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.

[honie]

Originally Posted by wolfstream

Double check your application settings. Also, if you moved your URL, it will be affected as well.


Check your server's logs, specifically the error log, that will tell you waht you need to do to fix the problem.

Thank you, I went over the settings & redid everything & the button is still not there.

[wolfstream]

Then you're missing something, or not doing something right.
The plugin works fine, but you have to configure it properly, which is where most of the problems come in.

[honie]

Ok, thanks anyway. It was working & then stopped is what was the most confusing. I have redone it from the beginning about 3 times. I will try one more time.

[Viral Architect]

Installed and followed all the instructions. Works fine on my board, although I just created the board.

EXCELLENT mod! I have been reluctant to join so many forums because I had to go through the registration process and now it's easy. Have a facebook? Just pick a user name and join!

Thanks again!

[ZiG]

is it not possible for already registered users to link a pre-existing account to their facebook account? or is this mod more for people who want to quickly register without going through the process? if a user who already has an account wants to connect with their facebook account instead, then they have to create a new nickname which means they will have 2 accounts, that doesnt make much sense...

[merk_aus]

Originally Posted by ZiG

is it not possible for already registered users to link a pre-existing account to their facebook account? or is this mod more for people who want to quickly register without going through the process? if a user who already has an account wants to connect with their facebook account instead, then they have to create a new nickname which means they will have 2 accounts, that doesnt make much sense...

There was a fix for this posted in the first couple of pages of the thread

[bmckinley]

OK so I am the consumate NOOB. I am struggling to learn even the most basic html, BUT...this mod is installed and working PERFECTLY on http://hearts4horses.net/member_forum/upload/index.php. See, even the link name shows how much of a NOOB I am...but if i can READ THE INSTRUCTIONS...maybe some of the "pros" could too.

I know I'll get flamed for this post, but ask yourself this: If you've been a member on here since "wayback when" and you can't get it to work, and I am a total DUMBa$$, and it's working fine for me...then what the heck is the problem????

Flame away...

[dbroomjr]

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[honie]

I think that is a bit harsh. I came looking for help because I thought this was a community that did that. I installed the mod in the first place because it does obviously work. I do not know the reason it was working & not just is not for me or other people, which is why I came here in the first place. To ask the people who knew. Not to be insulted. I am new to vbulletin, after running my site for over 7 years with phpbb. Sometimes you can get help & get it right, sometimes you can't and you move on. But there is no reason to be insulting and rude to people. Since you say you are a noob and a dumbass, I can guarantee a time is going to come when you need help because no matter how many times you try you just cant quit get it right. And I hope people are kinder to you then you just were to them.
And BTW I DID read the instructions, which is why it was working in the first place. Obviously I am missing something and I thought someone may have had a similar experience. Lesson learned....

[merk_aus]

I am having issues with it the button is there but doesn't open anything for people to sign in with?!?