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.

[mykkal]

Hi guys... I have a important question. Hopefully ya'll can answer
What happens when we upgrade to vb4? I can see that facebook connect is not supported now

There doesn't seem to be a plugin for vb4. Will all those FB connect members lose access to the site?

[Deep-X]

I would like to say that this bug was reported but never fixed seemed like most developers did not bother because as of February 1st's update this protocol no longer is valid.

http://developers.facebook.com/docs/guides/web#plugins

[cyn0r]

I get this error when i register templates:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'FacebookRestClientException' with message 'action_links-href URL is not properly formatted' in /home/content/54/6343254/html/includes/facebook/facebookapi_php5_restlib.php:2403 Stack trace: #0 /home/content/54/6343254/html/includes/facebook/facebookapi_php5_restlib.php(661): FacebookRestClient->call_method('facebook.feed.r...', Array) #1 /home/content/54/6343254/html/admincp/fbconnect_registertemplates.php(34): FacebookRestClient->feed_registerTemplateBundle(Array, Array, NULL, Array) #2 {main} thrown in /home/content/54/6343254/html/includes/facebook/facebookapi_php5_restlib.php on line 2403

[HenrikL]

Hi!

I have VB 3.8.4 PL2 and this mod 2.0.5. All of a sudden my users now get this stuff:



If you click Okay, nothing happens. If you click the X, the box goes away and the post is made.

What can I do to solve this?

[emailapphost]

Hi HenrikL,

I have the same problem accross 3 forums I have.

Must find solution fast.

I see three ways to go:

- Try fixing the Facebook Connect add on
- Using another Facebook Connect add on
- Uppgrading to 4.0 and take it from there installing a new Facebook Connect for 4.0

Any suggestions appreciated.

[emailapphost]

I will move to this Facebook Connect app:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=232457

[mykkal]

Same problem. I had to disable it. Does anyone know if any of the other facebook plugins are compatible? Many users won't be able to log in!

Originally Posted by HenrikL

Hi!

I have VB 3.8.4 PL2 and this mod 2.0.5. All of a sudden my users now get this stuff:



If you click Okay, nothing happens. If you click the X, the box goes away and the post is made.

What can I do to solve this?

Originally Posted by emailapphost

Hi HenrikL,

I have the same problem accross 3 forums I have.

Must find solution fast.

I see three ways to go:

- Try fixing the Facebook Connect add on
- Using another Facebook Connect add on
- Uppgrading to 4.0 and take it from there installing a new Facebook Connect for 4.0

Any suggestions appreciated.

[mykkal]

Hey there... did you have any luck with this? I know its been a while since you asked.

Originally Posted by AllinJac

Has anyone here used YAFB...

It is the same crap as here where it is not supported and unable to get answers to our posts?

I see there is already a 4.0 Version for YAFB...

We are not going to be going to version 4.0 soon but knowing the possibility is there is necessary and knowing that it is supported is even more important!!!

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Jeremiah
http://allinjac.com

[fmckinnon]

same problem here - I"m guessing FBConnect has changed something on their end, because a similar FBConnect plugin I use on WordPress blog is also giving the exact same error.

Hope there's a resolution soon.

[mykkal]

There's no support for this plugin so there won't be a solution that I know of. Facebook didn't tell anyone! Damnz