Integration with vBulletin - Steam Connect - Sign in with your Steam Account! [RC3]

Steam Connect

INFO

-- Steam Connect Addon for vBulletin 4.2.x;
Development Platform := vBulletin 4.1.3 - 4.2.0, Debian Linux, PHP5, MySQL5, apache2;
Dependencies := lib cUrl (PHP), openid (included);
Author := Andreas "Radon" Rudolph, Disasterpiece;
Contact := radon@purgatory-labs.de, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=198844
Homepage := http://purgatory-labs.de


WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE INSTALLING

This addon is Unsupported as of 2015 until further notice. I have not enough time or interest in vbulletin to keep this alive.

This addon provides a framework for future extensions which make use of the Steam API.
It helps to determine the SteamID of an user. Unless older methods of inserting the steam
id into a user field, the addon lets the user authenticate with Steam OpenID, therefore
you can trust 100%, that this particular user is the same user as the Steam-ID provided.

Users can link their Steam ID to their forum account or they can create a new account
using details pulled from their Steam Profile.
Like the Facebook connect plugin, it allows users to quickly set up a forum account without
having to define a password or an email address. This option can be disabled in the AdminCP,
however it is encouraged to allow users to use this quick-register feature, since they
already authenticated themselves through steam, so any additional password or email
authentication is just unnecessary.

If the user decides to un-link his forum account with his steam-profile, he has to set up
a password and email first, so the forum account remains usable after this.

At the moment, the addon is in its second RC state, which means that the current versions contain mostly bugfixes and are candidates for a full release.
Until now, the product worked without major problems in productive environments. Although it is stable as is, the author doesn't provide any guarantee.
Due to the nature of the addon and how vBulletin manages 3rd party code inclusion, additional
login and register methods have been provided by the plugin. It is discouraged to use the
plugin on high profile communities in this early development state.

If you have any further questions, feel free to post in this thread.


F.A.Q. / General Issues / Error Messages

"There has been a problem with the OpenID libary: No OpenID Server found at http://steamcommunity.com/openid"
- Additionally, a 503 HTTP error is thrown. Simple solution: Wait. Steam Community servers are overloaded/down right now, there's nothing you can do about it

Do NOT uninstall the mod if you want to keep the linked users records. Upgrading means uploading the new product xml file for the new version and choose "overwrite" in the upload dialog.
The Installer will handle the update process by its own. Uninstalling the product will erase all the table fields which contain the steam link data.


STEAM CONNECT ADDONS

- Steam Mini Profiles


INSTALL HOWTO

[Disasterpiece]

updated with new version 1.3.2 which is the first release-candidate - which means close to "not beta anymore".

i hopefully fixed the performance issues completely, seems like it was a mistake on my side. Just test out if it works better for you. In my test and productive environment, the page load time was decreased significantly.

If you still are experiencing delayed loading times beyond 2 seconds, activate the "Debug Profiling" plugin in your Admincp > Plugins list and monitor the debug output at the top of the page. (should work only for the showthread page for now) This should give you an overview on how many times the function has been called and how long it took to process a single request.
FYI: Only administrators can see the output, so have no fear

More features will follow as I get the time to implement them.

[billstelling]

you forgot to change the version #...

[Disasterpiece]

redownload, should be the correct xml now

[billstelling]

kk. lol that was funny..

[CoZmicShReddeR]

I didn't think I had any issues with the previous version but updated anyways... And thanks a lot for continuing and taking some time to work on this!

[SᴩiDᴇЯ]

Wow great mod and a fantastic coder, Mod working 100% on vB 4.1.5 thank you Disaterpiece 1+++++

[pgc-cs]

Found an bug in displaying cache time when using setlocale (strftime). Displaying in that way:

%2012-%02-%05 %X

Can't you use built in function for date from vb?

[wtfaatp]

Found what I beleave to be a bug :\

When you set the option to change users primary group is does nothing.. :\

[wtfaatp]

I'm having a weird problem withe the Steam Avatars not displaying..

I put it in Postbit Template > Postbit_legacy >

Find

	</div>
	<div class="postdetails">
		<div class="userinfo">

Right under that I put the {vb:raw post.steamavatarmedium}


however it ends up looking like this


Didn't start doing this untill I updated to the new Vb.


For everyone Else who is having this problem Don't forget to wrap the avatar code you plan to use with "<img src="{vb:raw post.steamavatarmedium}">


I'm LA stupido

[chatpalace24]

Well here my Problems for that after update to the newest version
1) Extragroup for Steamregistered User doesn't work. They in the Group unconfirmed User
2) As an adminuser that is in first Group (registered user) and secondary Group (Administrator)
you canot Link to the Steam Account. It says successfully link, but in Adminarea no steam ID is under the User.
3) As an Adminuser in first group(Administrator) you can link to Steam

I will test with a User in one Usergroup... (Stay tuned:-) )
and the winner is You cannont Link to an existant account .

Vbulletin 4.1.10 Suite
Steam Connect 1.3.2 RC1