Version: 2.0.6, by sllik
Developer Last Online: Dec 2011
Category: Integration with vBulletin -
Version: 3.8.x
Rating:
Released: 01-24-2009
Last Update: 09-05-2009
Installs: 803
DB Changes Uses Plugins Template Edits
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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:
Code:
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.
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I have having an odd problem I am sure some of you might be having as hell. I was having the "message too short" problem but I think I fixed it by resetting my secret code in facebook and updating it on my forums. Now I am having an issue with the newsfeed. Everytime I make a post or reply and it asks me if I want to publish on facebook everytime I press a button lik "Never Publish" or Always Publish it doesn't respond. Then if I close the box it sends the message. Hm? Also does it with the regular "Publish" "Skip"
I just also read through some posts in the 3.7 version topic for this hack and noticed a few people asking for the option in the ACP to exclude certain forums completely from being published to the news feed.
I'd like to also make this request!
For the time being I'm going to keep the news feed option turned off because of the privacy issue, we have too many private forums which I don't want to risk going to the news feed - even some of the topic titles can be too personal.
But hoping to be able to let our members use it soon if a future version has this change
Thanks Sllik for such a fantastic hack, I've voted it for MOTM
Hi Sllik,
Just wondering if this idea has been considered? It hasn't been acknowledged yet on your part as far as I am aware, so would love to know if its an upcoming feature... or at least a possibility for one.