I pulled my {vb:raw} code out of the header template and made a new template, "wp_header_footer" and put it in there:
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Then I created a new hook.
product: "WP Header and Footer"

title: "WP Header Footer Hook"

hook location: header_toolbar

execution order: 10 (Default)

template name: "wp_header_footer"

hook arguments: left blank

The html I put in the template shows up (h2 and h1), but the {vb:raw wphead} does not.

The thing I am bit worried about is that when I created a new Product ("WP Header and Footer"), I didn't have any way I could see to link it to my wpHeaderFooter_Api_Options class listed in the extensions. Am I missing a step?

I'm really sorry for such misleading information ... must have been a lack of sleep & coffee on my side..

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it has to be options, because you are simply extending the options api from vbulletin..

jdorsey · #9 16 Sep 2013, 14:25

That worked! I replaced wpHeaderFooter_Api_Options with options, and it now works. Thanks so much! Hopefully the rest is just php stuff and not vbulletin related. I may post how I actually completed the whole thing in a little tutorial for posterity. And that would be great if you could post a little tutorial for how to make a hello world extension. If you're like me, I know you must be very busy though.

moonclamp · #10 02 Oct 2013, 00:15

Just posting briefly as I'm interested in this too, and have far less php knowledge!

When I get this right, will it also add the wordpress top menu, or is that another problem to solve?

A tutorial would benefit me immensely, thank you.

moonclamp · #11 01 Nov 2013, 10:32

Just giving this a gentle bump

bhalkum · #12 05 Nov 2013, 14:44

I would love to actually see this as something here on vbulletin.org.

heredia21 · #13 08 Dec 2013, 12:30

Any success?

nezr · #14 18 Dec 2013, 22:39

I would love a tutorial please

jessicajonnie · #15 24 Jan 2014, 17:04

I would love one, too. I'm definitely missing something. =(

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