Integration with vBulletin - Facebook Connect - Update for Facebook PHP SDK (v.3.0.0)

I rewrote this plugin using ideas from sllik's mod.

Not Supported!!
This code is not supported. The Facebook API has since changed. Only provided for open source purposes ... feel free to modify at your own risk.

[Morrus]

If you're still interested in feature requests, here's a BIG one:

Make it include Google+ and Twitter, too. A universal social sharing mod. You'd need to let admins decide which social sites to include, of course.

Maybe a bit of a big jump - but you asked for feature requests, and it occurred to me.

[Artes_Marciales]

Originally Posted by Morrus

If you're still interested in feature requests, here's a BIG one:

Make it include Google+ and Twitter, too. A universal social sharing mod. You'd need to let admins decide which social sites to include, of course.

Maybe a bit of a big jump - but you asked for feature requests, and it occurred to me.

This s a mod to connect Facebook, no other social networks. If mtbikemike manage to repair the bugs will be a great mod.

[notrious]

1: Getting blank page after allowing permission for app @ /forum/fblogin.php
2: blank page @ FB Connect Options > News-Feed Templates

Using (vBulletin 3.8.7 Patch Level 2)

[Morrus]

Originally Posted by Artes_Marciales

This s a mod to connect Facebook, no other social networks.

He asked, so I answered.

[mtbikemike]

Originally Posted by notrious

1: Getting blank page after allowing permission for app @ /forum/fblogin.php

What browser are you using? I found a bug yesterday in IE where FB would redirect to channel.html. Blank page sometimes means a php error, but the php.ini defines display_errors = off. Can you check your server's error logs?

Originally Posted by notrious

2: blank page @ FB Connect Options > News-Feed Templates

News-Feed Templates?? This was an option in sllik's version of FB Connect -- probably 2.0.5. I removed it in 3.0.

[mtbikemike]

Originally Posted by Morrus

He asked, so I answered.

I've dabbled a bit with posting to twitter. It can be done via their javascript API. I'm gonna focus on getting this solid first, then we'll start adding features.

One neat idea would be to offer OAuth 2.0 connect through any major site. Like how some sites can let you log in with your yahoo, google, facebook or twitter account.

But this is probably waaaay down the line from now.

[mtbikemike]

Just released 3.0.5. Fixes some issues with guest sessions.

I'm seeing random errors caused by the $vbulletin->options['fbconnect_showfbavatar'] variable not being set correctly in the fbconnect_init template when it's called from the STANDARD_ERROR template and not the normal footer template. This seems to happen randomly. Still trying to track it down.

if you see weirdness with your FB avatar, remove this code in the fbconnect_init template:

<if condition="$vboptions['fbconnect_showfbavatar']">
                    document.getElementById('tdFBConnected').style.display = 'block';
</if>

And replace with:

                    document.getElementById('tdFBConnected').style.display = 'block';

Or if you don't want to show the FB avatar, just leave the above code out.

Also, added some flowcharts to help document how FB and vB sessions interact.

Please test it out and let me know if you see any issues. I'm thinking of setting up two instances of vbulletin on my hosting service for demo purposes. One instance on 3.8.7 PL2 and another on 3.5.0 (or maybe some other popular version).

Does anyone know of a vBulletin version distribution graph which shows how many installs each version of vBulletin has?

[Artes_Marciales]

Just released 3.0.5.

Blank page after login from facebook : S

[mtbikemike]

is it trying to go to channel.html? I noticed this happening in IE, but I wrote a fix for it.

[Artes_Marciales]

when I accepted the permissions on the popup from facebook goes blank page, in my case tested with IE and Opera.