Integrate Vanilla with existing website

borisz

is there any guide on how to integrate login and register buttons from vanilla header into my existing website.

Linc

You could simply link to those pages. That'd be the easiest way.

If you mean creating them as popups, I'm not sure how to do that off the top of my head.

borisz

yea, but I also want to show when user is loged in forum to display his info, logout, etc... links on my website. What files I should focus on?

Linc

That's a bit more complex than simply integrating buttons.

I conjecture it would require a standalone script to authenticate the user and get their data from the database. I don't know of a more elegant solution, but there may be one.

DavyB

That sounds like you may want SingleSignOn aka ProxyConnect
what is your website running? WordPress, Drupal or something else?
or consider other options such as openID, google, FaceBook,Twitter, i.e. SocialConnect etc see the release notes for V2.0.14

borisz

sorry for late reply. Well what I actully want is to know which file I need to include/attach to my php files so I can e.g. have fallowing thing work:



<?php
$Session = Gdn::Session();
$Authenticator = Gdn::Authenticator();
if ($Session->IsValid()) {
$Name = ''.$Session->User->Name.'';
$CountNotifications = $Session->User->CountNotifications;
if (is_numeric($CountNotifications) && $CountNotifications > 0)
$Name .= ''.$CountNotifications.'';

echo Anchor(
$Name,
$CountNotifications > 0 ? '/profile/notifications' : '/profile/'.$Session->UserID.'/'.$Session->User->Name,
'Username'
);

$Inbox = 'Inbox';
$CountUnreadConversations = $Session->User->CountUnreadConversations;
if (is_numeric($CountUnreadConversations) && $CountUnreadConversations > 0)
$Inbox .= ''.$CountUnreadConversations.'';

echo Anchor($Inbox, '/messages/all', 'Inbox');

if ($Session->CheckPermission('Garden.Settings.Manage')) {
echo Anchor('Dashboard', '/garden/settings', 'Dashboard');
} else if ($Session->CheckPermission(array('Garden.Users.Add', 'Garden.Users.Edit', 'Garden.Users.Delete'))) {
echo Anchor('Users', '/user/browse', 'Dashboard');
}

echo Anchor('Sign Out', str_replace('{Session_TransientKey}', $Session->TransientKey(), $Authenticator->SignOutUrl()), 'Leave');
} else {
echo Anchor('Sign In', $Authenticator->SignInUrl($this->SelfUrl), 'SignInPopup');
echo Anchor('Apply for Membership', $Authenticator->RegisterUrl($this->SelfUrl), 'Register');
}
?>

I DONT have any user registration system so that why I want to use my vanilla database and enable users to login/logout using existing vanilla system on my other parts of website. Hope somebody understood what I actually need. Thanks!

borisz

any suggestions?

borisz

any1?

or its not that simple?

Linc

None of that code will work because your site isn't loading up core Vanilla in the background. You'd need to independently check for a valid Vanilla cookie with something like this: https://gist.github.com/700805

And then base the rest on whether it validates.