vB3 + G2

hello!

i was hoping to get a little help integrating G2 into VB3 (vbulletin 3.0.7)

i've read through this post:
http://gallery.menalto.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=28480&highlight=vbulletin

and the docs/EMBEDDING

and have put a dent in the process (i think! ;) )

here's what i have so far:

[img]http://www.cvreefers.org/modules/gallery/albums/whodah_misc/VB3_and_G2_01.jpg[/img]

as you can see, in the upper right corner, i'm logged onto VB3 as 'whodah'.

between the HR tags are the variables i'm passing to the embeded G2 script. my code is as follows:

		$ret = GalleryEmbed::init(array('embedUri' => 'whodah_testtemplate.php',
				    'relativeG2Path' => '../gallery2',
				    'loginRedirect' => 'index.php',
				    'activeUserId' => $bbuserinfo['username']));

i am calling

$data[javascript]
$data[bodyHtml]

but am not calling

$data['title']
$data['headHtml']
$data['css']

as you can see, the gallery system is being called ok, even matches the layout (css/colors/etc) of the VB3 forums.

but it still see's me as 'GUEST'...

i do have seperate VB3 and G2 user tables...

oh, and my paths are:
public_html/VB/
and
public_html/gallery2/

the user 'whodah' can in fact log on (w/ the same password) to VB3 and G2 independently.

any ideas?

i was wondering if i could do this as a test logged in as 'whodah' under VB3:

		$ret = GalleryEmbed::init(array('embedUri' => 'whodah_testtemplate.php',
				    'relativeG2Path' => '../gallery2',
				    'loginRedirect' => 'index.php',
				    'activeUserId' => 'whodah'));

(note the forced 'activeUserId' as 'whodah' and not a variable...)

i did try it, but G2 then errors out. (if this is relevant and the error is needed, lmk and i'll post it!) but i'm not even sure if that logic is correct.

ty very much!

if i did this, i'd need to use the same users table for G2 as i do for VB3, correct?

that or do some MAJOR synching as listed in the docs at all times?

(i.e. if whodah = uid 5 in G2, but uid 13 in VB3)

ok, here is what i have so far in it's entirety...

the VB3 variables are:

$bbuserinfo['userid'] = VB3 int, i.e.: 17
$bbuserinfo['username'] = VB3 string name, i.e.: whodah
$bbuserinfo['lang_code'] = VB3 string code, i.e.: en (although i'm guessing i could omit this and just leave it null)
$bbuserinfo['joindate'] = VB3 php timestamp int, i.e.: 1075737219

all of this is stripped from various other integrations. still a no go... same as the above screenshot. i see the concept, i just cannot get it to work... any pointers at this stage in the game?

$data = runGallery();
$data['title'] = (isset($data['title']) && !empty($data['title'])) ? $data['title'] : 'Gallery';

function runGallery() {
    require_once('../gallery2/embed.php');
    
		$data = array();
	
    // if anonymous user, set g2 activeUser to null
    $uid = null;
 
    // initiate G2 
		// $bbuserinfo['userid'] = vBulletin numeric user number
		$ret = GalleryEmbed::init(array('embedUri' => 'whodah_testtemplate.php',
				    'embedPath' => '/gallery2',
						'relativeG2Path' => '../gallery2',
				    'loginRedirect' => 'index.php',
				    'activeUserId' => $bbuserinfo['userid']));
   /*
	  if (!$ret->isSuccess()) {
      $data['bodyHtml'] = $ret->getAsHtml();
      return $data;
    }
		*/
            if ($ret->isError()) 
            { 
               if ($ret->getErrorCode() & ERROR_MISSING_OBJECT) 
               { 
                 // check if there's no G2 user mapped to the activeUserId 
                 $ret = GalleryEmbed::isExternalIdMapped($bbuserinfo['userid'], 'GalleryUser'); 
                 if ($ret->isError() && ($ret->getErrorCode() & ERROR_MISSING_OBJECT)) 
                 { 
                     // user not mapped, map create G2 user now 
                           // Get Arguments for the new user: 
                           $args['fullname']     =   $bbuserinfo['username']; 
                           $args['username']    = $bbuserinfo['username']; 
                           $args['hashedpassword'] =   $bbuserinfo['password']; 
                           $args['hashmethod'] =    'md5'; 
                           $args['email']       =   $bbuserinfo['email']; 
                           $args['language']   =   $bbuserinfo['lang_code']; 
                           $args['creationtimestamp']   =   $$bbuserinfo['joindate']; 
                            
                           $retcreate = GalleryEmbed :: createUser($bbuserinfo['userid'], $args); 
                           if (!$retcreate->isSuccess()) 
                           { 
                              echo 'Failed to create G2 user with extId ['.$uid.']. Here is the error message from G2: <br />'.$retcreate->getAsHtml(); 
                              return false; 
                           } 
                            
                           if (!g2addexternalMapEntry($bbuserinfo['username'], $bbuserinfo['userid'], 0)) 
                           { 
                                return false; 
                           } 
                            
                           // Full G2 reinit with the new created user 
                           $ret = GalleryEmbed::init(array('embedUri' => 'whodah_testtemplate.php',
                                              				    'embedPath' => '/gallery2',
                                              						'relativeG2Path' => '../gallery2',
                                              				    'loginRedirect' => 'index.php',
                                              				    'activeUserId' => $bbuserinfo['userid']));
                 } 
                 else 
                 { 
                     echo 'G2 did not return a success status. Here is the error message from G2: <br />'.$ret->getAsHtml(); 
                 } 
             } 
             else 
             { 
                 echo 'G2 did not return a success status. Here is the error message from G2: <br />'.$ret->getAsHtml(); 
             } 
           } 

    // user interface: disable sidebar in G2 and get it as separate HTML to put it into a block
    GalleryCapabilities::set('showSidebar', false);

    // handle the G2 request
    $g2moddata = GalleryEmbed::handleRequest();
  
    // show error message if isDone is not defined
    if (!isset($g2moddata['isDone'])) {
      $data['bodyHtml'] = 'isDone is not defined, something very bad must have happened.';
      return $data;
    }
    // die if it was a binary data (image) request
    if ($g2moddata['isDone']) {
      exit; /* uploads module does this too */
    }
   
    // put the body html from G2 into the xaraya template 
    $data['bodyHtml'] = isset($g2moddata['bodyHtml']) ? $g2moddata['bodyHtml'] : '';

    // get the page title, javascript and css links from the <head> html from G2
    $title = ''; $javascript = array();	$css = array();
 
    if (isset($g2moddata['headHtml'])) {
      list($data['title'], $css, $javascript) = GalleryEmbed::parseHead($g2moddata['headHtml']);
	  $data['headHtml'] = $g2moddata['headHtml'];
    }
    
    /* Add G2 javascript  */
    if (!empty($javascript)) {
      foreach ($javascript as $script) {
	     $data['javascript'] .= "\n".$script;
      }
    }

    /* Add G2 css  */
    if (!empty($css)) {
      foreach ($css as $style) {
	     $data['css'] .= "\n".$style;
      }
    }

    // sidebar block
    if (isset($g2moddata['sidebarHtml']) && !empty($g2moddata['sidebarHtml'])) {
      $data['sidebarHtml'] = $g2moddata['sidebarHtml'];
    }
    
    return $data;
} 

ty!

made the change, thx!

woohoo!!!! had my first successful sync!!!!

u know what was slowin me down?

in function runGallery, the nifty line of:

global $bbuserinfo;

<rolls eyes>

i've got some cleaning up of code to do, inserted a lot of dummy test users and output statements. but more to come soon!

thx valiant!

whodah, the salt was added after the initial GalleryEmbed design. i have to look into that, but not now :/ for now. but actually, it works for me in my xaraya integration.

i've never handled the salt. just used the API methods. don't know why it works, don't know why it should work, never thought about it, lol. sorry for my ignorance, i will look into it sometime in the future.

// if anonymous user, set g2 activeUser to null
$uid = null;

then you use the bb[userid] as activeUserId. so the $uid = null; statement isn't used?
you should do something like
$uid = condition_that_user_is_guest ? '' : $bbuser['userid'];

and then activeUserId => $uid

at "
i don't think i need this next line?! ":
yes you need to print the error there and return false, because this else case is GalleryEMbed::init returned an error, but the error was not MISSING_OBJECT, but some other unknown error. i.e. you know nothing about the error, you know only, that G2 doesn't work ok at the moment. -> return false.

image borders? do you include the $css of G2 in VB3? just checked, no you don't. you should...
and if you just want to disable image borders:
addd img style:none in the the css of your page.

ok, re-enabled $data[css] (which of course fixes up the 'a href img' border issue), uncommented that line that i had commented out (the error return - i swear it was producing weird results before, but seems to be behaving fine now! probably my mind was mis-behaving, heh!), and fixed several $uid vs. $bbuserinfo['userid'] issues...

the link once again:
http://www.cvreefers.org/VB/gallery2.php

and the running code:

// Begin G2 integration code
$data = runGallery();
$data['title'] = (isset($data['title']) && !empty($data['title'])) ? $data['title'] : 'Gallery';

function runGallery() {
    global $bbuserinfo;
		require_once('../gallery2/embed.php');
    
		$data = array();
	
    // if anonymous user, set g2 activeUser to null
		$uid = $bbuserinfo['userid'] = 0 ? '' : $bbuserinfo['userid']; 
 
    // initiate G2 
		$ret = GalleryEmbed::init(array('embedUri' => 'gallery2.php',
				    'embedPath' => '/VB',
						'relativeG2Path' => '../gallery2',
				    'loginRedirect' => 'index.php',
				    'activeUserId' => $uid));
						
    if ($ret->isError()) 
        { 
           if ($ret->getErrorCode() & ERROR_MISSING_OBJECT) 
           { 
             // check if there's no G2 user mapped to the activeUserId 
             $ret = GalleryEmbed::isExternalIdMapped($uid, 'GalleryUser'); 
             if ($ret->isError() && ($ret->getErrorCode() & ERROR_MISSING_OBJECT)) 
             { 
                 // user not mapped, map create G2 user now 
                 // Get Arguments for the new user: 
                 $args['fullname']     =   $bbuserinfo['username']; 
                 $args['username']    = $bbuserinfo['username']; 
                 $args['hashedpassword'] =   $bbuserinfo['password']; 
                 $args['hashmethod'] =    'md5'; 
                 $args['email']       =   $bbuserinfo['email']; 
                 $args['language']   =   $bbuserinfo['lang_code']; 
                 $args['creationtimestamp']   =   $bbuserinfo['joindate']; 
                  
                 $retcreate = GalleryEmbed :: createUser($uid, $args); 
                 if (!$retcreate->isSuccess()) 
                 { 
                    echo '<HR>line: '.__LINE__.', Failed to create G2 user with extId ['.$uid.']. Here is the error message from G2: <br />'.$retcreate->getAsHtml(); 
                    return false; 
                 } 
								$ret = GalleryEmbed::checkActiveUser($uid); 
                if ($ret->isError()) { 
                    print $ret->getAsHtml(); 
                    return false; 
                } 
             } 
             else 
             { 
                 echo '<HR>line: '.__LINE__.', G2 did not return a success status. Here is the error message from G2: <br />'.$ret->getAsHtml(); 
             } 
         } 
         else 
         { 
						 echo '<HR>line: '.__LINE__.', G2 did not return a success status. Here is the error message from G2: <br />'.$ret->getAsHtml(); 
         } 
       } 

    // user interface: disable sidebar in G2 and get it as separate HTML to put it into a block
    GalleryCapabilities::set('showSidebar', false);

    // handle the G2 request
    $g2moddata = GalleryEmbed::handleRequest();
  
    // show error message if isDone is not defined
    if (!isset($g2moddata['isDone'])) {
      $data['bodyHtml'] = 'isDone is not defined, something very bad must have happened.';
      return $data;
    }
    // die if it was a binary data (image) request
    if ($g2moddata['isDone']) {
      exit; /* uploads module does this too */
    }
   
    // put the body html from G2 into the xaraya template 
    $data['bodyHtml'] = isset($g2moddata['bodyHtml']) ? $g2moddata['bodyHtml'] : '';

    // get the page title, javascript and css links from the <head> html from G2
    $title = ''; $javascript = array();	$css = array();
 
    if (isset($g2moddata['headHtml'])) {
      list($data['title'], $css, $javascript) = GalleryEmbed::parseHead($g2moddata['headHtml']);
	  $data['headHtml'] = $g2moddata['headHtml'];
    }
    
    /* Add G2 javascript  */
    if (!empty($javascript)) {
      foreach ($javascript as $script) {
	     $data['javascript'] .= "\n".$script;
      }
    }

    /* Add G2 css  */
    if (!empty($css)) {
      foreach ($css as $style) {
	     $data['css'] .= "\n".$style;
      }
    }

    // sidebar block
    if (isset($g2moddata['sidebarHtml']) && !empty($g2moddata['sidebarHtml'])) {
      $data['sidebarHtml'] = $g2moddata['sidebarHtml'];
    }
    
    return $data;
} 

// End G2 integration code

whatcha think? ready for prime time?

d'oh! u mentioned the 'return false' part, and i thought i had, oops!

css: ahhh, gotcha!

ok, added those return false statements...

funny you should mention slideshow....

one of my users who was testing the site last night tried to do the slideshow and i'm getting a lot of code spit out (and it was not working...) our users really like the slideshow - we use it for coral growth sequences!

i was including data[javascript] and data[css] seperatly as at first i didn't want the css...

but replacing those w/ data[headHtml] (especially since css is being included properly now) solved the problem!

the latest code, i think i'm almost near a 'valiant approved' status! heehee!

// Begin G2 integration code
$data = runGallery();
$data['title'] = (isset($data['title']) && !empty($data['title'])) ? $data['title'] : 'Gallery';

function runGallery() {
    global $bbuserinfo;
		require_once('../gallery2/embed.php');
    
		$data = array();
	
    // if anonymous user, set g2 activeUser to null
		$uid = $bbuserinfo['userid'] = 0 ? '' : $bbuserinfo['userid']; 
 
    // initiate G2 
		$ret = GalleryEmbed::init(array('embedUri' => 'gallery2.php',
				    'embedPath' => '/VB',
						'relativeG2Path' => '../gallery2',
				    'loginRedirect' => 'index.php',
				    'activeUserId' => $uid));
						
    if ($ret->isError()) 
        { 
           if ($ret->getErrorCode() & ERROR_MISSING_OBJECT) 
           { 
             // check if there's no G2 user mapped to the activeUserId 
             $ret = GalleryEmbed::isExternalIdMapped($uid, 'GalleryUser'); 
             if ($ret->isError() && ($ret->getErrorCode() & ERROR_MISSING_OBJECT)) 
             { 
                 // user not mapped, map create G2 user now 
                 // Get Arguments for the new user: 
                 $args['fullname']     =   $bbuserinfo['username']; 
                 $args['username']    = $bbuserinfo['username']; 
                 $args['hashedpassword'] =   $bbuserinfo['password']; 
                 $args['hashmethod'] =    'md5'; 
                 $args['email']       =   $bbuserinfo['email']; 
                 $args['language']   =   $bbuserinfo['lang_code']; 
                 $args['creationtimestamp']   =   $bbuserinfo['joindate']; 
                  
                 $retcreate = GalleryEmbed :: createUser($uid, $args); 
                 if (!$retcreate->isSuccess()) 
                 { 
                    echo '<HR>line: '.__LINE__.', Failed to create G2 user with extId ['.$uid.']. Here is the error message from G2: <br />'.$retcreate->getAsHtml(); 
                    return false; 
                 } 
								$ret = GalleryEmbed::checkActiveUser($uid); 
                if ($ret->isError()) { 
                    print $ret->getAsHtml(); 
                    return false; 
                } 
             } 
             else 
             { 
                 echo '<HR>line: '.__LINE__.', G2 did not return a success status. Here is the error message from G2: <br />'.$ret->getAsHtml(); 
             		 return false;
						 } 
         } 
         else 
         { 
						 echo '<HR>line: '.__LINE__.', G2 did not return a success status. Here is the error message from G2: <br />'.$ret->getAsHtml(); 
         		 return false;
				 } 
       } 

    // user interface: disable sidebar in G2 and get it as separate HTML to put it into a block
    GalleryCapabilities::set('showSidebar', false);

    // handle the G2 request
    $g2moddata = GalleryEmbed::handleRequest();
  
    // show error message if isDone is not defined
    if (!isset($g2moddata['isDone'])) {
      $data['bodyHtml'] = 'isDone is not defined, something very bad must have happened.';
      return $data;
    }
    // die if it was a binary data (image) request
    if ($g2moddata['isDone']) {
      exit; /* uploads module does this too */
    }
   
    // put the body html from G2 into the xaraya template 
    $data['bodyHtml'] = isset($g2moddata['bodyHtml']) ? $g2moddata['bodyHtml'] : '';

    // get the page title, javascript and css links from the <head> html from G2
    $title = ''; $javascript = array();	$css = array();
 
    if (isset($g2moddata['headHtml'])) {
      list($data['title'], $css, $javascript) = GalleryEmbed::parseHead($g2moddata['headHtml']);
	  $data['headHtml'] = $g2moddata['headHtml'];
    }
    
    /* Add G2 javascript  */
    if (!empty($javascript)) {
      foreach ($javascript as $script) {
	     $data['javascript'] .= "\n".$script;
      }
    }

    /* Add G2 css  */
    if (!empty($css)) {
      foreach ($css as $style) {
	     $data['css'] .= "\n".$style;
      }
    }

    // sidebar block
    if (isset($g2moddata['sidebarHtml']) && !empty($g2moddata['sidebarHtml'])) {
      $data['sidebarHtml'] = $g2moddata['sidebarHtml'];
    }
    
    return $data;
} 

// End G2 integration code

if this gets the final 'stamp of aproval', should i post the entire solution in this thread or start a new thread?

thanks once again for the help valiant!!!

sweet, thanks valiant!

the dual title tags were a function of me including data[title] and data[headhtml]... data[title] is now removed!

both a) and b) are fine w/ me!

i was typing out a readme.txt w/ a step-by-step when i realized i was about to post some VB3 code publicly which is not permitted by VB's license agreement...

so i was thinking that i could post a how-to on vbulletin.org (which would require a licensed account to view the VB3 code itself) and then reference that in a readme.txt file along w/ the embedded open-source G2 code zipped up and posted here and on the cvs.

does that sound reasonable to you?

that'll work!

ok, the latest posted code on this thread is what i'm running, and a link to the instructions on the VB side of things is here:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?p=645237

does that suffice w/ whatcha need valiant?

a) true, url rewrite should work in standalone & embedded now.

b) Perhaps you set GalleryCapabilities::something.. which disables the sidebar. This must be somwhere in your code.

heya!

another question ;)

i think our users are just not going to be able to use Gallery Remote... i've been reading that there are issues w/ G2 Remote and embedded gallery (and the upload applet for that matter) and unfortunatly w/ the VB3 salt ordeal, our users cannot simply point to the non-embedded G2 as their pw's won't work...

does that sound right or am i overlooking something?

thx!

heya valiant!

just thought i'd let you (others) know that i've installed G2b3, enabled/setup the mod_rewrite module, copied the .htaccess file out of my G2 base dir and put it into my vB base dir, and it's workin!

we can now use bbcode [ i m g ] tags out of our gallery install again!

w00t!

thx!

i spoke a bit too soon on the mod_rewrite... it is 'working', however the embedded links take me to the standalone G2.

i'm not strong in mod_rewrite. think you could help me out? i've researched on the forums and docs, and i don't see the solution... (if it's there, i'd greatly appreciate it if you could point it out too! )

i was trying to follow this, but just not making the right connections...
http://gallery.menalto.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=29534&highlight=modrewrite+embed%2A

i figured our .htaccess in the vB3 root directory somehow has to call our embeded G2 page, but i'm guessing it is not...

here's our setup:
forums in root web directory:
/var/www/html/

G2 in directory:
/var/www/html/gallery2/

our G2 embedded file is:
/var/www/html/gallery2.php

and lastly, our vB .htaccess file looks like this:

# BEGIN Url Rewrite section
# (Automatically generated.  Do not edit this section)
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    RewriteBase /./gallery2/

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} gallery\_remote2\.php
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !main.php?
    RewriteRule .   -   [L]


    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !main.php?
    RewriteRule ^v/$   /./gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core:ShowItem   [QSA,L]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !main.php?
    RewriteRule ^d/([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)/([^\/]+)$   /./gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core:DownloadItem&g2_itemId=$1&g2_serialNumber=$2   [QSA,L]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !main.php?
    RewriteRule ^v/(.+)$   /./gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core:ShowItem&g2_path=$1   [QSA,L]

</IfModule>

# END Url Rewrite section

here's the link to our embeded G2 if ya need it to see the link structure that the current .htaccess is producing:
http://www.cvreefers.org/gallery2.php

thx a ton, again!

heya valiant! were the changes just commited that are talked about in this thread what you were referring to?

http://gallery.menalto.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=29915&start=15

if so - i'll CVS our gallery and give it a shot!

thx!

heya!

running core 0.9.22 now. i've got URL Rewrite enabled.

i'm not sure if this question should be here or on 'G2 Support' but it does involve the vB3 integration, so figured i'd keep it here! feel free to redirect me if necessary and i'll post in the other forum.

the question is this:
our integration file is: www.domain.com/gallery2.php and we can enter the gallery via that link just fine.

when URL Rewrite is enabled on the integration, would you expect our URLs to look something like:
www.domain.com/gallery2.php?blah=blah&blah2=blah2 etc..
or
www.domain.com/v/albumname
or perhaps even something different...

the reason i ask: the URL Rewrite works! but sets up our links the 2nd way. when done the 2nd way, all of our relative path links from vB3 are 'broken'.

I can redo the relative path links to hard coded links if necessary - but i'm wondering if i have it setup right before doing so?

thanks!!

btw: w/ URL Rewrite in place on this core, our users are able to surf around, upload, etc. in the integrated G2 w/out getting logged out! woohoo! ty ty!

sure!

visit:
http://www.cvreefers.org/gallery2.php and note the top of the page:
the site logo works
then mouseover the link 'FAQ' and notice it's:
http://www.cvreefers.org/faq.php?

then click any of the albums. say the first one, the POTM album. now notice that the url is:
http://www.cvreefers.org/v/POTM/
and note that the site logo is a broken image. then mouse over FAQ once again at the top to see it points to:
http://www.cvreefers.org/v/POTM/faq.php

which to me looks like mod_rewrite is simply applying the rules to those links/images too.

thoughts?

cool - if G2 is working correctly then i'll investigate it on the VB3 end and/or hardcode the header/footer links.

thx!

you're welcome!

yup - there's a couple 'known' issues i havn't fixed yet. i had to hardcode the links in the upper navigational bar as the mod_rewrite 'breaks' them when you are using short url's in G2. i realized the other day that i need to hard code the bottom links as well. i also need to hard code the 'login' form at the top. so the same issue as hard codeing the links in the top nav bar, i just overlooked a few.

the only other known issue is that w/ vB's SALT on passwords, the passwords do not match between G2 and vB. thus the users MUST login via vB and G2 will mooch off that session. you cannot go to your non-embedded installation of G2 and login unfortunatly.

as far as i know, that's the only issue at this time.

even the java applets work!

note: i'm using a nightly build greater than the alpha 3 release to get this to work. but i'm not using G2b4 which i see is now on the site as of a few days prior to this posting! presumably all will be well, but i've yet to test it in G2b4.

your vB users are 'pushed' to being G2 users via the integration script. via this mechanism, you won't have any non-vB members in your G2 install. vB members need to visit a G2 page (any page) to get their G2 username setup. it'll do it on their first vB logged-in session automagically.

notta problem. in essence that's how we do it but for different reasons. basically, users don't have permissions to upload anywhere until you grant them permissions in G2. anyone can view them (unless u restrict the permissions otherwise)

not sure how to do that... maybe there's a quota system in G2? dunno... never looked into that...

as answered above: absolutly!

HTH!

yes, and yes! :D

due to vB's proprietary code (i.e. it's not free), the G2 integration code/instructions is posted on vB's site in which u have to have a vB license to view.

kinda funny mixing gallery's free code w/ vB's co$stly code, but we figured this was the best route to avoid violating vB's user and copyright agreements.

sure!

vB3 integration code is located here:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?p=645237

(as a point of interest: you have to have an account on vbulletin.org to view it - which means you have to have a vB license to view it to stay in compliance w/ vB's EUA)

and a sample integration is here:
http://www.cvreefers.org/gallery2.php

heya!

a little tweaking is needed on the vB side of things... see the vB link in this thread for the solution. due to vB licensing issues, we can only post the G2 code side of things here...

i've not yet migrated to 3.5.x, but plan to in the very near future! however, on that thread, others have it working in 3.5.x!

here's the link again for your convinience:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?p=645237

9 x G1
3 x G2

i have posted the code on VBulletin.org on what needs to be done to get it to work(not just replace this replace this, i posted the whole PHP file).

Zoren - i am trying to do exactly what you want. i have a thread in this section asking about that right now. i will post my code on vb.org when i have it working, if i ever do ;)

Thanks Whodah and valiant for all the help so far! hopefully this will be a gallery i STICK WITH this time(im on gallery number 3 at this point ;))

i think sadly all the work now is on 3.5.x and above....
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=111931

wouldnt it just be nice if some clever guy posted a how to integrate into vb 3.6.8 ?????????????