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.

[sdsvtdriver]

Originally Posted by Blackhat

when those guests logs in using facebook, are those accounts just temporary or permanent ?

Permanent. It creates an account in your forum's db.

[Blackhat]

Great

[dxlwebs]

any ideas on mine silikyou told me to email it to you and i did butyet still no reply

[Blackhat]

I get this when I login and nothing more

# facebook == null) $vbulletin->facebook = new Facebook($vbulletin->options['fbconnect_apikey'], $vbulletin->options['fbconnect_secret']); $facebook = $vbulletin->facebook; $fbuid = intval($vbulletin->facebook->get_loggedin_user()); if ($fbuid > 0) { $vbuser = $db->query_first(" SELECT userid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "fbuser AS fbuser WHERE fbuid = " . $fbuid . " LIMIT 1 "); if ($vbuser['userid']) { $vbulletin->userinfo = $vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT userid, usergroupid, membergroupids, infractiongroupids, username, password, salt FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE userid = '" . $vbuser['userid'] . "'"); if ($vbulletin->userinfo['username']) { //set coockies vbsetcookie('userid', $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'], true, true, true); vbsetcookie('password', md5($vbulletin->userinfo['password'] . COOKIE_SALT), true, true, true); //login vb user process_new_login('', true, ''); $path_parts = pathinfo(parse_url($vbulletin->url, PHP_URL_PATH)); if ($path_parts['basename'] == 'fblogin.php') $vbulletin->url = $vbulletin->options['forumhome'] . '.php'; // do redirect if (!is_array($vbphrase)) $vbphrase = array(); do_login_redirect(); } else { $db->query_write("DELETE FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "fbuser WHERE fbuid = $fbuid"); $templatename = 'fbconnect_login'; } } else { //request username to create a new vb user $templatename = 'fbconnect_login'; } } else { eval(standard_error(fetch_error('badlogin', $vbulletin->options['bburl'], $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl']))); } if ($_GET['do'] == 'login') { $templatename = 'fbconnect_loginform'; } if ($_POST['do'] == 'addmember') { $vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('p', array( 'username' => TYPE_STR )); if (!$vbulletin->options['allowregistration']) { eval(standard_error(fetch_error('noregister'))); } $fbuserinfo = $facebook->api_client->users_getInfo($fbuid, array('proxied_email')); $fbuserinfo = $fbuserinfo[0]; // init user datamanager class $userdata =& datamanager_init('User', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_ARRAY); if ($vbulletin->options['moderatenewmembers']) { $newusergroupid = 4; } else { $newusergroupid = ((intval($vbulletin->options['fbconnect_defaultgroup']) > 0) ? $vbulletin->options['fbconnect_defaultgroup'] : 2); } $userdata->set('username', $vbulletin->GPC['username']); //generate random password $userdata->set('password', generate_password()); // set usergroupid $userdata->set('usergroupid', $newusergroupid); // set languageid $userdata->set('languageid', $vbulletin->userinfo['languageid']); // set user title $userdata->set_usertitle('', false, $vbulletin->usergroupcache["$newusergroupid"], false, false); // register IP address $userdata->set('ipaddress', IPADDRESS); $userdata->pre_save(); // check for errors if (!empty($userdata->errors)) { $_REQUEST['do'] = 'register'; $errorlist = ''; foreach ($userdata->errors AS $index => $error) { $errorlist .= "$error
"; } $username = htmlspecialchars_uni($vbulletin->GPC['username']); $show['errors'] = true; } else { $show['errors'] = false; $userdata->set('email', $fbuserinfo['proxied_email']); // save the data $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] = $userid = $userdata->save(); if ($userid) { //map fbuser to vbuser $db->query_write(" INSERT IGNORE INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "fbuser (fbuid, userid) VALUES (" . $fbuid . ", " . intval($userid) . ") "); $friendcount = 0; if ($vbulletin->options['fbconnect_importfriends']) { //find friends and add to friend's list $friends = $facebook->api_client->friends_get(); if (is_array($friends) && count($friends) > 0) { $vbfriends = $db->query_read(" SELECT user.userid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS user, " . TABLE_PREFIX . "fbuser AS fbuser WHERE fbuser.fbuid IN (" . implode(',', $friends) . ") AND user.userid = fbuser.userid "); while ($friend = $db->fetch_array($vbfriends)) { $db->query_write(" INSERT IGNORE INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "userlist (userid, relationid, type, friend) VALUES (" . intval($userid) . ", " . $friend['userid'] . ", 'buddy', 'yes') "); $friendcount++; } } } $vbulletin->userinfo['fbuid'] = $userid; $userinfo = fetch_userinfo($userid); $userdata_rank =& datamanager_init('User', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_SILENT); $userdata_rank->set_existing($userinfo); $userdata_rank->set('posts', 0); $userdata_rank->set('friendcount', $friendcount); $userdata_rank->save(); // force a new session to prevent potential issues with guests from the same IP, see bug #2459 require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_login.php'); $vbulletin->session->created = false; process_new_login('', false, ''); //post news-feed /* if ($vbulletin->options['fbconnect_firstlogintemplateid']) { $tokens = array( 'bbtitle' => $vbulletin->options['bbtitle'], 'bburl' => $vbulletin->options['bburl'], 'images' => array() ); try { $vbulletin->facebook->api_client->feed_publishUserAction($vbulletin->options['fbconnect_firstlogintemplateid'], $tokens, '', '', 1); } catch(FacebookRestClientException $ex) { } } */ $username = $vbulletin->GPC['username']; $email = $fbuserinfo['proxied_email']; // send new user email if ($vbulletin->options['newuseremail'] != '') { $ipaddress = IPADDRESS; eval(fetch_email_phrases('newuser', 0)); $newemails = explode(' ', $vbulletin->options['newuseremail']); foreach ($newemails AS $toemail) { if (trim($toemail)) { vbmail($toemail, $subject, $message); } } } if ($newusergroupid == 2) { if ($vbulletin->options['welcomemail']) { eval(fetch_email_phrases('welcomemail')); vbmail($email, $subject, $message); } } $vbulletin->url = str_replace('"', '', $vbulletin->url); if (!$vbulletin->url) { $vbulletin->url = $vbulletin->options['forumhome'] . '.php' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl_q']; } else { $vbulletin->url = iif(strpos($vbulletin->url, 'register.php') !== false, $vbulletin->options['forumhome'] . '.php' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl_q'], $vbulletin->url); } if ($vbulletin->options['moderatenewmembers']) { eval(standard_error(fetch_error('moderateuser', $username, $vbulletin->options['forumhome'], $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl_q']), '', false)); } else { eval(standard_error(fetch_error('registration_comp lete', $username, $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'], $vbulletin->options['bburl'] . '/' . $vbulletin->options['forumhome'] . '.php'), '', false)); } } } } eval('print_output("' . fetch_template($templatename) . '");');

[indie2industry]

Originally Posted by sllik

lol sorry not yet

But it would be crazy if there was a GOOGLE connect... Where you could use your google/gmail account to register/log-in..

This may be next to impossible but I had to mention it..



Oh yeah, once I get my tax return I'm DEFINITELY sending a donation. I think everyone should do the same...

[Shaliza]

This is a great mod, but when I think about it, do you think that many people will put their info in there even though many people phish accounts? They may decide to be cautious.

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by Shaliza

This is a great mod, but when I think about it, do you think that many people will put their info in there even though many people phish accounts? They may decide to be cautious.

Their just logging into FaceBook just like they would ordinarily. This just bridges it with your forum.

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by GigaSb

i found the scrolling problem.

ONLY when i remove:

<!-- fbconnect -->
$fbconnect_init
<!-- / fbconnect -->

from the footer, the scrolling is gone..
but then the script give me continues loading image.

the question is whats common between Lang Hebrew2 and footer?
Jedi, i thought about something.. where is another place besides footer that i can place it to work ?

Did you try moving the code someplace else in your footer?

[Hex_legend]

I have been asked by a lot of my members to do a feature where they can invite their facebook friends,
how easy is this if we use fb connect?
Does anyone know how to do this?

[Spooony]

Originally Posted by Mum

ANy chance of doing this for PHP4?

I don't think there's anything he can do because it's down to how Facebook works.

You're usually able to easily upgrade to PHP5 through cPanel (or whatever you use for your server).

That's all I did to solve the problem (as I said before).