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.

[bonkerspr]

it is installed, we have done al steps but doesnt work, do we need to wait for facebook server to enable the service?

[nymyth]

Originally Posted by smnet

None of my members have a problem connecting via facebook... however they receive no notifications and are not given the option to post a story when they reply or when they start a new thread.... therefore, one has to admit this isnt the same level of integration for existing members, as it is for new users.

If anyone can confirm a true link is established for existing members and not just the ability to log in, then I will remove this mod right now (despite having over a hundred users who have signed up via facebook) and start from scratch.

The only issue I am having is the Quick Reply issue where I keep getting a 'minimum character' issue. I've taken off the SHOWTHREAD edits until someone can help me with a fix.

As for the 'True Connection', anytime a member starts a thread they get the option to feed it onto facebook so everything seems to be working fine in that aspect. I also get notifcations on facebook if someone PM's me too.

[x YNWA x]

Anyone know how to fix my problem or how to uninstall this??

[smnet]

Righto.... based on feedback I undid all the edits, removed the files and uninstalled the product. (bummer, cos over 100 facebook registrants who'll have to re-register)

Re-installed again from scratch and happy to report this is now working. I'm going to look into providing:-

• Wall post when user posts a blog
• Wall post when user comments on a blog
• Notification when someone makes a profile comment
• Notification when someone comments on one of your blogs
• Ability to provide *per user* options for enable / disable notifications and feeds

Does anyone else have any other suggestions for improvement of this mod?



EDIT: I managed to restore access to all 100+ FB users by reconstructing the fbuser table - this was easy by inspecting FB proxy email addresses on the accounts for their FB ID

[vidan]

Originally Posted by smnet

EDIT: I managed to restore access to all 100+ FB users by reconstructing the fbuser table - this was easy by inspecting FB proxy email addresses on the accounts for their FB ID

can you explain a little bit detail, cause i got the same problem with you, thank you.

[drsli]

Originally Posted by Jah-Hools

Can a default be set to disable transmission of anything not 'publicly' viewable?

That would be a need for me too!

Originally Posted by nymyth

The only issue I am having is the Quick Reply issue where I keep getting a 'minimum character' issue. I've taken off the SHOWTHREAD edits until someone can help me with a fix.

On my side - and as I read in the vb37-fbconnect-thread - switching off the wysiwyg-editor-mode did the trick. Unfortunately only a workaround.

[LVLifestyle]

i've installed this. I love it. thanks!

[Mr.samy]

i have problem when [textdirection] in language setting is rtl not work but when i change it to ltr work perfect

[hambil]

I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong on a couple issues (fantastic mod btw):

1) The mapped fields aren't filling in.
2) Some people get the 'email linked to facebook' message when they click on edit their email, other don't, and I'm not sure why.
3) Creating or replying to a thread sends a message to my wall, but all I can do is turn it on or off globally, I can't find where I can set it to ask me every time.

[utahraves]

Sorry if this has been posted before, but 33 pages are hard to read th rough.

Everything with my plugin works perfectly...
however...

On Facebook... it says "View thread" and also says which thread I created and is supposed to link to that.

It links to the forum, not the thread.

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1:26pm ? Comment ? LikeUnlike ? View Thread ? Visit Utah's DJs

(I edited my php to say a new mix instead of thread as my website is a music hosting site)