Integration with vBulletin - Facebook Connect - Allow your users to login with their Facebook account

Facebook Connect
This add-on allows your guests and existing users to login with their Facebook account through Facebook Connect.

WORKS WITH 3.8!

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!

How to Upgrade From 2.0.0 to 2.0.1

• Upgrade the product. (Import the product XML again and set overwrite to yes).
• Update Feed Template IDs in the settings (make sure they are the same as at: FB Connect Options -> News-Feed Templates)

How to Upgrade From 2.0.1 to 2.0.2
See UPGRADE.html

• Fixed the notification problem (notifications were sent to wrong people)
• Login button will now be displayed on vbAdvanced pages

How to Upgrade From 2.0.2 to 2.0.3
See UPGRADE.html

• Fixed the Facebook avatar displayed for the wrong people problem.
• Added Facebook UID & Profile URL field to data map.

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.

[SteveLV702]

any plans to make the compatible with vb4 ?

[inciarco]

One Bug:

When I Access an Account with Facebook Connect, it Connects but when I End the Session the Facebook Account is Still Oppened, is I write www.facebook.com on the Browser it Displays the Oppened Account, (very Dangerous if an User Access his/her Account on a Public Computer and isn't Aware that his/her Facebook Account will Remain Oppened even if he/she Ends the Forum Session); is an Open Window for Facebook Security and Privacy Problems.

(This Happens on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla FireFox, so is a Problem with the Mod and Not the Browser).

Can this be Corrected? How?

I also noticed that when I access the Account with Facebook Connect, I Close the Session, and Click the Facebook Connect Button, it Immediately Access the Account without Displaying the Facebook Login Window; this is Related with the Bug I mentioned before.

I Appreciate Your Answer, I'll Subscribe to this Mod's Thread to Receive a Solution to this Facebook Security Problem.

(I'm Using Version 2.0.5 of this Mod for vB37x).

My Best Regars.

[cynthetiq]

I don't believe that this is a bug with this mod. I have other mods that accomplish this for other software and it is the same behavior. When you log onto facebook, you are LOGGED onto facebook. The only way to log off is to go to facebook and log off there. When I discovered this, I always log out of facebook to make sure I'm not logged in.

[inciarco]

Originally Posted by cynthetiq

I don't believe that this is a bug with this mod. I have other mods that accomplish this for other software and it is the same behavior. When you log onto facebook, you are LOGGED onto facebook. The only way to log off is to go to facebook and log off there. When I discovered this, I always log out of facebook to make sure I'm not logged in.

Read the Letters in Red, (You Know That and are Lucky to Have Discovered it, but a Common User Won't Know it, and his/her Facebook Account will be Exposed by being Left Oppened without him/her Knowing it; just in Your Case, before you realize it, your Facebook Account was Left Oppened and Exposed for Anybody to Access it and Steal It, I don't think that's a Fair Risk for Users that's why I Disabled this Mod until a Solution can be Provided for this Problem/Bug):

I've Updated to version 2.0.6 on vB37x, and the Same Bug Occurs.

I Hope You Can Fix That Bug.

I've Disabled the Mod for Now, is Not Right to Offer this Facebook Connection Option if that Causes Privacy/Security Problems for the Users on their Facebook Accounts, because their Accounts Will Remain Oppened and Anybody Can Access Them and Even Steal Them (Change the Password) if they're Accessed on a Public Computer.

My Best Regards.

[SteveLV702]

I got it installed but when I go to my forums and I hit "Connect with Facebook" absolutely nothing happens...

[inciarco]

Originally Posted by Digital Mayhem

I have installed the lastest version 2.0.5 but when I go to the data mapping area I get


Warning: require_once([path]/includes/facebook/facebook.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions.php(5737) : eval()'d code on line 1

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/bestblog/public_html/forums/includes/facebook/facebook.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/bestblog/public_html/forums/includes/functions.php(5737) : eval()'d code on line 1

Have You Uploaded the Files and Also Have You Uploaded them on the Right Paths/Locations?

Seems like you didn't Uploaded the File "facebook.php" on the Folder "facebook" on the "includes" folder; perhaps you Uploaded the Files on other Location.

If not, Check that the File is on that Folder, and if not Re-upload the Files of the "Upload" folder on their Right Location, which is the Root where the vBulletin Files are.

My Best Regards.

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by inciarco

Read the Letters in Red, (You Know That and are Lucky to Have Discovered it, but a Common User Won't Know it, and his/her Facebook Account will be Exposed by being Left Oppened without him/her Knowing it; just in Your Case, before you realize it, your Facebook Account was Left Oppened and Exposed for Anybody to Access it and Steal It, I don't think that's a Fair Risk for Users that's why I Disabled this Mod until a Solution can be Provided for this Problem/Bug):

I've Updated to version 2.0.6 on vB37x, and the Same Bug Occurs.

I Hope You Can Fix That Bug.

I've Disabled the Mod for Now, is Not Right to Offer this Facebook Connection Option if that Causes Privacy/Security Problems for the Users on their Facebook Accounts, because their Accounts Will Remain Oppened and Anybody Can Access Them and Even Steal Them (Change the Password) if they're Accessed on a Public Computer.

My Best Regards.

As I said in the other thread, you got the functionality of the mod backwards. It's not supposed to log you out of Facebook. None of the Facebook bridges work that way.

[inciarco]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

As I said in the other thread, you got the functionality of the mod backwards. It's not supposed to log you out of Facebook. None of the Facebook bridges work that way.

I understand.

Is it Possible for the Application to End the Facebook Session when the the User Ends the vBulletin Session?

I Hope that is Possible.

Meanwhile is Important that WebMasters Warn their Users about this, (a Notice Message), so that if they Login with Facebook they Log Out of Facebook when they Finish their Session on the vBulletin Board.

My Best Regards.

[ARSamo]

& does it work on vb 3.6.8.............??

[AskMadden]

I did everything correct as far as I can tell, only thing is I get this error when I click on it as a guest:

http://askmadden.com/forums/xd_receiver.htm?fb_login&fname=_opener&guid=0.6624 939280089525&session={%22sessi on_key%22%3A%223.Ap0_P606dagZo77H1phDfA__.86400.12 62199600-100000460328071%22%2C%22uid%22%3A100000460328071%2 C%22expires%22%3A1262199600%2C %22secret%22%3A%22_7YBo2yr1aCo5IatoeOaUQ__%22%2C%2 2base_domain%22%3A%22askmadden .com%22%2C%22sig%22%3A%22c9b37284e76f253fc87d1e856 320825d%22}

Not sure what happened