WordPress users logon seamlessly via jsConnect and SSO into your Vanilla Forums. Just install jsConnect and WP Vanilla Connect, copy links and codes from WP to Vanilla and your linked up. Takes about 5 minutes to download and install.
jsConnect Vanilla Addon is required
“An SSO plugin that uses json(p) to connect to vanilla, allowing for cross-domain sso.” For more details on the nuts and bolts of the code behind the plugin and to download jsConnect - http://vanillaforums.org/addon/jsconnect-plugin
Plugin Features
Features:
- Authenticate WordPress Users in Vanilla forums in a similar way Facebook handles website logins.
- Seamless integration with WordPress login provided by a native WP plugins.
- Generate URL’s for jsConnect Vanilla’s recommended method in place of ProxyConnect.
- Send logged on users directly to Vanilla forums and they are automatically logged in.
- Assign Gravatar’s for users instead of the default image if their email address is registered on Gravatar.com. Has an option to serve over SSL and Non-SSL
- Uses cross-domain authentication so can be used on different servers allowing you to spread your eggs out, so to speak.
- Easy to install and setup, takes less than two minutes.
- Clean, does not rely on WordPress core updates.
What WP Vanilla Connect is Not:
Because WP Vanilla Connect just creates a json object on the WordPress side of things it cannot alter any parts of Vanilla without some sort of Vanilla add-on. So, with that in mind if your json object it being properly built and passed to jsConnect the plugin is doing its job, perfectly.
- Depends on jsConnect which has been written by a programmer with Vanilla it appears by the name of Todd. I do not provide support for his plugin, so you should get comfortable with Todd if you need some features to be present inside of Vanilla.
- You must theme Vanilla separately from WordPress.
- Unfortunately, at the time of writing this there seems to be no easy way of disabling user links in Vanilla aside from editing CSS.
- Users can only use the WordPress Signin link and cannot use the standard Vanilla login. No easy way to hide either.
Setup and Installation
Install the plugin and the add-on. Copy some URL’s from WP Vanilla Connect paste into the jsConnect settings page in Vanilla forums found under Dashboard -> Users. Once you update jsConnect with the proper settings you can run the test url from Vanilla to make sure it works. If you see a properly formed json response than you know your good.
Steps
- Download and install the jsConnect and WP Vanilla Connect.
- Generate client_id and secret in either jsConnect or WP Vanilla Connect just make sure they are set to match in both plugin and add-on.
- Paste the jsConnect URL and the Login Redirection URL into jsConnect. These are generated in my plugin WP Vanilla Connect.
Hi,
I have a problem with the plugin.. I posted on wordpress forum but got no help so far.
The problem is explained here
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-vanilla-connect-problem-during-signing-in-with-wordpress-blog-account-after-signout
My other query is how do I remove the register link on the right side of connect with wordpress link. It creates confusion as both register and apply for membership links are displayed..
I want to only display the apply for membership link.
You can leave this setting out if you like. If you don’t want the Register link to show up, just remove the Register URL value inside jsConnect.
I just uploaded the latest version of WPVC, now at 1.1.1. This version adds some Vanilla cookie removal code when you log out of WordPress. You may need to change the Vanilla cookie values, but if using the default install, you shouldn’t have to change a thing.
Hello, might you consider to add some widgets to your plugin like the “official” plugin has???
I found that your plugin works really well but, imho, if you add the “Latest Discussion” it’d be perfect!
Hey Marco, Glad you found WPVC useful. I considered something like that and do agree with you that it would be a pretty nice feature. I can possibly do something with jQuery to pull these posts into WordPress. I’m very busy now, but I will tinker with the idea. Thanks.
Hi ilertech,
thanks for your great plugin, i tested it in my localhost, and made all settings(in WP and in Vanilla jsConnect), when i tested in the plugin options page, it works(output the json string), but when i try to login to vanilla via http://localhost/vanilla/entry/jsconnect?client_id=xxx , i got the vanilla error page
any advices?
thanks,
Andor
Hi,
Thanks for a great plugin, it works seamlessly perfect right out of the box.
-k0nsl
I found this plug in to work with my WordPress site, which is great as the Vanilla one doesn’t!
However, the register and log-in screen open inside a frame, which then opens up a new version of the site inside the forum window. Is there a way to avoid this?
You have removed the vanilla footer div, thats breaks it
(I found out the hard way)
my problem is its not redirecting back to the forums on login
- Dan
http://www.newbreedgaming.com
Hey, Nick–
Great plugin. I played around with the “official” Vanilla plugin for nearly two hours and never did get it to work. Your plugin worked the first time.
I may have some programming work for you on a site I’m converting over to WordPress that will be using a Vanilla forum. Can you e-mail me at dan@danromanchik.com? Thanks.
Hi Dan,
Glad the plugin works for your needs. I also, had problems with the Vanilla plugin and had no luck getting it to work properly. I’ll shoot you an email and see what your needs are. I may be able to help.
Nick