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.

[GoTTi]

i cant get this to work 100%. ill have to uninstall untill this gets more supported.

[tr03bor]

I have too, shame really.....

[Brandon Sheley]

Originally Posted by bahrainonline

i tried to import the product but it always showing me invalid file specified

any idea how to solve it

I just installed this the other day and didn't have any problems, try downloading the zip again

Originally Posted by john graham

I recently changed my domain name and now i get the blinking three bars. How do I go in and correct? I'm assuming it's related to the change.

I would think you need to change the info with the facebook application you made, the callback url would need changed

Originally Posted by GoTTi

i cant get this to work 100%. ill have to uninstall untill this gets more supported.

This works fine for me, you can always pay the dev the 20$ to install it

[hydn]

Originally Posted by hydn View Post

Yup 2 months with this one prob:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showp...&postcount=819

If he could simply say. This problem is cause by....

This is how all other developers approach things. Esp the humble ones like the great Andrew from links & downloads manager. What a smart guy who treats everyone with respect.

Me too, I would like to know how to fix, this is a great mod!

Issue STILL pending geez. I have now 8 board owners with this issue.

Perfect example of issue: http://www.bluechipearth.com/showthread.php?t=203

Rest of the site works except showthread: http://www.bluechipearth.com

[pgowder]

What is the solution for PhotoPost? Is there one now?

Thanks

[350Chevy]

This mod really shouldn't be MoD since it's broken and not supported.

[Wakey]

Its not broken though. Most of the people posting issues aren't posting issues with the the mod but issues with their server setup (For example hydn's issue).

Its not the mod makers job to configure peoples servers for them now is it

[Dilldogs]

I don't know how wise it would be to allow members to log in without going through registration. It opens the door for spam to get in.....

[pgowder]

Originally Posted by 350Chevy

This mod really shouldn't be MoD since it's broken and not supported.

I've emailed the developer several times. He was very prompt in responding! He helped me with all my issues!

[pgowder]

Originally Posted by Dilldogs

I don't know how wise it would be to allow members to log in without going through registration. It opens the door for spam to get in.....

Maybe. But if it increases your activity because people see the links in FB statuses, or you get more active uses, then it is worth it.