Integration with vBulletin - Facebook Connect - Allow your users to login with their Facebook account (for 3.8)

Staff Note: Moved to Graveyard - this will never work now that the old style facebook authentication is no longer available.


Facebook Connect
This add-on allows your guests and existing users to login with their Facebook account through Facebook Connect.

There is NO NEED to upgrade or reinstall if you already installed this mod for 3.7

Upgrade to 2.0.6 so that users with the new super long IDs will be able to login.


This mod conflicts with PhotoPost vBGallery!
Quick fix:
Disable the following PhotoPost vBGallery plugins:

• Userinfo Merge
• Integrate Postbit Showthread

Benefits of Facebook Connect

• Users can simply login with their Facebook account without going through the registration process.
• Increase user interaction and your traffic through Facebook notifications and news-feeds!

Features
Facebook users will be able to receive Facebook notifications when:

• There is a reply to their thread or a thread that they're subscribing to
• They receive a new PM

News-Feed will be published on to the user's wall when the user:

• Logs in for the first time
• Replies to a thread
• Creates a new thread

Fetch user data from Facebook
Fetch data like name, location, profile picture and use it on your forums! (NOTE: Some data may not be available for some users)

Automatically befriend user's friends
If any of the user's friends are also registered on the forum, they will automatically be friends!

Professional Install/Upgrade/Support Services
Want this mod professionally installed? It's guaranteed to work on your forum! Download the archive and see INSTALL.html/UPGRADE.html for more details!

Troubleshooting
Server Requirements:
PHP 5

If you get an error:

The Facebook Connect cross-domain receiver URL http://www.SITEURL.com/xd_receiver.h...%220.699%22%7D must have the application's callback URL http://www.SITEURL.com/forums/ as a prefix. You can configure the callback URL in the application's settings.

Means that there is something wrong with your callback URL. Your callback URL must be where xd_receiver.htm is; so when you enter [callbackurl]/xd_receiver.htm into your browser you should see a blank page (not a 404 page not found error or anything else).

If you get a continues this means there is a javascript error. Make sure you've done all the template edits correctly (especially footer & navbar). Clear your cache and reload the page.

If nothing happens when you click the Facebook Connect button make sure your callback url domain is the same as you forum domain (the one set in your forum settings) - more specifically make sure that there is a www (or isn't) in both domains.


Many more features may be implemented in the future so keep checking for updates.

[wolfstream]

Originally Posted by werewe12

I would pay to have you go through my board and fix the issue. I'm getting fed up to the point where im about to uninstall this mod until it works right.

The mod works right, but the facebook side of this is nasty. I will see if I can get something worked up, I know it's frustrating, but my hands are tied here incredibly tight. I can't release the author's code to the public, even with mods, without permission, which I've been trying to get, but he's ignored.

I'll let you know if I come up with something, drop me a pm to remind me that you're wanting this.

Originally Posted by werewe12

My site consists of a wp blog and vb forum, What if I was to install fb connect for wordpress and bridge the users over to the forum?

I can't say as I have no experience with the WP bridge. The process would be the same though, when facebook is down, you'd be screwed.

Originally Posted by Loco.M

you can post in the paid request section, or on the developers website, I think he offered installs for cash

This isn't exactly a install issue, more of a modification issue.

Originally Posted by milsirhc

Is it possible to have a fixed password for all FB connect new user?

No.
One of the major selling points of this application is that one login controls your facebook login and forum logins, and that one login is stored in a (supposedly) secure place @ facebook. NO editing of the user's password can be done, though you can change their email, though it's not recommended.

I use the FB login plugin to manage the login to probably 5, 6 forums outside of my own, and the convenience of having a check of "are you logged into facebook" is just nice.

[Joshkrz]

I just installed and all looked good, but...
When I tried to log in with facebook it said:

Your logged in as Josh (Not You?)

So I clicked Login (or is it connect) and it said my username and password were incorrect.

I then tried again but nothing happens when I click "Faceboock Connect" button. < FIXED, I just restared my browser, but I still can't login.

Please can someone help me? Thanks.

[maclean_cherry]

Thanks mate, sorry I tried using the search button and read through about 10 pages of the thread but couldnt find it.

Will be sending a donation through as well, best mod for VB.

Originally Posted by wolfstream

Please, at least use the 'search this mod' function when having problems. I've posted WHY this issue happens at least half a dozen times, and the workaround to it.

This is not a mod issue, but an editor issue. Those users need to switch from the enhanced editor to the standard editor, then everything will be fine. There is a problem with the enhanced editor that causes ALL mods that use this editor to do this for whatever reason.

[blankoboy]

Is there any chance this can work on vBulletin 3.5.4 as is?

[MentaL]

I keep getting thefollowing error (help appreciated);

Logging in must go through the Facebook flow.
Please try again.

[MentaL]

Originally Posted by MentaL

I keep getting thefollowing error (help appreciated);

Logging in must go through the Facebook flow.
Please try again.

Edit

Reason was because I did not have third party cookies allowed in my browser, working now.

[wolfstream]

Originally Posted by blankoboy

Is there any chance this can work on vBulletin 3.5.4 as is?

It works for 3.7, but I'm not sure about any farther back.

[letsjoy]

Please add something to track down user from facebook or some statistics

Thanks in Advance

[btotw]

Originally Posted by blankoboy

Is there any chance this can work on vBulletin 3.5.4 as is?

There is an earlier version of the mod that MIGHT be compatible w/ 3.5.4. Give it a try. Id be interested to read your findings...

[jarosciak]

In your intro you said, I quote:

This mod conflicts with PhotoPost vBGallery!
Quick fix:
Disable the following PhotoPost vBGallery plugins:
Userinfo Merge
Integrate Postbit Showthread

I have PhotoPost vBGallery 2.4.2 and when I go to Plugins & Products / Plugin Manager, there isn't 'Userinfo Merge' nor 'Integrate Postbit Showthread' available.

These are all the plugins available for PhotoPost gallery:
Attachment 103425

Can you please tell me exactly where should I find: 'Userinfo Merge' nor 'Integrate Postbit Showthread' plugins?