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.

[hippyTRIBE]

Thank you Jedi. Got it sorted.

[BabyDesigner]

Hi, im not sure if this is a issue with the program, with the users internet speed or with facebook but it seems a few people here had the same issue.
The facebook connect button doesn't always load, just the 3 little flashing boxes.
How do i fix this? My members are itching to use this mod!

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by BabyDesigner

Hi, im not sure if this is a issue with the program, with the users internet speed or with facebook but it seems a few people here had the same issue.
The facebook connect button doesn't always load, just the 3 little flashing boxes.
How do i fix this? My members are itching to use this mod!

That's covered in the Troubleshooting guide in the first post.

[surfer2124]

Does anyone know why some users get an HTTP 500 error after chossing a VB user name?

[jl255]

I've tried searching this thread, but cldn't find these answers:

1. In the event I choose to disable this mod later, those members who first registered using their FB account will be able to log in using the normal process right?

2. When i try to connect using FB connect and i create a new account on vb, it goes through successfully. But then i returns to my forum as a guest. I try to FB connect again, it says 'Welcome [nick]....' then it returns to the forum as NOT logged in again. What's wrong?

3. Does this mod do any DB edits?

4. If I've a huge forum with xx,xxx members, will the installation take significantly longer?

5. If i've several compulsory profile fields that must be entered, what will happen for new members registering through FB connect?

Tks alot.

[danyz81]

All work perfectly. Thanks great mode!

[principino1984]

I just installed on my forum...is there a way to let my member decide if they want to show up Facebook notification when they open a new thread for example?

Marco

[principino1984]

one more thing...

this if won't let appear (at least on my account) the chance to get off the facebook stuff from my account. If I take it off the I can see the Line "Email Settings" and the other stuff...

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[fbemail]">

What could be the problem?

Marco

[jl255]

Originally Posted by jl255

I've tried searching this thread, but cldn't find these answers:

1. In the event I choose to disable this mod later, those members who first registered using their FB account will be able to log in using the normal process right?

2. When i try to connect using FB connect and i create a new account on vb, it goes through successfully. But then i returns to my forum as a guest. I try to FB connect again, it says 'Welcome [nick]....' then it returns to the forum as NOT logged in again. What's wrong?

3. Does this mod do any DB edits?

4. If I've a huge forum with xx,xxx members, will the installation take significantly longer?

5. If i've several compulsory profile fields that must be entered, what will happen for new members registering through FB connect?

Tks alot.

appreciate some answers from experienced users here. tks

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by jl255

1. In the event I choose to disable this mod later, those members who first registered using their FB account will be able to log in using the normal process right?

No. You would either have to modify the accounts manually, or wait for someone to make a system that will port them over. As of now, there's no way to do that.

2. When i try to connect using FB connect and i create a new account on vb, it goes through successfully. But then i returns to my forum as a guest. I try to FB connect again, it says 'Welcome [nick]....' then it returns to the forum as NOT logged in again. What's wrong?

Are you still logged into Facebook? Could be a cookies issue.

3. Does this mod do any DB edits?

Yes. In fact, that's one of the options ticked off in the first post under the mod info.

4. If I've a huge forum with xx,xxx members, will the installation take significantly longer?

It doesn't make any edits to your post tables, so I wouldn't see why.

5. If i've several compulsory profile fields that must be entered, what will happen for new members registering through FB connect?

The same thing that happens to your existing registered users when you first created those compulsory fields, or when you create a new account through the Admin CP. They'll be prompted to fill those in the next time they log in.