Integration with vBulletin - YAFB - Yay! Another Facebook Bridge

This is not just a "port" for vBulletin 4 of this modification, this is the next version of the modification which support both vBulletin 4 and vBulletin 3 family

IMPORTANT: FILE ISSUES HERE: http://code.google.com/p/vbulletinfacebook/issues/list (require a Google Account)

Yay! Another Facebook Bridge 3.3.2
Tested to work with vBulletin 3.7.x and 3.8.x (3.6.x requires some manual edit, contact me for detail instruction)
Tested to work with vBulletin 4.0 (use different .xml import file)
Please note: this product requires PHP5. If you get weird error messages, please check if you PHP version is still 4 (which is very old and you should change to PHP5 as soon as possible). Also, MySQL 5 is strongly recommended

[WHAT IS IT?]
There are many vBulletin - Facebook bridge out there but installing is always the problem for most of forum owner. So I decided to build this product from scratch and provide you the ability to install this Facebook Bridge into your forum in 10 minutes. The detail install instruction can be found below (under the Feature section). A few technical notes: This product uses Facebook Connect to maintance connection between vBulletin forums and complicated (and awesome) Facebook servers. All most everything is automatically done by the script, even the Administrators don't need to do any manual editing (yeah, I'm talking about manual templates editing, you WON'T need to edit templates each time you implement a new style). Once again, most of everything is options which can be enabled/disabled via AdminCP or UserCP interface. All possible type of caching is use to improve performance and reduce heavy PHP load on server side or javascript load on client side. Well, it's quite a long paragraph for introducing. Let's make it work!

[SEE IT IN ACTION]
Screencast:
1. Installation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ComjeipReE4
2. Connecting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7m85O_iX70
3. Posting and Notifications: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBwwiffLvJ8
Demo board:
vBulletin 3.8: http://daohoangson.com/vb38
vBulletin 4: http://daohoangson.com/vb40
Authentication Username: demo. Password: demo.

[MAIN FEATURE]
*** Damn easy to install!
1. Loaded with long list of actions/notifications: posting thread, posting reply, rating thread, sending pm, sending visitor message, uploading image (avatar/profile picture), uploading pictures, comment on pictures. This list are designed to be expandable easily later by me or other people who loves to develope this product (well, if you do, contact me right now!)
2. Ability to quick register with Facebook credential but Administrator can disable this function via AdminCP. Facebook proxied email addresses are handled completely and vBulletin can send email without any problems (of course, the member must grant the Email extend permission). There is a setting in AdminCP to disallow Facebook proxied email addresses also for boards that need email explicitly
3. Ability to auto login with Facebook session (Administrator can turn this on or off in AdminCP and members can enable or disable this feature on their accounts either)
4. Other abilities: Display a profile block on vBulletin member page. Display a wall tab/box on Facebook profile page. Synchronize avatar from Facebook.
5. [AdminCP] Administrator can "edit" template bundle easily. Actually the old template will be deactivated, the new template will be registered and then all action associated with the old template with be updated with the new template bundle id. Oops, why you need to care about all of it? I did it for you already! Just go the the editing page and click Edit. Yay! All done
6. [AdminCP] Staffs can manage connected users and see basic information about them (including granted permissions)
7. [AdminCP] Administrator can decide to: migrate connected users from other products to YAFB, restrict private forums from being posted to Facebook, view detail log of YAFB in action, send notifications to connected users
*. [Experimental] I have added a fun feature that generate the Fans List, the photo will be posted to new thread with friend tagged (if available). The main purpose of this bonus feature is to demostrate the ability of the bridge. If you have an idea, contact me and I will implement it if I can
*. [Experimental] Friend Inviting functionality is added. Access from UserCP > Facebook Bridge > Invite Friends

[CHANGE LOG]
Version 3.3.2 (released on Jun 10, 2010): Register On-the-fly issue with vBulletin 3.8.4 fixed
Version 3.3.1 (released on Jun 08, 2010): Bug fixes and Migration for vBulletin 4.0.3
Version 3.3 (released on Apr 06, 2010): Auto login related features added. User experience reached a new higher level!

[NEW INSTALLATION]
*. Upload all files/folders in folder "upload" into your forum root (Please upload before importing product)
1. Import Product:
1.1. Go to AdminCP
1.2. Plugins & Products ~> Manage Products ~> Add/Import Product:
1.2.1. Browse to the .xml file (use product-yafb.xml for vBulletin 3 and product-yafb_vb4.xml for vBulletin 4)
1.2.2. Click Import

2. Fill the settings:
2.1. Go to AdminCP
2.2. vBulletin Options ~> vBulletin Options ~> Yay! Another Facebook Bridge
2.2. Create a Facebook Application if you haven't had one for your forum. Refer to the Creating Facebook Application below if you don't know how to do it
2.3. Fill the API key and Secret into the approriate fields. You can leave the Template fields untouch (the will be filled automatically). If you want to use the Account Reclamation feature, please place http://domain.com/forums/register.php?do=fbb_reclaim into Account Reclamation URL field. With other fields, it's your decision to made
2.4. Click Save and you are done!

2.* Creating Facebook Application:
2.*.1. Go to Facebook Developer > Create Application page http://www.facebook.com/developers/createapp.php (login if you didn't)
2.*.2. Enter the Application Name. Suggestion: Put your forum name here. Don't forget to tick the Agree radiobox and then click Save Changes
2.*.3. Now you can get your API Key and Secret (that are needed in step 2.3)
2.*.4. And go to the Connect tab, fill your forum url into Connect URL, fill your domain into Base Domain.
2.*.5. You are done with required information. But you can go through other tab and enter more detail about your forum, your application. I suggest putting a nice icon, banner into it. Happy customizing!

[UPGRADING]
Just upload overwrite files/folders then reimport the xml file. Do not forget to check "Yes" under "Allow Overwrite" to upgrade

[CONFLICT]
Since this product interfere with the registration procedure, I have found some other plugins/products that conficts with this product. Below is the full list of known confict and action taken to resolve the issue
No Spam (Human Verification): Temporary disabled during Facebook registration
vMail (Email Verification): Temporary disabled during Facebook registration

[OTHER PLUGINS/PRODUCTS]
I have developed an easy to use options/permissions system that allow other plugins/products to add it's actions into this bridge and let the forum members experience a whole new era of connections. I did a small demostration with my kBank System (which is a money system with award/thank functionality and a useful hiding feature) and it runs pretty well. If you are interested in testing kBank in action with YAFB, contact me. If you are a developer who wants to integrate your plugins/products with this Bridge, contact me either! You are all welcome
*Also available: Publishing Blog (vBBlog) to Facebook [New! Updated on Jan 10th, 2010]


[KNOWN ISSUES]
FILE HERE: http://code.google.com/p/vbulletinfacebook/issues/list (require a Google Account)

[Thug]

Originally Posted by TPTP

Try the register on the fly setting. However, I haven't tried that yet either. I expect that I might find some issues with registration, since it was brought up earlier in the thread that custom user fields might throw things off. If so, things will have to be tweaked there, too.





Well, I wouldn't say that. The mod still has several useful features.


So, the missing avatar issue continues. In fact, after poking around, I found that avatars are physically being removed from the server, and some of them belong to people who don't even have FB accounts. I double checked, and the only change we've made in the past couple days is the addition of this mod. WTF? If the avatar sync is disabled, then...

hey i tryed the fly setting and didnt work. and i havent got any custom fields or anything its a fresh install. so very strange realy in my eyes

[Thug]

ok basicly i have
autologin enabled
in the Auto Register On-the-fly box i have [username]
Activate on System Wide - enabled
Auto Register - enabled

and i still cant make it 1click register where it auto gives them the username. anyone shine a light?

[Bacon Butty]

Originally Posted by Bacon Butty

Any luck with this?

Will members who have created a account using YAFB be able to login/keep this existing account if they used the new default vBulletin Facebook bridge?

Anyone know this? Would have assumed it would be a sought after answer.

I wanted to remain with YAFB, as truth be told - I'd rather not face the hassle of swopping over to the default vBulletin Facebook Bridge, but since upgrading to YAYB 3.3 - the product just stopped working.

Heres an example.

stevensmith registered on my forum with YAYB;



However, since the upgrade, when stevensmith logs in (login available to mypaint if you want to test...), he is prompted with this Register screen;



Despite already having an account! - as this screen shows;



Now I have two options. Fix this error or migrate the users over to Facebooks default bridge. Could anyone share the answer to either?

[TPTP]

So, I'm encountering a major slowdown of my main site and a number of really strange java issues with addonChat. It's not like I have a slacker of a server, as it's eight fast cores, 15K RPM RAID10, and 16GB RAM. The performance hit is bad enough that as it stands, I'm going to have to disable the entire product by Tuesday, when my next big wave of traffic will hit.

Is the performance hit and Java issues a normal thing with this product, or is it due to the hack that had to be installed to get the latest version running on 3.8.x?

Edit: It may be that the Java issues are due to the new release of Firefox, but I'm not sure yet. We're still investigating. The performance issue is definitely the Bridge. I can see it in the server's logs.

[Infopro]

Originally Posted by mrpaint

It's correct that I put the footer code into process_templates_complete. That code originally was from global_start. In an effort of organizing template related code, I moved it and it stops working in vBulletin 3. My fault. Sorry mates

Going to release new version to fix this soon

PS: Also, the workaround really miss the point of mine because I tried to skip loading Facebook Javascript library as much as possible

Thanks for all your hard work.

I've had to disable this mod completely for now as the 3.3 upgrade has broken connecting at all.

[vbreal]

Originally Posted by vbreal

curiosity was eating me up

you can't run both at the same time. well i couldn't.

i got the following error

PHP Code:

Fatal error:  Cannot redeclare class facebook in /home/trudail/public_html/fbb/fbplatform/facebook.php on line 37 


so i just turned off vb's fb connect.

whats the status of vb's fb connect working with this one

[ViciousCode]

3.3 is not working for version 3.8.5

please fix this

[grahamsmythe]

When I post a new thread I get this error.

Unfortunately I've had to disable the mod for the time being.

Any ideas?



Database error in vBulletin 4.0.3:

Invalid SQL:

### INSERT QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
INSERT INTO fbb_log
(`timeline`, `userid`, `fbuid`, `function`, `result`, `data`, `is_exception`)
VALUES
('1271362916', '24', '1061330228:7d79fea54ba59f4cbd6dfbfa-1061330228', '2001', 'The user hasn\'t authorized the application to perform this action', 'a:3:{s:7:\"message\";s:66:\"has just posted a new thread under Technical Advice: Public Access\";s:9:\"target_id\";N;s:3:\"uid\";N;}', '1');

MySQL Error : Table 'vbulletin.fbb_log' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Thursday, April 15th 2010 @ 02:21:56 PM
Error Date : Thursday, April 15th 2010 @ 02:21:57 PM
Script : http://www.myforumname.co.uk/showthr...t-test&p=15706
Referrer : http://www.myforumname.co.uk/newthre...newthread&f=84
IP Address : xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Username : Username
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.1.42

[edenx]

When you'll adress the bugs reported on tracker?

[ViciousCode]

hey everyone, i fixed the 3.8.x problem...

put this code

PHP Code:

require(DIR . '/fbb/hook_process_templates_complete.php'); 


into global complete plugin hook

so it looks like this

PHP Code:

require(DIR . '/fbb/iframe/hook_global_complete.php'); 

require(DIR . '/fbb/hook_process_templates_complete.php'); 
             
                if (isset($vbulletin->fbb['runtime']['javascript_code'])) { 
                    $vbulletin->fbb['runtime']['javascript_needed'] = true; 
                } 
                if ($vbulletin->fbb['runtime']['javascript_needed']) { 
                    //tell browsers to skip fb:xxx tags 
                    $output = preg_replace('/\<html (xmlns="[^"]+")?/i','$0 xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml"',$output); 
                    //include footer 
                    if (isset($vbulletin->fbb['runtime']['javascript_code'])) { 
                        //include our php-based javascript code 
                        $vbulletin->fbb['runtime']['footer'] = str_replace( 
                            '//FBB-JAVASCRIPT-FROM-PHP-PLACEHOLDER-PLEASE-DO-NOT-REMOVE-ME' 
                            ,$vbulletin->fbb['runtime']['javascript_code'] 
                            ,$vbulletin->fbb['runtime']['footer'] 
                        ); 
                    } 
                    $search = array('</body>'); 
                    $replace = array($vbulletin->fbb['runtime']['footer'] . "\n" . '</body>'); 
                    $output = str_replace($search,$replace,$output); 
                } 


then disable this hook process_templates_complete

and thats it, it should be working

and if you wanna move the connect button from your navbar and move it some where else... here is the code of that button

<a id="navbar_fbb_link" href="$vboptions[bburl]/facebook.php" rel="nofollow"<if condition="$vbulletin->fbb['config']['activated_system_wide']"> onClick="FB.Connect.requireSession(); return false;"</if>>
					<img src="$vboptions[bburl]/fbb/facebook_logo_16x16.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0"/>
					$vbphrase[fbb_navbar_button_text]
				</a>

make sure to disable it in your facebook bridge settings first before adding this code, otherwise you will have two connect buttons