Integration with vBulletin - YAFB - Yay! Another Facebook Bridge

The add-on has been updated to reflect Facebook new policy starting October 1st (read more here). Basically this is a maintenance update for user of this add-on from the past. The add-on now supports vBulletin 3.8.x only. In this new version, there are only the basic features: register and login (some simple sharing too). It keeps old settings so you don't need to re-configure.

How to update (this is important):
1. Disable the add-on in AdminCP
2. Upload files in the package (make sure you disable the add-on before uploading)
3. Import the xml in the package, choose Yes to rewrite.
4. Re-enable the add-on
5. Done

Just remember to disable the add-on before uploading files and you will be okie.

A little note for attachment downloads:
- YAFB v1.4 had been downloaded 36 times before I removed it
- YAFB v1.5: 4 downloads, YAFB v1.5.1: 26 downloads, YAFB v1.6: 29 downloads, YAFB v1.7: 22 downloads, YAFB v1.8: 48 downloads
- YAFB v1.9: 150 downloads
- YAFB v2.0: 31 downloads, YAFB v2.0.1: 10 downloads, YAFB v2.0.2: 49 downloads, YAFB v2.1: 55 downloads; YAFB v2.2: 1210 downloads; YAFB v2.2.5: 661 downloads

[DarkGizmo]

Can someone give me the code that gets placed in the navbar to connect through facebook? Or a code to put on the registration page? Thanks. I'm using a heavily customized style and it doesn't add anything to the navigation for the FB Connect......

[yotsume]

Originally Posted by NegativeSmoke

Can someone give me the code that gets placed in the navbar to connect through facebook? Or a code to put on the registration page? Thanks. I'm using a heavily customized style and it doesn't add anything to the navigation for the FB Connect......

I think all you need to do is provide a link with the image file to http://www.your.domain.com/facebook.php

[DarkGizmo]

Thanks.

I have 1 other problem, when a user registers with the facebook bridge, it sets their birthdate to January 1st, 1970 by default, instead of pulling their birthday info from facebook, or leaving it blank so they can edit it themselves later, any way of fixing this? I require birthdate on registration so users, unfortunately can't edit it after they've completed registration, so is there any way to fix this for the facebook bridge?

[vB-Tr]

Does not work with Windows on the server ?

[bada_bing]

Originally Posted by vB-Tr

Does not work with Windows on the server ?

Works fine on a Windows Server

[Mostjolly]

excellent mod mr.paint, but for some reason.. everytime I try connecting to facebook on IE 7+8.. the mini pop-up login box keeps refreshing and never give you the chance to type in your password..

ALL other browser works flawlessly.. so cheer on that :]

[cionfs]

I have this problem. If I click on "connect with facebook" i see

"Forbidden
You do not have permission to access this document.

Web Server at mysite.it "

The url is: http://www.mysite.it/testvb/forum/xd_receiver.htm?fb_login&fname=_opener&guid=0.4255 219045530959&session={%22sessi on_key%22%3A%222.3CoYMbTRToCPRoSlZ9gffg__.3600.130 3992000.1-1291167618%22%2C%22uid%22%3A1291167618%2C%22expire s%22%3A1303992000%2C%22secret% 22%3A%22a8XZDatxDch3QBk00kodRw__%22%2C%22base_doma in%22%3A%22cionfs.it%22%2C%22s ig%22%3A%22d97820d820983e751727e94c542be54e%22}

[asking]

i just receive an email from facebook

Dear Developer of SymbianPinoy? Resources,

Our automated systems have detected that you may be inadvertently allowing authentication data to be passed to 3rd parties. Allowing user ids and access tokens to be passed to 3rd parties, even inadvertently, could allow these 3rd parties to access the data the user made available to your site. This violates our policies and undermines user trust in your site and Facebook Platform.

In every case that we have examined, this information is passed via the HTTP Referer Header by the user's browser. This can happen when using our legacy authentication system and including <iframe>, <img> or <script> content from 3rd parties in the page that receives authentication data from Facebook. Our legacy mechanism passes authentication information in the URL query string which, if handled incorrectly, can be passed to 3rd parties by the browser. Our current OAuth 2.0 authentication system, released over a year ago, passes this information in the URL fragment, which is not passed to 3rd parties by the browser.

Please ensure that you are not allowing this data to be passed immediately. Accessing your site as a test user while running a HTTP proxy/monitor like Charles or Fiddler is the best way to determine if you are allowing this information to be passed. If you discover the issue, you can do one of two things:

1. Migrate your site to use our OAuth 2.0 authentication system. We are requiring all apps and sites to update to this mechanism by Sept. 1, 2011. Migrating now will address this issue and ensure that you are one of the first to meet the deadline. For more details, please see our Authentication Guide.

2. Create and use an interstitial page to remove the authentication data before redirecting to your page with 3rd party content. This approach is used by many of our largest developers today (although they are all migrating to OAuth 2.0 shortly). This is a simple and straightforwardchange that should have minimal impact on your site. For more details on this approach, see our Legacy Connect Auth doc.

Because of the importance of ensuring user trust and privacy, we are asking you to complete one of the above steps in the next 48 hours. If you fail to do so, your site may be subject to one of the enforcement actions outlined in our policies.

If you have any questions or believe you have received this message in error, please contact us.
Facebook Developer Relations

Please help us on this? What we need to do?

[Tree Guardian]

Got the same one - went back to fbconnect but had issues with it as well.

[Forumi Shqiptar]

anyone has got this working on version 3.8.4 as i cant make it work it says i need to connect to facebook or smth like that and it doesnt pull my information from fcb.