thats awesome... I could use some help because I can't get the reply notification to work. Also... is there a way for it to search the email addresses and contact FB users to let them know on facebook the application is available?

I've got thousands of users (active & inactive) that don't know and won't unless they create a new post. Most users don't post. They read.

What do you mean can't get it to work? Reply notifications (and new thread stuff) work perfectly, showing up in the user's notifications, that is IF they chose to allow the app to do so. Check the application permissions

This is the major beef with this application of a lot of people, but no. All mail is handled through facebook's proxy, for their own notification, etc. This means that you can't email this user directly.

This is one of the reasons that it's suggested to setup a separate facebook group, so that you can setup notifications for those groups and whatnot easily enough.

Well it creates and publishes a new listing when I "submit" a new post on my forum. But never are any replies are published. Nor do I see anything like "mykkal replied to a discussion on MyModelTalk.com". Also it redirects to the forum and not the actual thread itself which is a bit confusing...

I'm not worried about the proxy email address. I do know about that. I think that can be replaced later actually and it only seems applies to new registrations. I want to notify my existing members about the application on facebook itself. So that when they are in their FB profiles they actually see a request to add the application.

I have multiple groups with thousands of people. I haven't figured out how to add the application to a group. Are you referring to a fan page? That would be ideal as i'm going to hit the 5,000 friend limit soon.

Also... A ways back I'd paid the original mod developer to install it.
He installed it but never did the application settings the way I asked him too. So i've basically done the best I could using the instructions.

It could be that these functions are there and not configured properly. Not sure why he didn't do it.

i having trouble to setting up new facebook application..

Check the app settings, as I've said a few times before. If your app settings are correct, and your id's are correct in the vB admin area, it will work, I promise you that. Even on the most advanced systems, this works.

hey... wasn't sure who you were talking too but i really didn't get an answer to my questions.

hi

installed and works fine, but there is problem, my style is vbulletin default style, that width after installing fb connect is over 10 times bigger :(, how to fix it ? :(
img :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/05/21.jpg
thanks

@ atmo:
Double check your templates, you did something wrong. Most likely you put the footer stuff in the wrong place.

@mykkal:
To set the application to use a new usergroup, create the usergroup, and in the FB Connect settings (in VB) tell it to use that usergroup when users sign up. This will ONLY work with new users, but that's the only usergroup you should need it for.

The redirect to the forum is expected, that's how it works. The notifications themselves will not appear in the user's "page" as it were, but in their status bar, like every other notification from applications.

wolf, thanks, yes u r right when i remove :
<!-- fbconnect -->
$fbconnect_init
<!-- / fbconnect -->
template is ok

how to fix it ? :( :(((
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/05/19.jpg

You are so awesome. But just to be clear. You mean redirect to the forum and not to the actual thread, right? That's the way its supposed to work? Cause I really wanted it to redirect to the actual thread that was created.

@ mykkal
That's one of the quirks about the program. Not sure WHY it does it that way, but that's how it works ;). I'm sure it wouldn't take that much to do this, but again, I don't want to step on anyone's toes here, by any means.

The original coder did a great job but he's highly unavailable it seems. If you know what lines needed to be changed i'd be in your debt.

I've done some digging into the code and fixed both of these issues. Well, the first one wasn't an "issue", but it is more a feature request.

Since the author has pretty much disapeared, I've reported the mod, seeing what it will take to keep this mod alive and me working on it. Until I hear back from the vb.org staff, I won't distribute the XML file that was originally created by the author. Sorry, but I just can't do it.

I agree this is an abandoned project. I'm more than willing to put the life back into it, or to help to do so.

As soon as I receive approval, I'll update the project, IF allowed!!!

Tom

understood. Thats very respectable and commendable.

very good thanks :)

Ok, well, that didn't go over too well, apparently. Despite the author's being gone, there's really nothing more I can do here.

I HATE that, because there's just sooooo much good that can come from this application, but if the gods say no, the gods say no.

I'll look through his code, see how impossible it would be to rewrite and SEE (note: see) what I can do. I really can't guarantee much, however.

Ok I have added this and it works fineish.

But my facebook friends list is not imported? How does this work?

i followed everything as said in the install file, but it didnt seem to work, but i haven do anithing in admin cp.. i was just creating the script first...

This won't actually "import" friends unless they signup, and I do believe that's one sided, as in your friends will import YOU, but you won't import them, as you already exist. It's a tricky thing there

huh??? I have no clue what you're talking about. You can't actually use the application without doing what the instructions say, and if you didn't "do anything in admincp", you didn't do what the instructions say. Follow the instructions exactly, and you will find that this works.

I have a question about this modification. Say for example somebody wanted to sign in using their facebook account. I want to have promotions set up so after so many posts, people get extra permissions on the forum. When they sign in with their facebook, does it still create an account on my forum and link it to the facebook account?

Would I be correct in assuming that if I just put the facebook users into the registered group they'll still be promoted just like normal members?

Would I be correct in assuming that if someone was promoted to Moderator or Administrator their facebook account would still be linked?

Can people link their facebook account after they've signed up as a regular user?

Also, what information does this hack pull from facebook to put into a user's profile?

Exactly. The user still is created and exists in the database, however their password remains @ facebook, and their email is proxied through facebook.

One thing to note though is that this skips a LOT of the usual 'registration' protocol. So, if say you have vbcredits and are running a membership drive, those will need to be given manually to the facebook users.

The only thing "special" about these users is their proxy mail and password storage, so yes, that would be a correct assumption, however, as the author has said in the initial release, and I've said a few times now, do not put them in the original usergroup. Create a duplicate of the original usergroup, put them in that. This will make things soooo much easier if/when the inevitable comes and facebook completely changes things making this app useless, and the developer doesn't fix things in time. This way, you can isolate the problem users and change their emails if necessary.

Their account is linked via their email address, not their usergroup, so yes.

Yes

Whatever you'd like it to, within reason. Currently, it can pull up (supposedly)

First Name
Last Name
UID
Name
Location
Facebook Profile URL
Profile Picture (small,square or normal)

You can djust how this is mapped in the FBconnect options -> data mapping setup. I have noticed a few problems with it, but not many.

Thanks for your help with that, mate. Having a second usergroup with the same title and permissions wouldn't be hard to do so I'll make sure I do that.

Also, how does it work if a user wants to change their forum password but not their facebook password (or the other way around), or is this not possible?

EDIT: also, does a facebook user get the ability to choose their own forum username when they join?

Not possible

Works as advertised and an amazing mod at that.

Thanks for the hard work put in, I can assure you this user appreciates it!!

-Steve

installed

this is one of the best mods yet

wolfstream,

Thanks for all your help/offer to help with this mod - I am thinking it will be a big help to me and really anyone who has a bunch of Facebook friends/potential friends that they want to get registered on their board.

Those who are having installation problems: I did pay the $25 a couple of days ago and got it professionally installed (see INSTALL.html file in download) in just a few days.

I am hoping that this mod will help me drive registrations to my High School Reunion/Classmate/Alumni site which it hopefully will but I'm not sure if I will have to manually request that the newly registered members from facebook manually fill in the custom user fields for "name known by in high school" and "graduation year" which are required by me so that users can search for classmates in their class.

Thanks again wolfstream and slick or whoever is willing to keep this mod working, better documented/features etc

**I just read all the pages on this post and it would be nice if some of how it is implemented, exactly, and more detailed installation notes were added to the initial post on the first page.

I am willing to pay more money to keep this mod alive/working and add features to it.


Brad

any way of getting this to work with vb bridges?no?

i have php 4.8.8
whate i can do ????

Upgrade!
php 4 has been unsupported and dead for close to two years now. You can't just keep running old software like this, you need to upgrade it!

He's right and its prettty easy if you understand how to use WHM.
php4 isn't supported by many major apps that are current.

Get MYSQL 5 and PHP5 and rock on.

Does anyone know the benefits of using a "Fan Page" over a "group" on facebook or vice versa?

Which is the best way to go? That's what i'm trying to figure out now.

Mykkal,

This is really not relevant to the application itself, honestly, except that it uses facebook, which is really not that uncommon any more.

The best place to get your answer for that specific question? on the facebook apps forums, as that doesn't involve vBulletin at all.

I figured everyone is pretty much using it for the sames reasons with vbulletin as I. Just wanted to know what these guys thought were best.

I'll head over to facebook.

I too will pay to have this app upgraded and developed on.

Just installed this - had a bit of fiddling about on where to put the "Connect with Facebook" bit, but worked it out after a few changes to the CSS!

Works great!

One question, there was a post about seperating members who sign up via facebook , how would i do this??

Cheers
Matt

Create a new usergroup, copy permissions from registered users, and put the id of that usergroup in the mod's settings where it asks for it.

Which lines do i have to remove so that the submit to facebook popups stop displaying?
I just want the pm and replied notifications only on facebook!
thanx :D

Hi, I installed this mod and opened an application on facebook following all the instructions: i can see the connect button on my forum but when i click on it nothing happens !!

I'm reading all the pages of this thread (im actually at the 26th page, but yet not find a solution...). I'll continue reading, but if someone can already help me it would be coooool !

@fulviods :
Go through all the application settings again, something isn't setup properly.
Make sure that you've got the right id/secret in the vBulletin settings, and make sure that you've got the right urls/domain in the facebook app settings. Those are the two important things that are missed when this happens.

@pericolosogr :
This is something that will probably have to be added manually, though you might be able to do this by not editing the newthread templates.